Courses & curriculum
Year 1
The first year of the master’s programme consists of a number of core courses. In addition to those, you will participate in various skills labs during which you will receive hands-on training in forensic assessment, therapy and expert witness skills.
Below you wil find an overview of the year 1 courses. Click the button above for detailed information.
- Interrogation & Interviewing
- Psychology of Eyewitnesses Testimony
- Assessment Skills Lab I & II
- Applied Statistics for Forensic Psychologists
- Thinking Like an Expert
- Forensic Neuropsychology
- Personality Disorders
- Criminal Law
- Forensic Assessment in Child Custody and Child Abuse Cases
- Dystorted Symptom Presentations
- Therapy Skills Lab
- Practical Training: Distorted Symptom Presentations
- Psychotic Disorders
- Expert Witness Skills Lab
- Young Offenders
- Sex Offenders
- Research Proposal Workshop
Year 2
The second year of the programme is focused on gaining practical experience. During this year, you will do clinical internship and research internship, and you will write your master’s thesis.
Some courses include one or more practical(s). If you do not pass a related practical it is not possible to receive a pass for such a core course until you pass the related practical(s). In the Student Portal the result for the core course will be noted as a Fail until you pass the practical(s). Then the core course will be adapted in a Pass.
Previous years
Below you'll find PDF's of the curriculum of previous academic years. If you cannot find the file you need, please contact askpsy@maastrichtuniversity.nl.