Course Curriculum

CYBER´s master’s degree is structured in 4 distinct semesters, considering the students´ academic
background Human Behaviour Background (HBB) and Engineering and Exact Sciences Background (EEB), as follows:

UL Semester #1 HBB + EEB	ECTS
Brain, Mind and Behaviour	5
Research Methods in Cyberspace, Behavior and e-Therapy	10
Cyberspace, Behaviour and e-Therapy	5
Option I	5
Option II	5

UP Semester #2 EEB	ECTS
How to Measure Behavior in e-Health?	3
Data Processing in e-Health	3
Ethics and e-Health	3
Introduction to the Neurophysiology of Behavior	3
Data Life Cycle and e-Health: Pipeline and Content	3
Practicum I	15

UB Semester #2 HBB	ECTS
e-Therapy in Clinical and Health Psychology	3
e-Therapy in Rehabilitation	3
Cognitive Neuroscience Applied to Cyberspace	3
Behaviour Disorder Related to Cyberspace	3
Individual Differences and Personality Related to Cyberspace	3
Practicum I	15

UP Semester #3 HBB	ECTS
Cyberspace and Teleconsultation	3
Telepresence and Teleconsultation	6
Ethics and e-Health	3
User Experience in Teleconsultation	6

UL Semester #3 HBB + EEB	ECTS
Thematic Seminars in Cyberspace, Behavior and e-Therapy	7

UB Semester #3 EEB	ECTS
Basic Concepts of Psychopathology	8
Basic Concepts in Psychological Intervention	5
Basic Concepts in Health Psychology	5

UP Semester #4 HBB + EEB	ECTS
Training in Practice / Research	30

UL Semester #4 HBB + EEB	ECTS
Practicum II	15
Dissertation-Project	20

UB Semester #4 HBB + EEB	ECTS
Practicum II	15
Dissertation /Project	20

This course will accept candidates from areas related mental health and human health behaviour and IT, including Psychology, Medicine and Health, Computer Science, and Engineering and Technology. This joint master has two tracks: Cyberspace, more directed towards EEB students, and Behaviour and e-Therapy, aimed at HBB students. The access to the professional associations is dependent on the undergrad degree.

A common formation is offered in the first semester at UL. In this semester, a team of two students (one form each scientific area: HBB and EEB) will be put together. The CYBER Teams (CYBER-T) will travel through the 2 years working together towards the goal of developing and submitting a dissertation (HBB) or project (EBB), under the supervision of tutors specialized in the area of the student’s background. In the second year, all students will take internships in CYBER’s associated institutions (hospitals, research labs, companies, etc.), and classes that will support the dissertation/project’s development. Dissertation/projects will fall within the scope of the student’s background.

COMPETENCES

CYBER educational model aims at:

Encourage networking (globalization), enhancing communication literacy;
Contribute to integration into local communities and exposure to the socio-economic environment;
Consolidate strategic partnerships in support of research;
Work in tutorial system with supervised work with professionals or researchers;
Implement internships mobility: short-intensive (Prep school) and long comprehensive internships (globalization).

The CYBER educational model was established to allow CYBER students to develop the following competences:

Knowledge and know-how

Knowing how to do

knowing how to communicate

supported by specific strategies, namely:

Observation, research, analysis, communication strategies;
Research strategies and contextual analysis and possible involvement in projects;
Research and collaborative strategies with and for the community, with strategic consolidation of partnerships;
Strategies for implementing global research work, with a collaborative supervision tutorial system encompassing professionals and researchers;
Europe-wide dissemination and communication strategies, through different types of mobility, short and long term.

MOBILITY SCHEME

According their academic background (HBB or EEB), students will be assigned to two parallel tracks:

Semester #1

Lusófona University

all students

Semester #2

University of Barcelona

for HBB Students

Université Paris Cité

for EEB Students

Semester #3

University of Barcelona

for EEB Students

Université Paris Cité

for HBB Students

Summer School at Lusófona University

all students

Semester #4

Lusófona University

1/3 of students (HBB+EEG Students)

University of Barcelona

1/3 of students (HBB+EEG Students)

Université Paris Cité

1/3 of students (HBB+EEG Students)

AWARDED DEGREES

Students, who successfully complete CYBER Joint Master Degree, will be awarded a combination of Joint and Multiple Degree Diploma.

They will also be awarded a joint diploma supplement. Due to national legislation in the participating countries, a multiple diploma can also be awarded.

DISSERTATION/PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

CYBER EMJMD will deliver transdisciplinary outcomes in the form of dissertations and digital applications (project) that will uncover the future of eHealth interventions.

The dissertation/project, will take place in the 4 th semester, in the form of internships in CYBER’s associated institutions (hospitals, research labs, companies, etc.), while having classes that will support the dissertation/project’s development.

The Master Dissertation/Project must be submitted in English.

Student Agreement