Syllabus for
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology Honours)
Academic Year  (2023)

This course introduces students to broad ethical and professional values which underpin all the other professional skills and behaviour. It teaches how to maintain professional competence and pursue life-long learning. The course is designed to encourage open mindedness and innovative thinking. It also discusses personal and professional skepticism, commercial awareness, patterns and channels of communication and ethical and security issues around data analytics.

This course is designed to highlight the importance of HRM in organizations and familiarize students with the process & mechanism of managing human resources students with the concepts & application of human resource practices followed in organizations

The course aims to provide conceptual and experiential understanding of Entrepreneurship.  The course is designed as a broad overview of entrepreneurship, including identifying a winning business opportunity, gathering funding for and launching a business, growing the organization and harvesting the rewards.

The objective of the course is to make the students familiar with the various techniques of Financial Management and digital aspects which are being applied in the industry.

The course is designed to cover various facets of an audit assignment.  It covers various legal requirements under the extant corporate laws and other techniques to gain understanding of the subject.

Designed to familiarize students with basic concepts of marketing and the need & techniques of marketing, insights into digital marketing content and marketing analytics.

This course is the first of the two-part inter-disciplinary course in economics, sociology, and the Indian constitution, grounded in intersecting debates of contemporary significance.  The course is designed to broaden learners’ awareness and critical engagement with the political economy of India as a function of its sociological and ideological underpinnings.

Course Description:      This course introduces students to the prominent theories of personality in psychology. Students will review various theoretical models, the historical context in which they were developed, how these theories have informed empirical research, and methodologies for assessing personality. The course also introduces students to indigenous understandings of personality, and aims to establish an understanding of why people behave the way they do.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

CO1: Compare and contrast the biological, psychodynamic, trait, humanistic, behavioural, and cognitive approaches to personality.

CO2: Analyze a person's behaviour, thought processes, and emotional responses using theories of personality.

CO3: Critically examine the scholarly literature and popular discourse around theories of personality.

CO4: Apply theories of personality to the analysis of behaviour across situations in the personal and professional domains.

Physiological psychology is the scientific study of the structure and function of the nervous system, the deve1opment and evo1ution of neura1 and behaviora1 systems, and interactions among behavior, environment, physiology. Inthis coursestudentswillunderstandthebiologicalunderpinningsofbehavior andexplorewhatiscurrentlyknownaboutthebiologicalbasisofvariouspsychologicaland cognitive functions.

The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to statistics in psychology. Statistics are essential in allowing us to assess whether or not an observed phenomenon might have occurred by chance alone. Additionally, we will read psychological journal articles that utilize the statistics we are learning so that we can see how psychologists use and write about statistics. Students will learn how to manually calculate, interpret and present data.

This course provides an introduction to quantitative research methods and its application in psychology. It gives a comprehensive overview of the sampling techniques, methods of data collection, and different types of research designs. The process of quantitative research with special emphasis on experimental designs and developmental research designs will be covered in this course.

This course explores the knowledge representation, learning and problem solving of intelligent agents viz human and artificial intelligence. Students will appreciate the difference between human and machine cognition and acquire the skills to process psychological data using Machine learning techniques.    

Students have to undertake internship in any of their interested sectors during the fourth semester vacation of the course. Students will be attached to various agencies where they will be trained and supervised in acquiring skills competencies. They will be mentored by a supervisor at the department also. Students have to periodically meet their supervisors and submit a report at the end of their practicum period. The format of the report and the type of cases to be presented will be decided by the Department Council.

Course Description: The course aims at equipping the students to acquire knowledge acquisition skills by focusing on inculcating data interpretation, critical thinking, continuous learning and social awareness that are aligned with graduate attributes and echo our university motto (excellence and service).

Course Objectives:

• The course provides scope to improve knowledge acquisition skills in students.

• It equips the students with skills to critically think about an idea or information

• It helps the students understand the need to continuous learning

• It equips the students with skills to be socially aware

Internship provides students an opportunity to apply the theoretical concepts in practical work environments. The internship is to enable students to gain work experience in relevant domain of Accountancy, Public Accounting, Financial Services, and areas relevant to the BBA FA Programme.

