Political Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Name
Political Psychology
Program code
24688
Qualification awarded
Psychologist (Political Psychologist) / Junior researcher (Psychology) / Lecturer in Higher Educational Institutions
Length of programme
2 years
Number of credits
120
level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework
7
Qualification level
Second (Master)
Discipline
Social and behavioral sciences
Speciality
KnowledgeField EN
Specific admission requirements
The condition for admission is the successful passing of additional entrance examinations if the degree of bachelor, master, or educational qualification level of the specialist is obtained in another specialty (field of study). Requirements for training of foreign students: knowledge of the Ukrainian language at the B1 level.
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Educational degree of bachelor, master, educational and qualification level of a specialist.
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
The professional qualification is assigned depending on the selected subjects based on the results of certification. The required minimum level of results in all subjects, assistant practice and production practice, demonstrated level of learning results in the complex exam and master's thesis - 75 points.
Programme learning outcomes
LO1. Search, process, and analyze professionally important knowledge from various sources using modern information and communication technologies.
LO2. Organize and conduct psychological research using valid and reliable methods.
LO3. Summarize empirical data and formulate theoretical conclusions.
LO4. Make a psychological prognosis for the development of individuals, groups, organizations.
LO5. Develop intervention programs (training, expertise, counseling, etc.), implement them into individual and group work, assess their quality.
LO6. Develop educational materials and programs, implement them, receive feedback, evaluate quality.
LO7. Present findings based on analysis in written and oral forms and in accessible and reasonable way, participate in professional discussions.
LO8. Assess the complexity of the tasks of the activity and make decisions about seeking help or further training.
LO9. Solve ethical dilemmas relying on the rule of law, ethical principles, and universal human values.
LO10. Summarize the results of own research in the form of scientific reports of various forms (abstracts, articles, reports, presentations).
LO11. Evaluate achievements, determine and argue the prospects of own scientific work.
LO 12. Develop and possess technologies of political and psychological research.
LO13. Reflect and critically evaluate the probability of independently obtained results about political and psychological practice.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
Written and oral exams, tests, differentiated tests, current control, defense of practice reports, defense of qualifying work, qualifying exam.
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
Work placement
The program includes internships and assistantships. Assistant practice takes place in an educational institution. Bases for internships can be offered by the educational institution or selected by the student independently. Upon completion of the internship, the student prepares a report, which is certified by the heads of internships from the institution and the base. The report is defended orally and is evaluated on a 100-point scale (for more details, see the internship programs ОК. 17, ОК. 18).
Work-based learning
Director of the course
Tetiana
Mykhailivna
Traverse
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Occupational profiles of graduates
The specialist is prepared for the following activities: research and development; advertising and market research; other professional, scientific and technical activities; education.
The specialist is able to perform the following professional work: adviser, policy manager, expert analyst, assistant to the people's deputy, political technologist, imagemaker in the field of politics, specialist in political advertising and PR technologies, specialist in the psychological sector of the development of civil society; assistant; teacher of higher education institution; Junior Researcher (Psychology).
Access to further studies
Opportunity to study according to the program of the third (educational-scientific) level of higher education. Acquisition of additional qualifications in the system of postgraduate education.
Subjects
As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines
Professional and Corporate Ethics
Code: ОК.02,
Psychology of Political Power
Code: ОК.06,
Psychology of Mass and Communities in Politics
Code: ОК.09,
Psychology of political advertising and PR
Code: ОК. 14,
Psychology of political communications
Code: ОК. 05,
Psychosemantic analysis of political consciousness
Code: ВБ.2.05,
Psychology of Modeling Mass Political Behavior
Code: ВБ.1.01,
Political-Psychological Analysis and Prediction of Eclectic Behavior
Code: ВБ.1.05,
Higher school psychology
Code: ОК. 12,
Methodology and organization of scientific research with the basics of intellectual property
Code: ОК. 01,
Psychologycal fundamentals of the work organization of professional of political psychology
Code: ВБ.1.06,
Psychology of political activity
Code: ОК 04,
Psychology of political conflicts
Code: ОК 07,
Psychology of political process management technologies
Code: ВБ.2.03,
Psychology of development and protection of the country's information space
Code: ВБ.2.04,
History and methodology of political psychology
Code: ОК 03,
Methods of Teaching Psychology in Institutions of Higher Education
Code: ОНД 11,
Psychological profiling of political leaders
Code: ВБ.2.06,
Technologies of political and psychological research
Code: ОК. 08,
Higher school pedagogy and pedagogical skills
Code: ОК. 10,
Psychosemantic analysis of political consciousness
Code: ВБ.1.03,
Psychology of counseling in the political sphere
Code: ОК. 15,
Psychology of cross-cultural communication
Code: ОК.16,
Management of political participation
Code: ВБ.1.04,
Assistantship practice
Code: ОК. 17,
Internship
Code: ОК. 18,
Psychology of image technologies
Code: ВБ.2.01,
Psychology of constructing the future: theory and practice
Code: ОК. 13,
Psychology of political leadership/management
Code: ВБ.1.02,
Psychology of information technologies in politics
Code: ВБ.2.02,