Research Internship Graded
Full course description
During the second part of the one-year master’s program (from period 3 onwards), students conduct a research internship that involves 1) writing of a research proposal, and preparing and planning of the research project, 2) conducting the research project, and 3) analyzing the results of the research project. This work will result in an individually written 4) master’s thesis.
The internship can be carried out at Maastricht University, at an external research institute or at other, more practically oriented institutions. In all cases, a student’s research proposal and master’s thesis will be evaluated by two assessors.
Information about research internships can be found on AskPsy: https://www.askpsy.nl/internship/home
This module is not applicable for students of the Master Neuropsychology who choose to do an additional clinical internship.
Course objectives
Students are able to:
Conduct a supervised empirical research project and summarize this research in a master’s thesis.
Prerequisites
The Research Internship can only be started when at least 8 credits of the compulsory core courses have been obtained of the modules offered in periods 1 and 2. The research proposal must be assessed as sufficient by both assessors and there must be ethical approval for the research project before the start of the data collection. In addition: certain Research Internships may require that practical or skills training(s) have been completed.