About
The BA Hons. Psychology program from The NorthCap University Gurgaon facilitates students in transferring knowledge of psychology theory to innovative contexts and develops an operational understanding of psychology’s content domains. The program offers students a unique liberal arts education that helps them in exploring different philosophies, cultures, and human experiences which will broaden their views and provide them with a valued perspective sought by today’s global companies. The broad nature of elective courses in the program offered by the NCU ensures plenty of career options and confirms the applicability of psychological understanding in the areas of counseling, clinical research, organizational behavior, and applied psychology experiments.
Objectives
- To communicate the knowledge of psychology to undergraduate students in a manner
that will familiarise them robustly and dynamically to its broad scope. - To advance new insights in the domain of psychology through research and scholastic
inquiry. - To facilitate the application of core areas and principles of psychology in serving the
needs of society and nation. - To provide consulting support and services to the science and profession of
psychology.
Highlights
- Industry driven value-added courses with psychological testing
- Curriculum embedded with Liberal education
- Choice based foreign language courses
- Wide range of psychology elective courses
- Modest class size and well-qualified faculty
- Live projects, internship opportunities, and hands-on experience through
psychological practical - Equipping students with pre-placement talks
- Mentoring scheme that endorses personal and professional growth
Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)
On completing this course: –
1. Graduates can join professional career in fields of Clinical Psychologist, Counseling Psychologist, Psychiatric Technician, Rehabilitation Specialist, research and consultancy in private as well as Govt. owned companies of repute in India and abroad.
2. Graduates can pursue a relevant post-graduate study such as MA (Hons) in Clinical/Counseling/Health/Applied Psychology, MSW, MHRM, MBA, MBE, M.Com, and other professional courses.
Graduates will be informed and involved members of their communities, and responsible professionals
Programme Outcome (POs)
By the end of the program, the students should be able to: –
1. Ascertain likely psychological principles that stimulate rational and critical thinking.
2. Usage of appropriate language of psychology in verbal and written communication.
3. Apply psychological knowledge in generating novel solutions for diverse problems.
4 .Identify recent trends and challenges in the field of psychology.
5. Transfer knowledge of psychology to innovative contexts and situations.
6. Develop an operational understanding of psychology’s content domains.
7. Engender and enrich interpersonal skills.
8. Interpret psychological phenomena through scientific enquiry.
9. Locate, interpret, and evaluate controversial and ethical issues in psychology.
10 .Interpret, design, and conduct basic psychological research.
11 .Apply psychological content and skills to career goals.
Programme Specific Outcome
- Strong foundation in interdisciplinary psychological understanding of human behavior with a holistic perspective of economic, marketing and physiological background.
- Application of professional skills for offering basic counseling services and community mental health services in social sector, NGOs, schools, colleges and IT companies. Courses of applied social psychology, environmental psychology and advertising principles help in additional and diverse perspectives in job market.
- Aptitude to pursue Masters courses and higher education programme in India as well as foreign universities. Research courses such as statistics, research ethics and qualitative research help in higher education prospects in research.
Syllabi and Course Outcomes
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Minimum Eligibility Criteria
Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Psychology (Hons.)
10+2 (English Medium) examination conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education or equivalent examination from a recognized board with an overall aggregate of minimum 50%.
Selection Criteria
Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Psychology (Hons.)
Selection will be based on merit of
10+2 conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education
Or
equivalent examination from a recognized board (IB/ICSE)
AND
SAT score AND Personal Interview
Seats
| Programme | Seats |
| Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Psychology | 50 |
Financial Assistance
Programme Fee
Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Psychology (Hons.)
For Year 2022-23
Fee Concession cum Scholarship
| % of Scholarship | Eligibility (For CBSE as per percentage score in applicable subjects by program. Normalised Scores will be taken for other Boards with respect to CBSE) |
| 25% | CBSE: 90.1% and above |
| 10% | CBSE: 85%<= 90 |
- 20% scholarship on the tuition fees to the university employees’ ward/wards in the First Year Only
- 15% scholarship of the tuition fees for the university Alumni ward/wards, in the First Year Only
- Aggregate marks of Best 5 subjects in class XIIth examination conducted by CBSE or equivalent examination from a recognized board will be considered for scholarship criteria. For Boards other than CBSE, normalized scores as decided by scholarship and admission committee will be considered for scholarship criteria.
- Scholarships to be announced and reimbursed only after completion of admissions for AY22-23. Students who apply by the cut off date will only be eligible for scholarships. Cut off date will be notified during the admission process.
- There are a limited number of scholarships that will be served only on the basis of merit, if there are higher number of students in a particular scholarship bracket, the students in the order of merit will be shifted to immediately lower bracket
- Students applying with 2021 scores are not eligible for scholarships.
- Scholarships seats will be reduced on the pro-rata basis of actual enrolment.
- Scholarship not to be offered for any programs with less than 30 enrolments.
- Minimum CGPA of 8.50 is required to carry forward scholarship after first year and must have passed all the examinations and there should not be any disciplinary action against the student
- At any point of time during an academic year, a student can avail of benefits from one scholarship plan only. Student who once avail any scholarship will not be eligible for any other scholarship
- The management reserves the right to change the scholarship policy as per their discretion
- The scholarship will be awarded based on the above criteria at the sole discretion of the Admission and Scholarship Committee
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Psychology (Hons.)
Email: admissions@ncuindia.edu