Research Internship Ungraded
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. Step 1 will be done in period 3, steps 2 to 4 from period 4 onwards.
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. At least one of these assessors is a staff member at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN).
Information about the research internship can be found on AskPsy: https://www.askpsy.nl/internship/home
This module is not applicable for students of the Master Neuropsychology that attend a clinical internship.
The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
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 courses have been obtained of the modules offered in periods 1 and 2. Furthermore, the research proposal must be assessed as sufficient by both assessors and must be ethically approved before the start of the data collection. In addition: Certain Research Internships may require that practical or skills training(s) have been completed.