Global-MINDS students started either at ISCTE-IUL or SWPS. They then spend their 2nd semester at one of the other three Partner Universities. Four mobility paths, focusing on societal issues, ensured that students experience the highest level of diversity in regard to cultural, socioeconomic, academic conditions and educational contents (see mobility path diagram). Elective courses offered at each Partner Institution in Psychology and other disciplines (e.g., political science) provided students the possibility to deepen a thematic interest and/or obtain an interdisciplinary perspective. Students could stay at the same university after the second semester or opt for additional mobility tracks to any of the Partner Institutions for their third (internship) and fourth (master thesis) semesters.

Mobility Path A: Semester 1 at ISCTE-Instituo Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon Portugal; Semester 2 at University of Limerick (UL), Limerick, Ireland.

Mobility Path B1: Semester 1 at ISCTE-Instituo Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon Portugal; Semester 2 at University of Oslo (UiO), Oslo, Norway.

Mobility Path B2: Semester 1 at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland; Semester 2 at University of Oslo (UiO), Oslo, Norway.

Mobility Path C: Semester 1 at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland; Semester 2 at Koç University (KU), Istanbul, Turkey.

Previous Curriculum Overview

Semester 1

The starting universities provide the foundation regarding social and cultural psychological contents.

ISCTE-IUL: Compulsory courses focus on basics regarding group phenomena including stereotyping and intergroup discrimination. Issues of intercultural contact as well as potential misunderstandings in communication situations are also covered. Students learn specific techniques to reduce prejudice in society and to improve their cultural competence.

SWPS: Compulsory courses cover an introduction to social psychological topics (e.g., prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination) and numerous cultural psychological issues such as cultural diversity, acculturation, as well as ethnic conflict.

Semester 2

After completing the first semester, Global-MINDS students will move to a Partner Institution as specified in the mobility path diagram. The mobility paths have been carefully designed in order to offer students the choice of a thematic focus according to their interests and career ambitions. Students will also receive a solid training in psychological qualitative and quantitative methods and data analysis as a preparation for their Master thesis project:

• Mobility Path A: Students will deepen their knowledge in Social Psychology by applying its principles regarding diversity and social inequality to contemporary social issues, such as how individuals relate to community and society, the groups they are part of and those people they see as not part of their group, including topics such as collective action and ideologies of diversity and multiculturalism.
• Mobility Path B: Students will learn how to plan, conduct and evaluate applied research and interventions regarding justice and sustainability with an emphasis on migration and intergroup relations. They will also learn about how psychology can contribute to issues of human rights violations as well as post-conflict reconstruction.
• Mobility Path C: Students will be prepared to deal with a socially and culturally diverse workforce in national and international organisations. They will learn how organisational and national cultures shape businesses, institutions and people (e.g., regarding leadership styles).

The compulsory Global-MINDS Summer School offers additional knowledge and skills development regarding topics not covered by the Partner Institutions.

Previous Curriculum Information

Note: All courses listed here are subject to change in the case of unforeseen circumstances

In order to fulfill the mobility requirements, students must complete 30 ECTS in each semester.

Year 1

Semester 1

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Paths A & B		SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities Paths B & C
Course Title	ECTS	Course Title	ECTS
Cultural Psychology	6	Dynamical Social Psychology	5
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Advanced Topics	6	Psychology of Acculturation and Economic Migration	6
Psychology of Intercultural Contact and Communication	6	Cultural Determinants of Human Behavior and Cross Cultural Diagnosis	6
Elective Block A (1 course)	6	Statistics and Methodology in Cross-Cultural Perspective	5
Elective Block B (1 course)	6	General Electives	8

Semester 2

University of Limerick Path A		University of Oslo Path B		Koç University Path C
Course Title	ECTS	Course Title	ECTS	Course Title	ECTS
Advanced Studies in Political Psychology	6	Promoting Change through Social Psychology	10	Cross-Cultural Management	6
Community Psychology	6	Human Rights, Democracy and Reconstruction after Conflict	5	Advanced Research Methods & Statistics II	9
Methods and Statistics Electives (1 course)	6	Methods and Statistics Electives (1 course)	5 or 10	Seminar Course	3
General Electives (1 course)	6	General Electives (up to 1 course)	5	General Electives	6

Summer School

Course based on Study Path (at ISCTE-IUL in 2018)	ECTS
Path A Summer School in Methodology and Intervention	6
Path B Summer School in Methodology and Intervention	5
Path C Summer School in Methodology and Intervention	6

