The research-oriented master's degree program in psychology with a focus on work, organizational and health psychology serves to expand and deepen specialized knowledge in basic psychological disciplines, the application areas of work and organizational psychology as well as health psychology, other psychological application fields and the practice of special psychological research methods and diagnostic skills. Competencies for the analysis, diagnosis, evaluation and design of psychological processes in various fields of practice are taught. In addition, selected aspects of work, organizational and health psychology are deepened in an application-oriented manner. In the application area of work and organizational psychology, we focus on processes of individual and collective experience and action of people in the work and organizational world as well as in the interaction of work and recreation (e.g. work design, workplace health promotion), on group processes (e.g. cooperation in work groups, leadership, social identity) and organizational processes (e.g. organizational development). The focus is on central concepts and methods of psychological leadership and group research. Interfaces with basic psychological disciplines (especially social psychology) as well as non-psychological disciplines (e.g. business administration) are elaborated. In the application area of health psychology, health psychology theories, research areas and intervention concepts of evidence-based health promotion in different contexts (e.g. organizations, communities, rehabilitation) are deepened. Interdisciplinary interfaces of health psychology research with other psychological basic (e.g. social psychology, developmental psychology) and application disciplines (e.g. industrial and organizational psychology; behavioral medicine) as well as non-psychological disciplines (e.g. epidemiology, psychosomatics) are elaborated.
For admission to the master's program, applicants must demonstrate the following prerequisites: