Research Master in Social and Behavioral Sciences (MSc) An intensive, high-quality, two-year Research Master Program that will train you to become a broadly oriented researcher. The program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human behavior by integrating the different perspectives offered by social psychology, sociology, organizational sciences, and methodology. It consists of one compulsory major – Individual in Social Context – and the choice of one of three minors: Social Psychology, Social Sciences, or Methodology and Statistics.
Course outline major
Interpersonal Behavior, Organizations and Groups, Networks and Cohesion, Multivariate Analysis, Survey Research and Psychometrics, Experimental Research and Meta Analysis, Programming
Course outline minor*
Behavioral Decision Making, Structural Equation
*Depending on your minor
Modeling, Emotion and Motivation or Advanced CrossCultural Psychology, Social Networks, Multilevel Analysis, Intergenerational Relations and Reproduction, Relations between Ethnic Groups or Institutions and Interorganizational Teams, Mathematical Methods, Categorical Data Analysis or Latent Variable Measurement, Ethics, International and Internal Traineeships
Career prospects
High level, applied or fundamental research positions at universities and R&D departments in the public and private sector
Key characteristics
• Provides a sound basis for an academic career in social and behavioral sciences • Small scale state-of-the-art courses taught by the university’s best academics • One third of the program consists of conducting academic research supervised by top researchers
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