Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine

Master's program GPV with start date before fall semester 2022

Here you can find the information about the master's program in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Bern for students starting before the fall semester 2022 (old program).

At the Department of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (GPV), courses amounting to 30 (major), 45 (major plus specialization area), or 15 (minor) ECTS credits can be taken as part of the master's program. The three options are listed below.

If the master's thesis is written at the GPV department, attendance at the research colloquium of the GPV department during two semesters (without ECTS award) is additionally required.

Major in health psychology and behavioural medicine (30 ECTS)

Compulsory courses

17 of the total 30 ECTS must be completed with these courses (please note the footnotes):

  • Basic Knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Behavioural Medicine & Health Psychology I - HS - 5 ECTS (lecture) 1,2,3
  • Basic Knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Behavioural Medicine & Health Psychology II - FS - 5 ECTS (lecture) 1,2,3
  • Basics and concepts of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine - HS - 3 ECTS (lecture) 2,3
  • Research Methods in Health Psychology - FS - 4 ECTS (lecture and exercise) 2

Elective courses

The remaining 13 of the total 30 ECTS can be earned with these courses:

  • Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine in Practice - HS (from HS19) - 3 ECTS (lecture series)
  • 10 ECTS in seminars and lectures offered by the Department of Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine

Major and specialization in health psychology and behavioural medicine (45 ECTS)

Compulsory courses

20 of the total 45 ECTS must be completed with these courses (please note the footnotes):

  • Basic Knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Behavioural Medicine & Health Psychology I - HS - 5 ECTS (lecture) 1,2,3
  • Basic Knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Behavioural Medicine & Health Psychology II - FS - 5 ECTS (lecture)1,2,3
  • Basics and concepts of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine - HS - 3 ECTS (lecture) 2,3
  • Research Methods in Health Psychology - FS - 4 ECTS (lecture and exercise) 2
  • Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine in Practice - HS (ab HS 19) - 3 ECTS (Lecture series)

Elective courses

The remaining 25 of the total 45 ECTS can be earned with these courses:

  • 25 ECTS in seminars and lectures offered by the Department of Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine

Minor in health psychology and behavioural medicine (15 ECTS)

The 15 ECTS can be completed with these courses (please note the footnotes):

  • Basic Knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Behavioural Medicine & Health Psychology I - HS - 5 ECTS (lecture) 1,2
  • Basic Knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Behavioural Medicine & Health Psychology II - FS - 5 ECTS (lecture) 1,2
  • Research Methods in Health Psychology - FS - 4 ECTS (lecture & exercise) 2
  • Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine in Practice - HS - 3 ECTS (lecture series) (lecture and exercise)
  • Psychology of sexual health - HS - 3 ECTS 2
  • Basics and concepts of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine - HS - 3 ECTS (lecture) 2,3
  • Health Promotion and Prevention (Health Psychology) - HS - 3ECTS (lecture) 2
  • Stress and Disease Management - FS - 3ECTS (lecture) 2
  • Methodological seminar: Dataset cleaning and preparation in R - 2ECTS oder 5ECTS 4
  • A seminar of 5 ECTS from those offered by the Department of Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine.

Therefore, if you choose the minor (15 ECTS), you can only attend ONE seminar offered by the Department Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine. The remaining 10 ECTS must be attained from the other courses listed above.

 

1 The Basic Knowledge I & II courses are offered together with the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. The courses may only be credited to one of the two departments. If Basic Knowledge I & II are credited to Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, the 10 ECTS must be combined with other elective courses in Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine.

2 All lectures are repeated in an annual cycle. Lectures with the "HS" designation are always held in the fall semester, and lectures with the "FS" designation always offered in the spring semester.

3 These courses will no longer be offered; students from the old master's program who have not yet taken these required courses must replace them with other GPV lectures or KPP lectures. This ensures that all students receive a comparable basic education. The ECTs of the replaced lectures do not have to be equivalent to the lectures taken, the remaining ECTs can be replaced with any courses of the teaching offer of the GPV or KPP.

4 The course "Methodological seminar: Dataset cleaning and preparation in R" can be attended either as a stand-alone e-learning unit (2 ECTS) or as a methods seminar in blended learning format (5 ECTS). Attendance of this course (in one or the other format) is recommended for conducting the master's thesis (preparatory or accompanying).