mam Master’s Thesis Module (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

mam Master’s Thesis Module (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

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Modulbezeichnung Master’s Thesis Module
Modulkürzel mam
Kreditpunkte 30,0 KP
Verantwortliche Einrichtung Department für Psychologie
Zuständige Personen
Prüfungsberechtigt:
Martin Georg Bleichner, Stefan Debener, Jochem Rieger, Carsten Gießing, Andreas Hellmann, Leonardo Zaggia, Mandy Roheger, Andrea Hildebrandt, Christoph Siegfried Herrmann, Rachana Mahadevan, Helmut Hildebrandt, Seonghun Park, Sebastian Puschmann, Cornelia Kranczioch-Debener, Jale Nur Özyurt, Heiko Stecher, Christiane Margarete Thiel, Sreekari Vogeti, Manuela Jäger, Mareike Daeglau, Daniel Kristanto, Cassie Ann Short, Amirhussein Abdolalizadeh Saleh, Micha Jannis Burkhardt, Melanie Klapprott, Velu Prabhakar Kumaravel, Arnd Meiser, Johannes Stalter, Franziska Kiene, Anja Lindig, Andreas Spiegler, Abin Jacob, Mira Vasileva, Cindy Boetzel, Karel Mauricio López Vilaret, Jorge Francisco Bosch Bayard, Julius Welzel, Pascale Sandmann, Oliver Bruton, Sana Hassan Imam, Eva Postuma, Sarah Stubenrauch, Cristiano Costa
Weitere verantwortliche Personen:
thesis supervisors;
Upon approval by the examination committee other staff members (e.g. PhD students in the laboratories of the Department of Psychology) can act as examiners for mam.
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Enrolment in Master's programme Neurocognitive Psychology.
Completion of at least 60 credit points in other modules including module psy240 (psy241) (Computation in Neuroscience).
Assignment of a topic by thesis supervisor and official application with the examination office.
Empfohlene Vorkenntnisse contact your supervisor for details
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Lernergebnisse/Kompetenzen

Goals of module:
Students will demonstrate that they are able to perform a psychological or neuroscientific experiment and/or analyze data originating from such experiments by means of methods according to contemporary scientific standards. Metaanalyses are accepted if they were conducted by means of up to date tools for data extraction and analyses, according to best practices outlined in relevant community guidelines, such as for example Cochrane. In addition, the students will demonstrate that they are acquainted with the necessary methods and can present their results orally and in written form.

Competencies:
++ experimental methods
+ statistics & scientific programming
+ data presentation & discussion
++ independent research
+ scientific literature
++ scientific English / writing
+ ethics / good scientific practice / professional behavior
+ critical & analytical thinking
+ scientific communication skills
+ knowledge transfer
++ project & time management
Modulinhalte

Part 1: Master's thesis
The students work on a given topic in cognitive neuroscience using literature research and the
appropriate experimental methods.

Part 2: Master's colloquium
The preparation of the thesis is accompanied by regular participation in the lab meetings of the
groups in which the thesis is performed. Students present their study design at the beginning of
their thesis preparation and their results towards the end. In addition, they listen to the
presentations of the other lab members and students in the group.
Literaturempfehlungen

Depending on the project.
Zu erbringende Leistungen
Prüfungsart, -umfang, -dauer

The written thesis will be individually evaluated by the daily supervisor and an additional reviewer (second supervisor) (90% of total grade).
The oral presentation and defence of the thesis results will be jointly evaluated by both supervisors (10% of total grade).
Prüfungszeiten

individual appointments
Dauer in Semestern 1 Semester
Angebotsrhythmus irregular
Workload
Arbeitsaufwand gesamt Davon Präsenzzeit
900 h

attendance in the lab meetings: 28h (2 SWS); thesis work in the lab as needed for your project
Lehrveranstaltungsform
Veranstaltungsart SWS Angebotsrhythmus Workload Präsenzzeit
Seminar und Projekt 2 SoSe und WiSe 28 h
Attendance as required for your project and 2 hours per week for participating in the lab meetings.
Zusätzliche Hinweise

If you want to do a Master's thesis outside the Department of Psychology, please follow the rules stated on the program website. 
We encourage students to use the LaTeX template provided on the course website. We usually offer a workshop on how to use LaTeX once a year.

 

Teaching format:
individual thesis preparation with supervision

 

Rules, guidelines and the grading scheme for Master's theses can be found on the programme website:
https://uol.de/en/psychology/master/course-overview/
(go to section 'Supporting documents you need during your studies')
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Master Neurocognitive Psychology > Abschlussmodul
Modulart Pflicht / Mandatory
Modullevel Abschlussmodul (Abschlussmodul / Conclude)