B.Sc Psychology

Overview of the Programme

B.Sc Psychology course provides quality professional knowledge to the students in the field of psychology. This course also focuses on theoretical approaches, the fundamentals of psychological research, and practical application of the same through periodical internships. Apart from any other course this course is also helpful for the students for their self-management and to maintain a better social relationship using psychological applications in day to day life.

PEO, PO & PSO

Programmed Educational Objective (PEO)

 

PEO-1

 Proficiency in psychology. The students should have knowledge and skills about mind, brain, and behavior. They should also have a detailed understanding of theories and concepts of psychology which acts as a basis for understanding human behavior.

 

PEO-2

 

Professional Growth. The students should be able to formulate a case, identify the problem and its associated intervention in clinical, counseling, and industrial setting.
PEO-3 Research Proficiency in psychology: The students should be able to do research in the area of psychology to formulate new concepts and theories and also to develop psychological tools to carry out research in order to come up with a new understanding in the field of psychology.
PEO-4 Management Skills: The student should able to understand and manage their emotions and as well as others in order to provide professional expertise for the people who are in need of psychological assistance.
Program Outcomes (PO)
PO-1 Ability to gain knowledge in theoretical approaches in the subfields of psychology.
PO-2 Ability to gain knowledge in social psychology to understand the social factors influence human behavior and their cognitive process.
PO-3 Ability to gain knowledge in the area of developmental psychology to understand developmental problems.
PO-4 Ability to gain knowledge about the application of psychology in an industrial setting.
PO-5 Ability to conduct a psychological experiments to understand the psychological components.
PO-6 Ability to identify the problem, formulate case and its associated intervention in the area of clinical, counseling, educational, and industrial settings.
PO-7 Ability to perform quantitative and qualitative research using statistical software to analyze data
PO-8 Ability to Design, implement, analyze and communicate independent and group project work

Program Specific Outcome (PSO)
PSO-1. To understand the concept through theories and fundamental aspects of psychology.
PSO-2. To identify and think about the various psychological problems.
PSO-3. To gain knowledge in basic skills of psychological assessments.
PSO-4. To develop research-oriented skills.
PSO-5. To be able to identify and study, mental health and social needs of the community.

BSC PSYCHOLOGY COURSE OUTCOME:

CO 1: Ability to develop a critical understanding of psychology and apply psychology principles to person social and also at organizational.

CO 2: Ability to develop knowledge about psychology in organizational sectors.

CO 3: Ability to develop one’s own attitude, self-esteem, and self-evaluation.

CO 4: To acquire knowledge about emotional development

CO 5: To acquire knowledge about various disabilities and treatment

CO 6: Ability to understand various approaches and assessments.

CO 7: Ability to perform quantitative and qualitative research using statistical software to analyses data.

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Curriculum

S.No. Sem Part Sub Type Course Code Course Name Credit Hours INT EXT Total
1 1 1 L1   Language – I 3 5 50 50 100
2 1 2 L2   English – I 3 5 50 50 100
3 1 3 Core    Core  Course – I Theory (General Psychology I) 4 5 50 50 100
4 1 3 Core     Core  Course – II Theory / Practical (Developmental Psychology I) 4 4 50 50 100
5 1 3 Allied   Allied-I (Education Psychology) 4 5 50 50 100
6 1 4 SEC   Skill Enhancement Courses – I Practical / Training (General Psychology Practical) 4 4 50 50 100
7 1 4 AEC   Ability Enhancement Course I Environmental Studies or Universal Human Values & Professional Ethics 2 2 50 0 50
            24 30 350 300 650
                     
1 2 1 L1   Language – II 3 5 50 50 100
2 2 2 L2   English – II 3 5 50 50 100
3 2 3 Core    Core  Course – III Theory (General Psychology II) 4 5 50 50 100
4 2 3 Core     Core  Course – IV Theory / Practical (Developmental Psychology II) 4 4 50 50 100
5 2 3 Elective   Elective  – I Entreprenuership Development 4 4 50 50 100
6 2 3 Allied   Allied-II (Research methodology) 4 5 50 50 100
7 2 4 AEC   Ability Enhancement Course II Design Thinking 2 2 50 0 50
8 2 5 Ext   Extension Activity – I (NASA) 1 0 25 0 25
            25 30 375 300 675
                     
