Every Bachelor student of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience has to participate as a research participant in a number of scientific empirical studies at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. In this way you become acquainted with a variety of methods of empirical research, and are introduced in the different research areas of staff at the Faculty.
Your first year of enrolment in the bachelor determines the number of research participation hours (points) you need to obtain during your bachelor.
| Number of required participation points: | |
| 20 participation points (= 20 hours) | |
• Collect 15 participation points in you first year to get the remaining 5 waived. • If you started in 2016 or later: a maximum of seven hours can originate from online studies. | |
We encourage you to complete the Research Participation in your first year. Research participation during the 2nd and 3rd academic year is not guaranteed, due to too much prior knowledge. Furthermore, the ECTS for Research Participation must have been obtained in order to continue the programme abroad at the start of the 3rd academic year.
5 points bonus in the first year
If you obtain 15 participation points in your first academic year, the remaining 5 point will be waived.
Research Participation Poster Board
You can use the Research Participation Poster Board to find or publish studies. The mandatory info sticker is available at http://go.askpsy.nl/board.
Procedure
Participate in studies
Sign up for studies via Sona. You can login with your regular UM-account.
The awarded participation points will be registered in Sona.
Enough participation points = ECTS
The Education Office periodically checks to see if you have collected enough participation points. If so, the ECTS for IPN3442 / PSY3442 (year 3) will be credited.
• For first year students: monthly ECTS update.
• For second and third year students: ECTS update six times per year (September, December, March, June, July and August)
• Other students: ECTS update twice per year (July and August). Or earlier upon request.
Related links
Sona system: maastricht-fpn.sona-systems.com
Research Participation Policy v 001 of 05-07-2017
2016-2017 Get started in SONA - Instruction
Full manual Sona software of 2010
http://go.askpsy.nl/board for the sticker
ERCPN FPN dummy application form (to practice)
ERCPN Manual v1 of 2 January 2017
Contact
| Contact persons for research participation obligation | ||
| Coordinator | Eef Theunissen | e.theunissen |
maastrichtuniversity.nl