Knowledge branch: Health sciences
Degree number of credits: 60
Compulsory credits: 24
Elective credits: 15
Final project: 8
Work placements/Internships: 13
Degree code: 2187
Years: 1
Teaching type: face-to-face
Places available for new students: 25
Languages used in class: Spanish and Valencian
Management Centre: Faculty of Psychology
Participating universities: University of Valencia, University of Salamanca, University of Santiago de Compostela and University of Barcelona
Minimum number of enrolment credits per student: 30
Price per credit [2012-2013 academic year]: 42 €
PhD programme linked to this Master’s programme: Psychogerontology
Academic, scientific or professional interest: This Master’s degree aims to train graduates with a level of excellence in the area of the psychology of ageing and the elderly. Graduates are expected to: Possess advanced knowledge in the various disciplines of this area and in the theoretical and practical problems that this interdisciplinary area is now facing. Know, differentiate and critically evaluate the different trends and traditions of psychogerontology. Acquire skills and research for the development of assessment tasks, psychological intervention and/or research with healthy elder people, or with elder people who suffer from cognitive impairment or other age-related pathologies in different family and institutional environments.
Contact: Emilia.Serra@uv.es