1 3 1 L1   Language – III 3 4 50 50 100
2 3 2 L2   English – III 3 4 50 50 100
3 3 3 Core    Core  Course – V Theory (Abnormal Psychology I) 4 6 50 50 100
4 3 3 Core     Core  Course – VI Theory / Practical (Social Psychology) 4 4 50 50 100
5 3 3 Allied   Allied-III (Psychological statistics) 4 5 50 50 100
6 3 4 SEC   Skill Enhancement Courses – II Practical / Training (Developmental Psychology practical) 4 5 50 50 100
7 3 4 AEC   Ability Enhancement Course III Soft Skill-1 2 2 50 0 50
8 3 3 ITR   Internship / Industrial Training (Summer vacation at the end of II semester activity) 2 0 50 0 50
9 3 5 Ext   Extension Activity – II (NASA) 1 0 25 0 25
            27 30 425 300 725
                     
1 4 1 L1   Language – IV 3 4 50 50 100
2 4 2 L2   English – IV 3 4 50 50 100
3 4 3 Core    Core  Course – VII Theory ((Abnormal Psychology II) 4 6 50 50 100
4 4 3 Core     Core  Course – VIII Theory / Practical (Biological Psychology) 4 4 50 50 100
5 4 3 Allied   Allied-IV (Programming in C) 4 5 50 50 100
8 4 3 Elective    Elective  – II (Behavior modification) 4 5 50 50 100
7 4 4 AEC   Ability Enhancement Course IV Soft Skill-2 2 2 50 0 50
8 4 5 Ext   Extension Activity – III (NASA) 1 0 25 0 25
            25 30 375 300 675
                     
1 5 3 Core    Core  Course – IX Theory (Industrial Organisational Psychology) 4 6 50 50 100
2 5 3 Core     Core  Course – X Theory / Practical (Health Psychology) 4 6 50 50 100
3 5 3 Elective    Elective  – III (Environmental Psychology) 4 6 50 50 100
  5 3 PRJ   Project 0 6 0 0 0
4 5 4 SEC   Skill Enhancement Courses – III Practical / Training (Abnormal Psychology practical) 4 6 50 50 100
5 5 3 ITR   Internship / Industrial Training (Summer vacation at the end of IV semester activity) 2 0 50 0 50
6 5 5 Ext   Extension Activity – IV (NASA) 1 0 25 0 25
            19 30 275 200 475
1 6 3 Core    Core  Course – XI Theory (Introduction to Positive psychology) 4 6 50 50 100
2 6 3 Core     Core  Course – XII Theory / Practical (Counselling Psychology) 4 4 50 50 100
3 6 3 Elective    Elective – IV (Forensic Psychology) 4 6 50 50 100
4 6 3 PRJ   Core Project 8 8 100 100 200
5 6 4 SEC   Skill Enhancement Courses – IV Practical / Training (Industrial Psychology practical) 4 6 50 50 100
            24 30 300 300 600
          Total credit 144 180 2100 1700 3800
                     
                     
                     
                     
Additional Credits
S.No. Sem Part Sub Type Course Code Course Name Credit Hours INT EXT Total
1 2 6 VAC   VAC – Computer / NPTEL 2 2 50 0 50
3 4 6 IDC   Personality Development 2 2 50 0 50
4 5 6 VAC   VAC – Computer / NPTEL 2 2 50 0 50
                     
                     
Certificate on Minor Discipline
S.No. Sem Part Sub Type Course Code Course Name Credit Hours INT EXT Total
1 2 6 MD   Course – I 5 2 0 100 100
2 3 6 MD   Course – II 5 2 0 100 100
3 4 6 MD   Course – III 5 2 0 100 100
4 5 6 MD   Course – IV 5 2 0 100 100
                     
                     
Core – Theory
S.No. Sem Pre-requesite Course Code Course Name Offering Department Type Theory / Practical
1 1 Nil   General Psychology-I Psychology Theory
2 2 Nil   General psychology -II Psychology Theory
3 3 Nil   Abnormal Psychology-I Psychology Theory
4 4 Nil   Abnormal Psychology-II Psychology Theory
5 5 Nil   Industrial /Organizational Psychology Psychology Theory
6 6 Nil   Introduction to Positive Psychology Psychology Theory
                 
Core – Theory / Practical
S.No. Sem Pre-requesite Course Code Course Name Offering Department Type Theory / Practical
1 1 Nil   Developmental Psychology I Psychology Theory
2 2 Nil   Developmental Psychology II Psychology Theory
3 3 Nil   Social Psychology Psychology Theory
4 4 Nil   Biological Psychology Psychology Theory
5 5 Nil   Health Psychology  Psychology Theory
6 6 Nil   Counselling Psychology Psychology Theory
                     
Allied
S.No. Sem Pre-requesite Course Code Course Name Offering Department Type Theory / Practical
1 1 Nil   Education Psychology  Psychology Theory
2 2 Nil   Research Methodology  Psychology Theory
3 3 Nil   Psychological statistics Psychology Theory
4 4 Nil   Programming in C Psychology Theory
                     
                     
Skill Enhancement Course
S.No. Sem Pre-requesite Course Code Course Name Offering Department Type Practical / Training
1 1 Nil   General psychology practical Psychology Practical
2 3 Nil   Development psychology practical Psychology Practical
3 5 Nil   Abnormal Psychology practical Psychology Practical
4 6 Nil   Industrial Psychology practical Psychology Practical
                     
                     
Elective
S.No. Sem Pre-requesite Course Code Course Name Offering Department Type Practical / Training
1 4 Nil   Behaviour Modification  Psychology Theory
2 5 Nil   Environmental Psychology Psychology Theory
3 6 Nil   Forensic Psychology Psychology Theory
                     
                     
                     

 

Discipline Specific Core
  S.No. Pre-requisite Sub Code Subject Offering Department Mandatory
  1  Nil   Development Psychology- I   Psychology No
  2   Nil   Development Psychology- II   Psychology No
  3   Nil   Social Psychology   Psychology No
  4   Nil   Neuro Psychology   Psychology No
  5   Nil   Clinical psychology   Psychology No
  6   Nil   Theories of Personality   Psychology No
  7  Nil    Health Psychology   Psychology No
  8  Nil    Rehabilitation Psychology   Psychology  No
  9  Nil    Introduction to career guidance and counselling   Psychology No 
  10  Nil    Indian psychology   Psychology No 
                     
Discipline Specific Core – Practical
  S.No. Pre-requisite Sub Code Subject Offering Department Mandatory
  1  Nil   Development psychology practical -I Psychology No
  2   Nil   Development psychology practical-II Psychology No
  3   Nil   Social Psychology-practical  Psychology No
  4   Nil   Neuro psychology practical  Psychology No
  5   Nil   Theories of Personality practical Psychology No
  6   Nil   Health Psychology practical Psychology No
  7  Nil    Rehabilitation Psychology practical Psychology No
  8  Nil    Introduction to Career Guidance and Counselling practical Psychology  No
  9  Nil    Indian psychology practical Psychology No 
  10  Nil    Clinical Psychology practical  Psychology No 
  11 Nil   Experimental Psychology -I Psychology No
  12 Nil   Experimental Psychology -II Psychology No
                     
                     
Allied
  S.No. Pre-requesite Sub Code Subject Offering Department Mandatory
  1 Nil    Research Methodology Psychology No
  2  Research Methodology   Psychology statistics Maths Yes
  3  Nil    Organisational behaviour Psychology  No
  4 Nil   Education psychology Psychology No
  5 Nil   Consumer psychology Psychology  No
  6  Nil    Biological basis of behaviour Psychology No
  7 Nil   Counselling psychology Psychology No
  8 Nil   Sports psychology Psychology No
  9 Nil   Entrepreneur Development Commerce-I No
  10 Nil   Office Automation Computer Science No
     
     
     
     
Skill Enhancement Courses
  S.No. Pre-requisite Sub Code Subject Offering Department Mandatory
  1  Nil   Skill based subject – Stress Management Psychology  No
  2   Nil   Skill based subject – Specific learning disability Psychology No
  3   Nil   Skill based subject – Psychology of Adolescence and Adulthood Psychology  No
  4   Nil   Skill based subject – Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare Psychology No
  5   Nil   Skill based subject – Marketing and consumer Behaviour Psychology No
  6   Nil   Skill based subject – Psychotherapy  Psychology No
  7  Nil    Skill based subject – Therapeutic techniques in counselling  Psychology No
  8  Nil    Skill based subject – Training and development  Psychology No
             
Elective   Nil
  S.No. Pre-requisite Sub Code Subject Offering Department Mandatory
  1  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Environmental Psychology Psychology  
  2  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Positive Psychology Psychology yes
  3  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Behaviour Modification Psychology yes
  4  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Forensic Psychology Psychology yes
  5  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Psychology and Gender Issues Psychology  
  6  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Human Resource Management Psychology yes
  7  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Community Psychology Psychology  
  8  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Psychology for effective living Psychology  
  9  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Aviation Psychology  Psychology  
  10  Nil   Discipline Specific Elective – Cyber Psychology  Psychology  

 

Career Oppertunities

Aspirants who have successfully completed their training in psychology can make their mark and pursue a career as a psychologist in the following branches of psychology.

  • Clinical psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Counseling psychology
  • Health psychology
  • Training and research
  • Sports psychology
  • Industrial psychologist
  • Creation worker
  • Career counselor
  • Child care worker
  • Development psychologist
  • Military psychologist
  • Correctional counselor
  • Educational counselor
  • Social worker
  • Investigation agent