The Internship would help students enhance the softer aspects of work requirements namely teamwork, camaraderie, cooperation, and collaboration in the work environment. The internship will enable students get prepared for the industry and ventures they would take up post completion of BBA FA Programme.

The course provides framework on Indian Direct and Indirect Taxation system. The course is designed to provide understanding on the structure of Income Tax law and Goods and Service Tax Law to acquire knowledge for computations.     

Research provides direction for solving business, government, and social problems. Business research helps replace intuitive business decisions with more logical and scientific ones. The course intends to provide comprehensive knowledge & skills about the research methods employed to investigate business problems.

To introduce students to concepts and principles underlining the preparation of Financial Information. The course is designed to provide framework on accounting policies, principles and accounting standards in financial reporting. The course provides guidelines for preparation, analysis and interpretation of financial statements.

The course is designed to gain understanding on various aspects of advanced concepts like advanced investment appraisal techniques and mergers/acquisition tools.    The course provides comprehensive analysis of financial management by introducing concepts short-term and long-term financing, mergers, business failures, and reorganizations. To apply the learning at a senior financial executive or advisor level relating to the financial management of an organization.

The course is designed to provide understanding on application of various strategic cost management methods and performance management tools for making students familiar with modern costing technique adopted in industry. 

This course is the second of the two-part inter-disciplinary course in economics, sociology, and the Indian constitution, grounded in intersecting debates of contemporary significance.  The course is designed to broaden learners’ awareness and critical engagement with the political economy of India as a function of its sociological and ideological underpinnings.

This course is an introduction to the field of Clinical Psychology. The course will provide students an understanding of the nature and scope of the field and assist students in getting a clear idea about the different mental health professions. The course will include an overview of assessment, psycho-diagnosis and research in clinical settings and would also enable students to become sensitive towards ethical, legal and socio-cultural issues in the practice of Clinical Psychology.

Course Description: This course is an introduction to basic concepts of cognitive psychology. Course will cover basic concepts and major theories of Cognitive Psychology. The course will also provide a good understanding of research done on various cognitive variables. By studying this course, students will be encouraged to appreciate diverse approaches and models in the field of cognitive psychology. Relevant experiments will also be discussed.

 Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

CO1: Demonstrate theoretical understanding of various cognitive processes

CO2: Understand cognitive theories, models, and perspectives

CO3: Understand cognitive phenomena in day-to-day life from a research perspective

CO4: Analyse the design and importance of experimental studies in cognitive psychology

This course aims to introduce basic concepts and historical perspectives on psychological disorders. It will provide an overview of major psychological disorders, etiology, and clinical descriptions of various disorders.

This course aims to introduce the traditions of qualitative research to the students of psychology highlighting the approaches, pragmatics, analyses, and validation strategies. This would enable the student to appreciate the significance of qualitative methods for psychological research.

This lab is designed to offer students an opportunity to develop an academic and professional ‘toolbox’. To accomplish this objective, the students will be given insights, experiences, and challenges to cultivate their research prowess in quantitative research methods.

This course is about the science of inheritance of traits, the disorder and alteration pertaining to it, thus helping in genetic counselling. Bioinformatics uses the techniques from biology and information technology and mathematical modelling for understanding.

Course Description:

The course aims at equipping the students to acquire knowledge application skills by focusing on inculcating Problem Solving Creative Thinking and Action Research Innovativeness that are aligned with graduate attributes and echo our university motto (excellence and service)

Course Objectives

• The course provides scope to improve knowledge application skills in students.

• It equips the students with skills to Solve problems

• It helps the students understand the need to think creatively

• It equips the students with skills to engage in action research

Course Description: This course examines the basic tenets and therapeutic processes that characterize various theoretical approaches to counselling/psychotherapy. The models are clustered according to the four major forces in psychology: Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic, Adlerian); Behavioural and Cognitive-Behavioural (Behavioural, Cognitive-Behavioural, Reality); Humanistic (Existential, Person-Centred, Gestalt); and Contextual/Systemic (Feminist, Family Systems, Multicultural). Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of the various approaches as well as self-reflection in relation to values, beliefs, assumptions about human nature, and worldview.

