Department of Psychology University of Tromsø

Norway

Susanne Wiking

Associate Professor

The city of Tromsø

• Situated at nearly 70º N

• Founded in 1794

• Population 65 000 (urban area)

• Area 2 558 km2

• 80% employed in service industry

• The University was opened in 1972

Department of Psychology

• Faculty members: 24• PhD students

– In the regular program (3-4 yrs): 7– In the clinical competence program (7 yrs): 4

• Students– In the clinical program (1+5 yrs): 125– In the BA program (3 yrs): 800– In the MA program (2 yrs): 10 (started 2005)

Special strengths

• International staff – faculty members from the Netherlands, Italy, Iran, Mexico, USA, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Norway

• The clinical program provides both clinical and research related practice

• New building on campus (February 2005) with a clinic and large laboratory space

The Clinical Program

1st year Cognitive psychology, Learning, and Educational psychology

2nd year Biological and Developmental psychology

3rd year Social, Organizational, and Health psychology

4th year Clinical and Personality psychology

5th year Clinical work and main thesis

Clinical practice

1st year – Training in observation, communication, WISC-R and WAIS

2nd year – Psychophysiology, observation in child care center

3rd year – Group dynamics

4th year – Interviewing, clinical communication, clinical training, MMPI and Rorschach

5th year – Main practice

Research related practice

1st year Experiment workshop,

Term paper 15 ECTS

2nd year Term paper 15 ECTS

3rd year Research practice, Term paper 15 ECTS

4th year Term paper 15 ECTS

5th year Main thesis 30 ECTS

Exchange in the clinical program

• Going out:

Students from the 2nd and 3rd year

(Developmental and Biological psychology, Social and Organizational psychology)

• Coming in:

Students taking parts of 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year

The BA program

10 ECTS 10 ECTS 10 ECTS

1.Ex.Phil Ex.Fac PSY-1000

2. PSY-1001 PSY-1002

3. Free coursePSY-1003 to

1007PSY-1003 to 1007

4. Free coursePSY-1003 to

1007PSY-1003 to 1007

5. Free course Free course Free course

6.PSY-2001 PSY-2002

The MA program

10 ECTS 10 ECTS 10 ECTS

1. Proseminar Statistics Course

2. Course Course Course

3. MA thesis MA thesis Course

4. MA thesis MA thesis MA thesis

Exchange in the BA and MA

• Going out:

Students from the 4th or 5th semester of BA and 2nd or 3rd semester of the MA program

• Coming in:

Students for nearly all courses

(Note: Many courses are taught in English!)