Objectives of the Programme:

1. To promote the knowledge of Psychology and to encourage upon choosing Psychology as a career through providing opportunities for further education in Psychology.
2. To create a culture of learning Psychology by activities and experiences.
3. To encourage students to develop a critical approach to their studies, evaluating theory and evidence accordingly
4. To provides great opportunities in Psychology with equity to all the eligible persons, especially in Higher Education.
5. To Provide a grounding in all areas of psychology such that students may progress onto postgraduate training and education in psychology.

part	S. No	BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY (B.SC PSYCHOLOGY) CORE SUBJECTS CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM TITLE OF THE COURSE	Credits	Hours	Internal	External	Total
First Semester
I	1	Part I	3	6	25	75	100
II	2	Part II	3	6	25	75	100
III	3	Core. 1  General Psychology I	4	5	25	75	100
III	4	Core. 2   Developmental Psychology I	4	5	25	75	100
	5	Allied. 1 Theories of Personality	5	6	25	75	100
IV	6	Non Major Elective 1.  Introduction to Psychology	2	2	25	75	100
		Total	21	30
Second Semester
I	1	Part I	3	6	25	75	100
II	2	Part II	3	6	25	75	100
III	3	Core. 3  General Psychology II	4	5	25	75	100
III	4	Core. 4   Developmental Psychology II	4	5	25	75	100
	5	Allied. 2  Family Psychology	5	6	25	75	100
IV	6	Non Major Elective 2. Psychology of Human Relations	2	2	25	75	100
		Total	21	30
Third Semester
I	1	Part I	3	6	25	75	100
II	2	Part II	3	6	25	75	100
III	3	Core. 5   Physiological Psychology	4	5	25	75	100
III	4	Core. 6  Experimental Psychology – I (Practicals)	4	5	25	75	100
	5	Allied. 3 Descriptive Statistics for Psychology	5	6	25	75	100
IV	6	Skill Based 1.  Yoga Psychology	2	2	25	75	100
		Total	21	30
Fourth  Semester
I	1	Part I	3	6	25	75	100
II	2	Part II	3	6	25	75	100
III	3	Core. 7  Social Psychology	4	5	25	75	100
III	4	Core. 8 Experimental Psychology – II	4	5	25	75	100
	5	Allied. 4 Statistical Reasoning in Psychology	5	6	25	75	100
IV	6	Skill Based 2. Psychology for Success	2	2	25	75	100
V	7	Extension Activities	1
		Total 2553	22	30

 

Fifth  Semester
I	1	Core.9 Abnormal Psychology I		5	5	25	75	100
II	2	Core. 10  Industrial Psychology		5	5	25	75	100
III	3	Core. 11  Health Psychology		5	5	25	75	100
III	4	Core. 12   Guidance and Counselling		5	5	25	75	100
	5	Elective 1  Project I – Case Studies		5	6	25	75	100
IV	7	Environmental Studies		2	2	25	75	100
	6	Skill Based 3.  Basic Skills in Counselling		2	2	25	75	100
		Total		29	30
Sixth  Semester
III	1		Core.13  Abnormal Psychology II	5	5	25	75	100
III	2	Core. 14 Positive Psychology		5	5	25	75	100
	3	Elective 2   Marketing and Consumer Behaviour		5	5	25	75	100
	4	Elective 3 Project II –Research  Project		5	5	25	75	100
IV	5	Value Education
	6	Skill Based 4. Personality Profile – through Handwriting Analysis		2	2	25	75	100
	7	Skill Based 5.  Trauma Psychology (Disaster Management – 2 units)		2	2	25	75	100
	8	Skill Based 6.  NLP Techniques		2	2	25	75	100
		Total		26	30

 

FIRST SEMESTER – GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I

Core 1. Hours 5 Credit. 4 Sem. 1. Part. III.

Unit I: Introduction to psychology

Concept and definition of psychology. Nature and Scope. Branches of psychology. Application of psychology to society and social problems. Methods in Psychology: Characteristics of psychological studies, Observation. Survey method, Clinical and case study method. Experimental method.

Unit II: Sensation and Attention

General properties of Senses: Visual sense – Auditory sense – Other senses; Attention: Characteristics – Selective attention – Divided Attention – physiological correlates and determinants of attention: Focus and Margin.

Unit III: Perception

Perceptual processes. Perceptual organisation.Perception of form, colour, depth and time.Perceptual readiness and constancy. Role of motivation, social and cultural factors in perception. Application of knowledge of perception to skill development.