From the coming winter semester, it will now also be possible to study psychology as a Master's degree at Paderborn University, after this had already been possible for Bachelor's students since 2022. It will be possible to start the course in both the winter and summer semesters.

"As an empirical basic science, psychology deals with the experience and behaviour of people, their perception, their learning and their development over the course of their lives - and at the same time in social interaction and in a constantly changing society," explains course director Prof. Dr. Heike M. Buhl. Pupils can familiarise themselves with these perspectives at an early stage: in the subject, they deal with personal and social challenges in a well-founded way. Schools that offer psychology as a subject in the sixth form enable this subject to develop special subject profiles. In addition, teachers trained in the subject are often involved in counselling and school development processes due to their expertise.

Paderborn University offers psychology as a subject for secondary schools and vocational colleges. Links to other subject areas are established as early as the Bachelor's degree programme. Students undergo training in research methodology in order to understand, interpret and collect research data and results themselves. In the Bachelor's degree programme, students gain insights into and specialise in social, occupational and organisational psychology, general psychology, differential and clinical psychology, developmental and educational psychology as well as methodology and psychology didactics. This is followed in the Master's degree by an even more in-depth examination of current topics and the preparation and concrete planning of psychology teaching and counselling along the module specialisations "Subject Didactics", "Health and Wellbeing" and "Current Discourses in Psychology". The practical semester, which students spend predominantly in schools, is also part of the programme.

The Master's degree programme can be started in both the winter and summer semesters. More information can be found on the programme website.

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