Year 2

All Universities	ECTS
Internship in the Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion and Diversity in Society	18
Master dissertation in the Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion and Diversity in Society	42

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Year 1 by Path

Path A

Semester 1: ISCTE-IUL			Semester 2: UL
Course Title	ECTS		Course Title (more course information)	ECTS
Required Courses			Required Courses
Cultural Psychology	6		Advanced Studies in Political Psychology	6
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Advanced Topics	6		Community Psychology	6
Psychology of Intercultural Contact and Communication	6		Global-MINDS Summer School in Cross-Cultural Methodology and Intervention	6
Likely Elective Course Options (1 course from each block required) (minimum of 12 ECTS required			Likely Elective Course Options (1 course from each block required) (minimum of 12 ECTS required
General Block			General Block
Diversity at Work	6		Advanced Perspectives in Social Identity Research	6
Diversity and Intercultural Relations in the School Context	6		Multiculturalism and Political Theory	6
			Inequality and Social Exclusion	6
Methods Block (Advanced Quantitative required unless proficiency shown)			Methods Block (Qualitative methods should be taken at only one university)
Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis	6		Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology	6
Qualitative Data Analysis in Psychology	6		Advanced Analysis in Psychology	6

Path B1

Semester 1: ISCTE-IUL			Semester 2: UiO
Course Title	ECTS		Course Title	ECTS
Required Courses			Required Courses
Cultural Psychology	6		Promoting Change through Social Psychology (PSYM4830)	10
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Advanced Topics	6		Human Rights, Democracy and Reconstruction after Conflict (PSY4506)	5
Psychology of Intercultural Contact and Communication	6		Global-MINDS Summer School in Cross-Cultural Methodology and Inclusion	5
Likely Elective Course Options (1 course from each block required) (minimum of 12 ECTS required			Likely Elective Course Options (1 course Block B required. Choose additional courses from Block A to reach total of 30 ECTS.)
Block A			Block A
Diversity at Work	6		Current Topics in Social Psychology (PSY4115)	5
Diversity and Intercultural Relations in the School Context	6		Social Inequality in the 21st Century: Egalitarian Norway in Comparative Perspective (SOS4100)	10
			Judgment and Decision Making and Social Cognition (PSY4301B)	5
Block B (Advanced Quantitative required unless proficiency shown)			Block B
Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis	6		Applied Quantitative Methods (PSY4020)	5
Qualitative Data Analysis in Psychology	6		Applied Qualitative Methods (PSY4110)	5

Path B2

Semester 1: SWPS			Semester 2: UiO
Course Title	ECTS		Course Title	ECTS
Required Courses			Required Courses
Dynamical Social Psychology	5		Promoting Change through Social Psychology (PSYM4830)	10
Psychology of Acculturation and Economic Migration	6		Human Rights, Democracy and Reconstruction after Conflict (PSY4506)	5
Cultural Determinants of Human Behavior and Cross Cultural Diagnosis	6		Global-MINDS Summer School in Cross-Cultural Methodology and Intervention	5
Statistics and Methodology in Cross-Cultural Perspective	5
Intercultural Competence Training	6
Likely Elective Course Options			Likely Elective Course Options (1 course Methods Block required. Choose additional courses from General Block to reach total of 30 ECTS.)
Doing Business in the East and in the West	2		General Block
Ethnic Conflict & Reconciliation	2		Current Topics in Social Psychology (PSY4115)	5
			Social Inequality in the 21st Century: Egalitarian Norway in Comparative Perspective (SOS4100)	10
			Judgment and Decision Making and Social Cognition (PSY4301B)	5
			Methods Block
			Applied Quantitative Methods (PSY4020)	5
			Applied Qualitative Methods (PSY4110)	5

Path C

Semester 1: SWPS			Semester 2: KU
Course Title	ECTS		Course Title	ECTS
Required Courses			Required Courses
Dynamical Social Psychology	5		Research Seminar	3
Psychology of Acculturation and Economic Migration	6		Advanced Research Methods & Statistics II	9
Cultural Determinants of Human Behavior and Cross Cultural Diagnosis	6		Cross-Cultural Management	6
Statistics and Methodology in Cross-Cultural Perspective	5		Summer School in Methodology and Intervention	6
Likely Elective Course Options			Likely Elective Course Options
Doing Business in the East and in the West	3		Advanced Industrial and Organizational Psychology	6
Ethnic Conflict & Reconciliation	2		Social Cognitive Neuroscience	6
Intercultural Training Competence	4		Culture and Human Development	6
Adaptation Workshop for International Students	2