A European Framework for Psychologists' Training

Project carried out with the support of the European Community within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme

CURRICULUM CONTENT - GERMANY

Due to the nationwide framework the curriculum of the Berlin University of Technology may by and large be considered representative of the education in other universities. The German system has no Educational Credit Transfer System principles. Hence, it is not easy to transform the German system into ETC units. What follows are my own transformations which are based on a study load of 40 hours/week which includes contact hours/week plus private study hours. 78 contact hours are required during the basic study which makes 15.6 per semester. By multiplying the contact hours by a factor of 2 we arrive at slightly more than 30 ETC points/semester, i.e. 60 etc point p/a.

BASIC STUDY	ECTS

General Psychology 1 ( Emotion, Perception )	20
General Psychology 2 (Thinking, Memory )	20
Developmental Psychology	20
Differential Psychology, Personality	20
Social Psychology	20
Biopsychology	20
Methods, Statistics	20
Research participation	10
Total	150

Table 1: General curriculum diploma in psychology

Oral or written examinations in 1-7

MAIN STUDY	ECTS

Profession, ethics, legal aspects	4
Fields of application
Work and Organisational Psychology	16
Educational Psychology	16
Clinical Psychology	16
Project in one of the three fields of application	12
Diploma colloqium in one of the three fields of application	4
Psychodiagnostics & Evaluation, qualitative methods	16
Methods, Statistics	16
Choice: Research subjects Cognitive/Environmental & Technology	12
Non-Psychological Subject	12
Total	112

Oral examinations in 2-8

The practice period of 6 months/3X6 weeks is usually chosen from one of the three practice fields. Similarly the diploma thesis.