30 ECTS credits
875 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4006279FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Students are only allowed to start the internship after they:
Finished their Bachelor in Psychology, and
Obtained at least 36SP of the Master in Work & Organizational Psychology program
The student is responsible for finding a company where he/she can do his/her apprenticeship and is also responsible for the contract. As the apprenticeship advances the student gains more responsibilities and builds more independence in their job. Students are given the opportunity to develop and deepen their professional competences and skills. Theoretical backgrounds and knowledge acquired during the course of studies are now translated into practice. The apprenticeship creates opportunities for students to receive feedback on their professional functioning.
Apprenticeships in work- and organisational psychology are very diverse as students may enter very different work settings: Human Resources departments, HR consulting, Recruitment and Selection, Marketing organisations, Training & Development, Outplacement, and other.
Of prime importance is the development of communication skills, both oral and written. Giving presentations to smaller or larger groups, consulting with peers and other professionals, teaching etc. are some examples.
Throughout the academic year, 5 seminars are organized. Attendence during those seminars is mandatory.
As part of their internship, students also play an active role in the annual 2-day teambuilding seminar with students from 3rd bachelor and 1st master I/O Psychology. They prepare teambuildingexcercises as well as an evening activity; that will be performed by teams of 3rd bachelor and 1ste master students during the seminar. The students also guide one team througout the entire seminar. Participation in the preparation of and during the teambuilding seminar is mandatory, if not 'absent' on the entire course.
A list of vacancies for internships is made available through Canvas.
Further nothing specific, depending on the kind of apprenticeship any materials from previous courses may be valuable.
The internship report can - on request of the student and if approved by the internship assistant - be written in another language than Dutch.
- The student finds a suitable apprenticeship, negociates a contract according to the requirements and has it approved.
- The student performs the job that normaly would be done by a graduated MA of organizational psychology under supervision of a tutor.
- The student completes with success at least 1 substantial personal project which does not overlap with the everyday activities.
- The student is sufficiently independent to start as a Work and Organizational Psychologist
- The student has a good understanding of (possible) jobs of organizational psychologists
- The student knows the organization and mission of the institution and has sufficient knowledge about the functioning of the department to functioning independently.
- The student has good communication skills, both oral and written, if possible gives presentations to larger or smaller groups, consults with professionals, training activities.
- The student brings the research skills developed during his/her study into practice
- The student makes a critical reflective analysis of his/her professional functioning aimed at potential future employment based on the feedback that has been received
- The student can (in team) develop and prepare teambuildingexcercises
- The student can coach (instruct, observe, give feedback) a team during the teambuildingseminar
- The student can (in team) develop an apropriate evening excercise for a teambuildingseminar
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Internship determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the SELF Internship category, the following assignments need to be completed:
An apprenticeship report must be turned in upon completion of the apprenticeship. The final evaluation is shortly after the apprenticeship period and is based on a feedback interview among the tutor, the professor, and the student, and the apprenticeship report. During this interview, the activities that the student has carried out, the responsibilities thereby granted to the student and the achievements thereof are discussed. The evaluation form that is provided is used for both the interim and final evaluation.
The final grade is decided by the professor, based on the feedback interview, the final evaluation and the apprenticeship report.
Participation in the preparation of teambuilding excercises and the team coaching during the 2-day teambuilding seminar is mandatory, if the student does not participate he/she receives 'absent' for the entire course.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Psychology: Afstudeerrichting arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie (only offered in Dutch)