Official Master's Degree in Research in Clinical Psychology and Health

Study guides

Master description

The master’s degree proposed comprises 60 content credits (ECTS) specifically related to research in the field of Clinical and Health Psychology, of which 18 ECTS are obligatory and 12 ECTS correspond to the master’s thesis.
The other 30 ECTS credits include specific optional research modules in Clinical and Health Psychology and in Research Methodology. Depending on students’ interests, the coordinators of the master’s degree may advise in tutorials prior to enrolment on such optional subjects.

Teaching timetable

Schedule Accademic year 

Study plan structure

Table of credits for each course

	Compulsory	Optional	Final Project
First Year	18	30	12
Totals	18	30	12

Basic and compulsory training

From the first year onwards (1)

Complementary Training (2)

First semester 43873 - Methodology of Applied Research in Clinical and Health Psychology Second Semester 43883 - Master's Degree Dissertation Yearly 43874 - Research Practicum in Clinical and Health Psychology

No assignat 102596 - Areas of Application of Health Psychology 102571 - Data Analysis 102574 - Psychological Assessment 102545 - Adult Clinical Psychological Assessment 102540 - Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychological Assessment 102539 - Intellectual Disability and Development Disorders 102595 - Health Education 102594 - Stress and Health 102607 - Fundamentals of Psychobiology I 102573 - Introduction to Psychological Treatment 102566 - Research Methods, Design and Techniques  102570 - Statistical and Psychometric Models 102578 - Personality and Individual Differences 102592 - Health Psychology: Fundamentals 102547 - Physiological Psychology I 102569 - Psychometrics 102572 - Psychopathology Throughout the Life Cycle 102543 - Adult Psychopathology 102538 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 102542 - Cognitive and Behavioural Treatment in Adults 102537 - Cognitive and Behavioural Treatment in Children and Adolescents

Optional subjects

From First Year

43882 - Questionnaire Analysis and Adaptation 43880 - Integrated Approach to the Origin of Mental Disorders: Biology, Person and Environment 43876 - Lifestyles and Health 43875 - Stress, Coping and Health 43881 - Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology 43877 - Psychooncology and Palliative Care 43879 - Developmental Psychopathology: from Childhood to Adulthood 43878 - Applied Research in Mental Disorders

(1)  All optional courses are worth 6 credits except when an alternative is indicated.

Not all optional courses are necessarily offered every year.

(2) Complementary training:

• Students from degrees other than Psychology, and depending on their academic curriculum, must complete additional training in the field of Psychology, prior to the master's degree, up to a maximum of 60 credits.

• In the event that a student had to complete more than 18 credits of complementary training, they must complete the master's degree in two academic years.