Courses / FPCEUC / Master in Psychological Sciences

Master in Psychological Sciences

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.

Study Programme

Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Advanced Seminars in Psychology 1 1st Semester Compulsory PSY 8.0
Development of Projects in Psychology 1 1st Semester Compulsory PSY 6.0
Laboratory of Psychology 1 1st Semester Compulsory MET 3.0
Science Management and Funding Procurement 1 1st Semester Compulsory OT 6.0
Tutorial Guidance 1 1st Semester Compulsory OT 1.0
Research Project I 1 Semestrial Elective * PSY 3.0
Research Project II 1 Semestrial Elective * PSY 6.0
Career Counselling Models 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Cognitive Neuropsychology Issues 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Counseling Models and Practice 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Couple Therapy 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Dynamic Psychotherapies 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Early Intervention 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Ethics and Deontology in Educational, Developmental, and Counseling Psychology 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Family Therapies 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Fundamentals of Human Resources Psychology 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 4.0
Neuroimaging Tecniques in Cognitive Neuroscience 1 1st Semester Elective * MET 3.0
Neuropsychological Assessment: Children and Adolescents 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior: Theoretical Perspectives 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 4.0
Organizational Structure and Processes: Conceptual Models, Assessment and Diagnostic 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 4.0
Psychology and Human Resource Management 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Psychopathy 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Quality of Life at Work and Psychosocial Risks 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Research and Multivariate Analysis in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology 1 1st Semester Elective * MET 4.0
Statistical Methods in Neuropsychology 1 1st Semester Elective * ST 6.0
Systemic Clinical Psychology Foundations (Theory and Research) 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Systemic Intervention in Mental Illness and in the Community 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Systemic and Family Assessment 1 1st Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Adult Development and Aging 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Assessment Instruments and Intervention Programs: Development and Psychometruc Analysis 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Assessment and Intervention in Inclusive Education Contexts 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Assessment in Career Intervention 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Autonomous Research Work 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Child maltreatment: conceptualization and intervention 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Cognitive Reserve and Active Aging 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Development and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Divorce Therapy 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Ergonomics and Human Factors 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Evolutionary Developmental Psychology   1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Family and Parental Education 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Human Resource Training and Development 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Illness and Palliative Care Systemic Intervention 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Intercultural Psychology 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Intervention in Crisis, Trauma and Grief 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Item Response Theory 1 2nd Semester Elective * ST 3.0
Life Long Counselling, Human Relations and Communication 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Masterclass of Research in Psychology 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Methodology and Statistics Applied 1 2nd Semester Elective * MET 6.0
Methods Lab 1 2nd Semester Elective * MET 6.0
Organizational Assessment: Models and Techniques 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Organizational Change and Development 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Personal and Professional Development in Systemic Clinical Psychology 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Political Psychology 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Psychoeducational Programs for the Promotion of Psychological Health 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Psychology for Sustainability and Educational Intervention 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Science Communication in Psychology 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Sexual crimes 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Systemic Intervention with Multi-challenged Families 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 6.0
Systemic Therapy with the Individual 1 2nd Semester Elective * PSY 3.0
Advanced Data Analysis in Clinical and Health Psychology 1 1st QUARTERIAL Elective * MET 3.0
Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment in Research 1 1st QUARTERIAL Elective * PSY 3.0
Social and Affective Neuroscience 1 1st QUARTERIAL Elective * PSY 3.0
Advanced Research Methods in Clinical and Health Psychology 1 3rd QUARTERIAL Elective * MET 3.0
Rules
  • To be chosen from the open list of 2nd cycle curricular units at the University of Coimbra or at other national or foreign Higher Education Institutions.
Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Dissertation 2 Annual Compulsory PSY 50.0
Research Internship in Psychology 2 Annual Compulsory PSY 10.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit