Master's Degree in Human Cognition and Evolution

Academic year 2024-25

You can also consult this information for the academic year 2023-24.

To be awarded the degree, students must pass 60 ECTS credits as follows:

30 ECTS from mandatory core subjects.

15 ECTS from elective subjects:

  • 6 ECTS to be required to select from advanced training subjects:
    • 11199 Advanced Research into Cognitive Psychology
    • 11204 Advanced Research into Cognitive Neuroscience
    • 11210 Advanced Research into Social and Political Studies
  • 9 ECTS to be selected from electives on the master's programme, including advanced research subjects that have not be selected as a main option.

15 ECTS from the Master's Thesis.

Subjects

First year
Name Type Credits Period
11215 - Master's Thesis Master's Thesis 15,0 Yearlong
11191 - Theory of Evolution Mandatory 3,0 1st semester
11192 - Human Evolution Mandatory 6,0 1st semester
11193 - Evolution of the Mind Mandatory 6,0 1st semester
11194 - Cognition and the Brain Mandatory 6,0 1st semester
11195 - Socialization Processes and Plurality in Modern Societies Mandatory 6,0 1st semester
11196 - Training in Scientific Research Mandatory 3,0 1st semester
11199 - Advanced Research into Cognitive Psychology Elective 6,0 2nd semester
11200 - Psychology of Decision-Making Elective 3,0 2nd semester
11201 - Visual and Auditory Cognition Elective 3,0 2nd semester
11203 - Emotion and Cognition Elective 3,0 2nd semester
11204 - Advanced Research into Cognitive Neuroscience Elective 6,0 2nd semester
11208 - Experimental Aesthetics and Neuroaesthetics Elective 3,0 2nd semester
11210 - Advanced Research into Social and Political Studies Elective 6,0 2nd semester
11211 - Sexual Roles in Contemporary Societies Elective 6,0 2nd semester
11212 - Applied Ethics Elective 6,0 2nd semester
11213 - Ethics and Politics of Advanced Modernity Elective 3,0 2nd semester
11197 - Evolutional Models of Human Social Behaviour Elective 3,0
11198 - Neuronal Networks Elective 3,0
11202 - Communication in Handicapped People Elective 3,0
11205 - Neuropsychology of Executive Functions Elective 3,0
11206 - Cognitive Aging Elective 3,0
11207 - Language Processing Elective 3,0
11209 - Moral and Neuroethical Psychology Elective 3,0
11214 - Human Migrations and Anthropology Elective 3,0
20906 - Anthropology Supplementary Training 6,0
21300 - General Psychology Supplementary Training 6,0