School of Management and Liberal Studies (SOM)

About

The BA Hons. Psychology program facilitates students in transferring knowledge of psychology theory to innovative contexts and develops an operational understanding of psychology’s content domains.  BA Hons Psychology program offers students a unique liberal arts education that helps them in exploring different philosophies, cultures, and human experiences which will broaden their view and provide them with a valued perspective sought by today’s global companies. The broad nature of elective courses in the program offer 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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