The study programme in a nutshell
If you are interested in the effects of digital media on human thought and behaviour and want to work as a data scientist, content manager, trainee social media, educational designer, or academic researcher, this programme is the right choice.
The programme will provide you with cutting-edge knowledge about the effects of digital media on information processing, learning, and work performance. You will learn to analyse these effects using innovative data science techniques.
To increase your experience with digital media as a knowledge producer, the master's programme includes innovative digital teaching methods. The programme allows you to create either an applied or a more fundamental profile so that you can optimally prepare for a job outside of or in academia.
Curriculum
The course will use an innovative educational format. There will be group discussions of current topics in the scientific literature on digital media. The programme will be in English.
Curriculum
The curriculum of this Master's programme consists of 20 EC core courses (four courses of 5 EC), the Master's thesis (minimum 20 EC) and an elective component of 20 EC. The elective component can be filled with a combination of elective courses (each 5 EC), a practical internship (10 EC, 15 EC or 20 EC) and a longer Master's thesis (30 EC instead of 20 EC).
Course period 2
The Psychology of Leadership and Coaching
Qualitative Research in Psychology
Programming Experiments
Placement in the electives is based on a matching system that takes your preferences as well as course capacity into account. This matching system aims to generate the best possible outcome for all students. We aim to place you in a preferred elective, and historically most students receive one, but placements in a specific elective cannot be guaranteed.
The Psychology of Leadership and Coaching
Qualitative Research in Psychology
Programming Experiments
Placement in the electives is based on a matching system that takes your preferences as well as course capacity into account. This matching system aims to generate the best possible outcome for all students. We aim to place you in a preferred elective, and historically most students receive one, but placements in a specific elective cannot be guaranteed.