Program Overview

Honours Programme FBMS

The Honours Programme of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is designed for highly talented and motivated first-year students in the bachelor Human Movement Sciences, the bachelor Psychology, or the bachelor Pedagogical Sciences. This programme offers extra challenges on top of the regular curriculum, and after successfully completing the programme, students obtain an honours degree.

Programme Structure

The Honours programme will be at least partially in English and consists of 30EC. Students will obtain these 30EC within the second and third years of their bachelor, on top of their regular courses.

Faculty Courses

The Honours programme of the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences includes:

• Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences
• Human Movement Sciences

Interfaculty Courses

Students will find more information about the Interfaculty courses on the university's website.

Why Apply to the Honours Programme?

The Honours Programme provides students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and broaden their horizons. Students who participate in the programme will be able to challenge themselves and gain valuable experience.

Honours Programme Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences

If students choose the Honours Programme within their bachelor Psychology or bachelor Pedagogical Sciences, they will follow 12-18 ECTS in faculty courses and 12-18 ECTS in interfaculty courses. All faculty courses are 6 EC-courses, and some courses offer the possibility for Honours students to gain 3 EC extra star credits after successfully completing an extra assignment.

Course Details

The following courses are available:

• Current Topics in Cognition (HP)
• Value, Philosophy and Education (HP)
• Psychopathology and Prevention (HP) + 3 star credits
• Research toolbox (HP)
• Mind, Brain and Education (HP)
• Diversity in Clinical Practice (HP) + 3 star credits
• Group Dynamics (HP) + 3 star credits
• Psychopharmacology (HP)
• Emotion and Social Cognition (HP) + 3 star credits
• Management and Organization (HP)
• Sensation and Perception (HP)
• Stress and Health (HP) + 3 star credits
• Cooperation and Competition (HP)
• Cognition and Emotion
• Human Resource Development (HP)
• Molecular Genetics (HP)

Honours Programme of the Department of Human Movement Sciences

The Honours programme of the department of Human Movement Sciences offers talented and motivated students the opportunity to invest more time in their own programme and broaden their horizons through participation in special courses that transcend the faculty curriculum.

Programme Details

The programme consists of 30 EC study credits and is given in English. It commences in the second year of the BSc programme and consists of components relating to the faculty and interfaculty components, transcending the curriculum of the faculty.

Admission Criteria

Admittance depends on study results (successful completion of all courses by the end of the first year with a grade point average of about 7.5 or higher) and motivation. Students are selected on the basis of their application letter, written in English and explaining their motivation, as well as an interview.

Programme Structure

The Human Movement Sciences Honours Programme aims at stimulating scientific attitude and consists partly of components that transcend faculty curricula (at least 12 of the in total 30 credits). All education is provided in small groups in English.

Programme Second Year

The programme consists of:

• 12 EC: choice from the programme that transcends faculty curriculum (two courses of 6 EC each)
• 6 EC: research project

Programme Third Year

The programme is tailor-made, and students may follow another interfaculty course, follow a course from another minor program, follow a course from the Master program or an optional course from the Research Master program of the faculty, write a short literature review under supervision of a staff member, conduct another research project, etc.

Courses in the Interfaculty Programme

The faculty offers a course entitled “New Anatomy” in the interfaculty programme. However, students are recommended not to enroll in this course because its content overlaps with the content of courses from the regular programme.