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(in Polish) Psychologia (2-KRK-PS-Z5)

(in Polish: Psychologia)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Master's degree studies
Evening and weekend classes, 5 years
Language: Polish

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A graduate of the master's five-year "psychology" realized in extramural mode (weekend meetings). Program of studying receives a thorough theoretical and practical preparation for the profession of a psychologist. During various courses she/he acquires knowledge in the field of theoretical psychology (eg. general and developmental psychology) and applied knowledge (eg. psychology of advertising, psychology of addictions).

Theoretical knowledge is combined with practical application in psychological diagnosis, psychological counseling and solving real life psychological problems. The Institute offers optional classes chosen by the student according to their interests and the possibility of participating in trainings inside and outside of classes.

The student also masters knowledge in such areas as the biological basis of human behavior, philosophy, or sociology. The graduate is well prepared to conduct scientific research, especially thanks to the acquired knowledge in the field of methodology with statistics and psychometry.

Qualification awarded:

Master of Psychology

Access to further studies:

Graduates can apply for admission to doctoral studies and other postgraduate courses.

Professional status:

A graduate of psychology has the right to practice the profession, resulting from the act on the profession of psychologist (Journal of Laws [Dz.U.]2019.0.1026, i.e. the Act of June 8, 2001 on the profession of psychologist and professional self-government of psychologists). Additionally, the graduate has been provided with sufficient professional qualifications to perform the profession of a psychologist in educational institutions. Legal basis: Regulation Of the Minister of National Education of 01/08/2017, on the specific qualifications required from teachers (as amended, Journal of Laws [Dz.U.] 2019, item 465).

Learning outcomes

The student should complete all subjects in accordance with the applicable curriculum (lectures, exercises, seminars, laboratories). The study programme complies with the teaching standards for uniform Master's Degree in Psychology and has been approved by the Senate of the University of Opole in Resolution 49 / 2016-2020, of May 25, 2017. Not every subject ends with an exam, the exercises do end credit with grade. The condition for completing the course is obtaining a positive grade in the course provided in the study program for a given subject. The condition for admission to the exam with of a given subject is to obtain a positive grade for passing it. The student should write a thesis Master's thesis and present it to the supervisor at the end of semester X, and then defend it with the result positive before the Institute Committee during the master's examination. The master's exam is composed of two parts: examination in the field of specialist knowledge from the period of studies and defense of the thesis. The final grade on the diploma is: 1/2 of the arithmetic mean of the examination grades and written credits to the index; 1/4 of the grade for the thesis; 1/4 of the grade for the master's exam.

Admission procedures:

Visit the following page for details on admission procedures: https://rekrutacja.uni.opole.pl