BA Honours in Psychology

The B.A Honours with a Major in Psychology is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the discipline. The courses offered take students on a journey in which they engage with the complexities of human experience and behaviour. The programme is simultaneously theoretical and applied, and characterized by the use of diverse methods to investigate a wide range of questions about the nature of the human mind and self. The programme revolves around aspects of human experience that are deemed as universal as well as those that make us unique, and the manner in which these are shaped by our upbringing within the family, culture and society, and our own impulses and desires. The programme includes hands-on experience through practicums designed to teach experimentation, psychological testing and preparing a case study. Teaching is largely in an interactive mode, including lectures and experiential and immersive pedagogies. Films and popular narratives are used to illustrate significant aspects of courses. Students participate in dynamic classroom exercises such as peer learning, group tasks, role plays etc. to enhance the learning process. Core courses familiarize students with the history and methods of Psychology. Along with this they learn about cognition, childhood, neuropsychology, social and abnormal psychology. The elective courses are more interdisciplinary and show the applicability of psychological understandings in the areas of counselling, schools and industry, interpersonal relationships etc.

Faculty involved in teaching the programme.

By the end of the graduate programme in Psychology, students will be able to:

understand, articulate and reflect on foundational concepts and perspectives in the field of Psychology.
analyse, reason and construct informed and critical perspectives about human experiences in diverse contexts.
listen, relate and communicate sensitively with lived narratives in different contexts.
acknowledge difference and multiplicity of truths.
develop a basic but thorough understanding of psychological disorders while appreciating and recognizing how psychological distress fragments self-experience and identity.
internalize and apply basic knowledge of research methods in psychology to formulate and conduct research in areas of interest.
demonstrate a working knowledge of construction and administration of psychological tests.
apply psychological concepts and skills in diverse areas - counseling, organizational behavior, mass media, education, child development etc.
dismantle stereotypical modes of thinking and cultivate critical and empathic perspectives about lived realities in the everyday.

What is the minimum eligibility requirement for this programme?

Candidates must qualify the CUET examination for the subject.

What is the duration of the programme?

This is a four-year programme with the option of multiple exits after one year( Certificate), two years ( Diploma), three years (UG Degree), and four years ( UG Degree with Honours/Research, subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria for Research Degree).

What are the intended aims of the programme?

Designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the discipline of Psychology, the programme aspires to enable the student to think critically and creatively as s/he engages with complexities of human behaviour and experience. It explores a wide range of questions about the nature of human mind and self in diverse contexts and aims to develop in the student an understanding of Psychology that is both theoretical and applied. It seeks to train the student in critical and analytical thinking which shall be supplemented by application based knowledge. These skills shall enable students to work in diverse fields employing a psychological lens.

How does the programme link with the vision of AUD?

In its vision to bring together academic excellence with social justice, the university aspires to mold its students into informed and sensitive professionals who will engage with their social responsibilities and will react to the needs of the marginalised sections of our society. The programme in Psychology brings to the student the salient themes in the field of Psychology even as it helps students to critically engage with the social reality and question the celebrated universal. It encourages students to know and look beyond the established mainstream and appreciate the socio-political-cultural dynamics in the creation of mainstream. The programme also encourages students to adopt a sensitive and empathetic stance towards various human predicaments. Further in the spirit of making teaching learning processes liberating undertakings, most of the courses are designed in such a way that students actively participate in the learning process by engaging, analysing and creatively thinking through different perspectives which are relevant to the society and the individual self. The programme’s assessment system emphasizes group works, field projects, and a transparent evaluation to encourage students to work creatively in teams and most importantly to ask questions. This helps us to work towards the University’s vision to combine equity and social justice with excellence and to pioneer an institutional culture of non-hierarchical functioning, teamwork and creativity.

What are the program specific graduate attributes?

Thorough knowledge and grasp of the subject.
Capacity to critically engage with diverse theoretical perspectives
Capacity to evaluate and apply the knowledge of research methods in psychology in undertaking field work.
Acquire basic knowledge of the practical skills like psychological testing, preparing case reports, and counselling.
Sensitivity towards diverse socio-cultural milieu.
Capacity to listen and communicate sensitively and empathetically.
Capacity for self reflexivity.

What are the professional trajectories that the graduates of the programme may pursue?

Graduates in Psychology have wide professional trajectories. They may work in different public and private organizations including NGO’s dedicated to mental health and social welfare. Students may get involved in clinics and hospitals as interns. In schools, they may assist the counsellors in testing and providing relevant intervention as well as giving career guidance to students. They may choose to pursue a career in the field of media and advertising. They may also explore career opportunities in organizations which conduct psychological testing and assessments for recruitment, selection and training. They may work as team leader, customer support manager and work along with HR professionals both in Government as well as non government organizations.

Course Code	Course Name	Credit
SUS1PS712	/course/psychology-for-india	4
SUS1PS734	Dissertation	4
SUS1FC034	Identity through Popular Narratives	4
SUS1PS733	Organizational Behaviour (OB)	4
SUS1PS713	Psychological testing	4
SUS1PS711	Case study	4
SUS1PS732	Counselling Psychology	4
SUS1PS710	Understanding Abnormality	4
SUS1PS709	Neuropsychology Through Clinical Cases: Possibilities and Limits	4
SUS1PS708	Experiments in Psychology	4
SUS1PS707	Understanding Childhood	4
SUS1PS706	Methods in Psychology	4
SUS1PS705	Statistics	4
SUS1PS704	Social Psychology	4
SUS1PS731	Psychology In Action	4
SUS1PS703	History of Psychology	4
SUS1PS701	Understanding Personality	4
SUS1PS702	Human Cognition	4