Research Participation

Full course description

Every student must have participated as a test subject in FPN scientific research as part of the bachelor's exam. If you started in 2013 or later, you must act as a test subject for a total of 20 hours. The Research Participation is included in the overview of year 1, but does not count towards the 60 credits you must obtain in year 1. The corresponding ECTS credit will only be awarded in year 3. Participation in experimental studies is not guaranteed for 2nd and 3rd year students, due to too much prior knowledge. Furthermore, the sign-off Research Participation hours must have been obtained if you want to continue the programme abroad at the start of the 3rd academic year. Students are encouraged to complete the Research Participation in their first year. Therefore, 5 hours will be waived if you have acted as a test subject for 15 hours in your first academic year (students from cohort 2013 onwards). If you have acted as a test subject for less than 15 hours in your first academic year, you will have to complete the full 20 hours in other academic years of the bachelor's programme. If you started psychology in 2016 or later, there is the additional restriction that a maximum of seven hours of the total number of hours required can originate from online studies.

The final assessment for this course is pass or fail - and not a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.