Psychology

Faculty of Psychology

Name
Psychology
Program code
1361
Qualification awarded
Educational qualification - Master of Psychology. Professional qualification - "psychologist", "junior researcher (psychology)"; " teacher of higher education institution "     
Length of programme
1 year
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
A separate decision of the examination committee may be awarded the professional qualification "psychologist" "junior researcher (psychology)"; "Teacher of higher education" based on professional mastery of competencies provided by the mandatory components of this program. Minimum required criteria: level of mastery of compulsory subjects - not less than 75 points; assessment for internship - no less than 75 points; assessment of qualification work and attestation exam - not less than 75 points.
Programme learning outcomes
LO1. To search, process, and analyze professionally important knowledge from various sources using modern information and communication technologies. LO2. To be able to organize and conduct psychological research using valid and reliable methods. LO3. To summarize empirical data and formulate theoretical conclusions. LO4. To make a psychological prognosis for the development of personality, groups, organizations. LO5. To develop programs of psychological interventions (training, psychotherapy, counseling, etc.), implement them in individual and group work, evaluate their quality. LO6. Develop educational materials and educational programs, implement them, receive feedback and evaluate quality. LO7. To make a clear and reasoned presentation of research results in written and oral form, to participate in professional discussions. LO8. To Identify the degree of tasks complexity and to decide on the application for assistance or advanced training. LO9. To solve ethical dilemmas based on rules of law, ethical principles, and common human values. LO10. To summarize the results of their research in the form of scientific reports of various forms (abstracts, articles, reports, presentations). LO11. To evaluate achievements and to define prospects of own scientific work.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
The student's success is assessed by calculating the scores of the semester grade (maximum score - 60 points) and exam scores (maximum score - 40 points). The maximum number of points that can be obtained by a student in the final assessment is 100 points. If a student scores less than the critical minimum in the semester assessment, he is given additional creative tasks, the number of which depends on the number of points, which is not enough to achieve the critical minimum - 36 points. The minimum threshold level of the examination mark at which the examination is considered passed may not be less than 24 points. Correspondence scale: Excellent - 90-100, Good - 75-89, Satisfactory - 60-74, Unsatisfactory - 0-59.
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
National credit mobility. The right of students to academic mobility is exercised following the Regulations on the Procedure for Exercising the Right to Academic Mobility of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ", Approved by the Rector on June 29, 2016. International credit mobility. Within the framework of the EU Erasmus + program, based on bilateral agreements between Taras Shevchenko National University and higher education institutions of partner countries, Master's students have the right to a credit mobility period (academic semester or year) based on open competition. Information about current competitions for scholarships is available on the website of the Faculty of Psychology https://psy.knu.ua/ua/news ; Graduates have the right to participate in competitions announced by international grant programs Erasmus +, Fulbright, DAAD, MEVLANA, Horizon Europe, and others. to receive on a competitive basis scholarship for study/research during the semester/year.
Work placement
Students are sent for internships following the agreements of the faculty with employers. For example, Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, G. S. Kostyuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Laboratory of Organizational and Social Psychology, “Dominant Educational Complex” Limited Liability Company, “ Automation Technologies PRO”, Limited Liability Company, “Jacquard Manufactory” and others. The student has the right to offer a self-selected base of practice. At the end of the internship, the organization provides a description of the intern, certified by the signatures of the head of the internship (psychologist) and the head of the institution (Base of internship), and the wet seal of the institution. The practice has a differentiated test. Points for internship (current assessment) - 60, for public defense of the internship report - 40.     
Work-based learning
Director of the course
Alla Borysivna Kovalenko
Department of Social 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; health care. The specialist can perform the following professional work: assistant; teacher of higher education institution; teacher of a professional educational institution; teacher of the vocational school; consultant of psychological-medical-pedagogical consultation; consultant of the central psychological-medical-pedagogical consultation; personnel development professional; professional consultant; employment specialist (headhunter); career guidance specialist; consultant; junior researcher (psychology); researcher (psychology); researcher-consultant (psychology); psychologist.     
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

Psychology of creativity and psychology of art
Code: ОНД 18. ,
Theoretical and methodological problems of psychology
Code: ОНД.03,
Psychology of consumer behavior
Code: ОК.15,
Higher school psychology
Code: ОК. 11,
Technologies of psychological training
Code: ОК.05,
Higher school pedagogy and pedagogical skills of a teacher
Code: ОК.12,
Psychological basis of Public relations
Code: ОК.06,
Methodology and organization of scientific research with the basics of intellectual property
Code: ОК.01,
Psychology of victimhood and suicide
Code: ВБ.5.05,
Modern Psychotherapy Approaches
Code: ОК.04,
Organization of the psychological service
Code: ОК.17,
Psychology of Organizations and Human Resources Management
Code: ОК.07,
Methods of teaching psychology in higher education institutions
Code: ОК.13,
Psychology of self-knowledge and self-regulation
Code: ОК.14,
Personality psychology in the modern world
Code: ВБ.1.03,
Psychology of sexuality
Code: ОК.19,
Professional and Corporate Ethics
Code: ОК.02,
Clinical Psychopharmacology (in English)
Code: ОК.16,
Technologies of group psychotherapy
Code: ВБ.4.06,
Family psychodiagnostics and family counseling
Code: ДВС 4.01,
Projective methods of personality research
Code: ВБ.4.03,
Clinical psychodiagnostics
Code: ВБ 4.04,
Technologies of catatim-imaginative psychotherapy
Code: ВБ 4.02,
Technologies of modern psychotherapy
Code: ДВС.4.05,
Discursive psychology
Code: ДВС.1.06,
Ethnopsychological problems of labor psychology
Code: ДВС 3.03,
Psychology of spirituality
Code: ВБ.1.01,
Theories of personality in cognitive psychology
Code: ДВС.1.04,
Psychology of health
Code: ВБ.1.05,
Modern theories of depth psychology
Code: ВБ.1.02,
Psychological technologies of marketing research
Code: ВБ.2.02,
Psychological technologies of business training
Code: ВБ.3.01,
Psychological technologies of business consulting
Code: ВБ.3.06,
Psychological technologies of Public Relations
Code: ВБ.2.06,
Psychological technology of advertising
Code: ВБ.2.03,
Psychology of entrepreneurship
Code: ВБ.3.04,
Personnel assessment
Code: ВБ.3.02,
The technologies of social-psychological and societal trainings
Code: ВБ.2.05,
Acmeology and adult education
Code: ДВС.5.02,
Prenatal psychology & psychology of parenting
Code: ДВС.5.01,
Psychological support of parenting
Code: ДВС.5.04,
Psychology of professional socialization
Code: ДВС 5.03,
Development of psychologist speech culture
Code: ДВС.5.06,
Psychological Technologies of Modeling and Monitoring of Electoral Behavior"
Code: ВБ.2.04,
Psychological technologies of personnel management
Code: ДВС.3.05,
Assistantship practice
Code: ОК.08,
Psychology of mass behavior
Code: ВБ.2.01,
Internship
Code: ОК.9,