Master in Psychology: Evaluation and Assessment

About the course

The personal and professional future of every individual is increasingly marked by life-long learning. In such a context, there is a growing need to assess, on a regular basis, the learning potential and the skill and personality profiles of individuals. The programme features key qualifications specific to the field of assessment by focusing on quantitative research methods to assess the learning potential, skills and personality profiles of individuals.

Aims

As a student, you will acquire:

• theoretical and methodological knowledge necessary to devise scholarly assessment studies;
• skills to develop, select and apply assessment tools;
• develop transferable skills (data analysis; report-writing; oral presentation, etc.)
• statistical and methodological knowledge and expertise required to process and interpret data;
• high-level skills in implementing and applying mechanisms, whether in cognitive assessment, academic learning, professional skills or personality evaluation.

Course modules

• Psychological concepts and their relations to evaluation and assessment
• Measurement models
• Measurement tools
• Statistical tools
• Applied testing
• 10-week internship

Career

Students are prepared for a career in human resources departments, assessment centres and initial and continuing training centres.