Education

Major: Individual in Social Context

The major Individual in Social Context focuses on individual behavior in three types of social contexts; social psychology, sociology, and organization studies. Each context is studied separately, but also in connection to the other contexts.

The three contexts are studied in three different content courses - each of which takes one context as its focus and relates it to the other two - and two methodology courses, which connect the contexts and studies them from both a content perspective and a methodological perspective. In addition, the major also offers two statistics (Methodology & Statistics) courses and a skills course - writing scientific articles and presenting research.

In their first year, all students start with the major Individual in Social Context. They choose one of the three minors at the moment of application.

Program structure

YEAR 1, SEMESTER 1 (Introduction: Common courses and one minor course)

Social Psychology (SP)	Social Sciences (SS)	Methodology & Statistics (MS)	ECTS
Interpersonal Behavior Organizations & Groups Networks & Cohesion Multivariate Analysis Behavioral Decision Making	Interpersonal Behavior Organizations & Groups Networks & Cohesion Multivariate Analysis Social Networks	Interpersonal Behavior Organizations & Groups Networks & Cohesion Multivariate Analysis Mathematical Methods	6 6 6 6 6	Major Major Major Major Minor

YEAR 1, SEMESTER 2 (Towards writing a First-Year Paper: Methodology courses and traineeship)

Social Psychology (SP)	Social Sciences (SS)	Methodology & Statistics (MS)	ECTS
Survey Research & Psychometrics Experimental Research & Meta Analysis Programming Traineeship SP (2) First-Year Paper SP	Survey Research & Psychometrics Experimental Research & Meta Analysis Programming Traineeship SS (2) First-Year Paper SS	Survey Research & Psychometrics Experimental Research & Meta Analysis Programming Traineeship MS (1) First-Year Paper MS	6 6 3 3 12	Major Major Major Minor Minor

YEAR 2, SEMESTER 1 (Specialization: Minor courses and Tranineeships)

Social Psychology (SP)	Social Sciences (SS)	Methodology & Statistics (MS)	ECTS
Writing and Presenting Research in Social Science Ethics in SP Social Cognition Structural Equation Modeling Emotion & Motivation or Advanced Cross- Cultural Psychology International TraineeshipSP Traineeship SP (2) Traineeship SP (3)	Writing and Presenting Research in Social Sciences Ethics in SS Analysis of Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Intergenerational Relations & Reproduction Relations between Ethnic Groups or Institutions and Inter- organizational Teams International Traineeship SS Traineeship SS (2) Traineeship SS (3)	Writing and Presenting Research in Social Science Ethics in MS Analysis of Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Structural Equation Modeling Categorial Data Analysis or Latent Variable Measurement International Traineeship MS Traineeship MS (2) Traineeship MS (3)	2 1 6 6 6 3 3 3	Major Minor Minor Minor Minor Minor Minor Minor

YEAR 2, SEMESTER 2 (Towards Graduation: Master's Thesis)

Social Psychology (SP)	Social Sciences (SS)	Methodology & Statistics (MS)	ECTS
Writing and Presenting Research in Social Science Colloquia and Seminars in Social Psychology Traineeship SP (4) Master's Thesis SP	Writing and Presenting Research in Social Science Colloquia and Seminars in Social Sciences Traineeship SS (4) Master's Thesis SS	Writing and Presenting Research in Social Science Colloquia and Seminars in Methodology and Statistics Traineeship MS (4) Master's Thesis MS	1 2 3 24	Major Minor Minor Minor

Minors

Students specialize in an area of the social and behavioral sciences by choosing one of the three minors:

• Minor Social Psychology
• Minor Social Sciences
• Minor Methodology and Statistics

All minors have the same structure but offer courses that are specifically tuned to the particular minor.
Each minor offers four content courses; students need to follow three out of four. The third course can be chosen from the courses offered by any one of the three minors.

Every minor has a specialized statistics course that will teach you advanced statistical techniques related to the specific field of research the minor covers. A largest part of each minor consists of research skills and activities: Students learn everything there is to know about doing scientific research by means of a hands-on approach. This entails taking part in research of the research groups involved in the research master and doing your own research supervised by a researcher from these groups.

The specific activities are: international traineeship, intern traineeships, visiting seminars and colloquia, learning about ethics, writing a First-Year Paper and the Master Thesis, the latter two involving doing actual research.