This course is an introduction to organizational behavior.  Course mainly covers the behavior of people in the organizational setting and develops the understanding from individual to group to organizational level factors with the help of the case studies. Course covers theories and researches done in the area of organizational behavior. For this course, in addition to readings from the textbook, students will read journals related to the topics dealt and discuss the findings in the class.

This course provides an understanding to the Indian and transpersonal psychological concepts. Transpersonal psychology is a field of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendental aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology. Indian psychology is an approach to psychology that is based on ideas and practices that developed over thousands of years within the Indian subcontinent. Better understanding of the concepts in these two fields enables the students to diversify their professional psychological practice through eclectic approach.

Course Description:

Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness. 

Course Objectives: The course aims to help students to:

●      To familiarize the concepts of psychological aspects of health.

●      To identify the complex interactions of biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors of human health and disease.

●      To comprehend human development as progressing through different stages.

●      Explain the theoretical perspectives towards various health related concerns.

●      Integrate different domains such as biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors of human health and disease.

●     Apply the understanding of human developmental stages in real life settings.

Course Description: This course introduces the field of aviation psychology, by providing an overview of human factors in aviation safety. Students will be exposed to a range of specialized topics like CRM, aviation medicine, cognitive ergonomics, and will be exposed to a broad array of psychological issues faced in the aviation context, which helps to improve safety in the industry. 

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

• Describe the relevance of aviation psychology and apply the principles to current problems in aviation safety.

• Know the physical and mental health issues in the aviation industry.

• Understand how psychological process plays a role in a variety of aviation contexts and how it interferes with performance and compromises safety.

• Identify and analyze human factors which are key to aviation safety.

• Illustrate the various safety models to mitigate the risks in the industry.

• Scientifically analyze accidents and incidents in the industry.

Course Objectives: This course aims to

• Understand the fundamental concepts of neuropsychology.
• Gain knowledge about the organization of the nervous system.
• Familiarize about the structure of brain systems and associated cognitive functions.
• Integrate all principles towards the understanding of brain disorders

Course Outcomes: By the end of the course the learner should be able to: 

• Understand the basic terminology and clinical neuropsychological concepts.
• Outline the organization of the nervous system through systematic review of research carried out.
• Understand the relationship of the structure of brain systems and associated cognitive functions.
• Integrate principles towards the understanding of brain disorders through reviewing disease models.

• Understand the basic terminology and clinical neuropsychological concepts.
• Outline the organization of the nervous system through systematic review of research carried out.
• Understand the relationship of the structure of brain systems and associated cognitive functions
• Integrate principles towards the understanding of brain disorders through reviewing disease models.

Course Description: This course in sports psychology aims at apprising students about the basic concepts related to applying psychological principles in sports. This course will also help students to develop an in-depth understanding about sports person’s situations, demands, and problems and will enable them to design intervention programs for them. 

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

• Understand the scope and perspectives of sports psychology.
• Understand the cognitive and social psychological dimensions in sports.
• Understand the effect of arousal, anxiety and stress on performance.
• Create interventions for sports persons.

• Cognize the scope and perspective of sports psychology.
• Explain the phenomena in sports from cognitive and social dimensions.
• Demonstrate how arousal, anxiety and stress affect sports behavior.
• Design the interventions for sports persons.

Qualitative research is a process of scientific inquiry that seeks an in-depth understanding of psychological phenomena within their natural setting. This course provides a practical application of qualitative research methods. Different methods of collecting qualitative data and analysing them will be discussed in this course.

In this course, students are expected to design a research study on any topic in relation to psychology. A faculty would be allotted as a guide from the department. Students are required to consult their research guides twice every week and formulate their research.

Course Description: Students have to undertake internship in any of their interested sector during the fourth semester vacation of the course. Students will be attached to various agencies where they will be trained and supervised in acquiring skills competencies. They will be mentored by a supervisor at the department also. Students have to periodically meet their supervisors and submit a report at the end of their practicum period. The format of the report and the type of cases to be presented will be decided by the Department Council.

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

• Gain hands-on experience in various subfields of psychology.

• Witness various ethical guidelines in practice.

• Explore areas of interest in psychology.

• Appreciate and respect the ethical guidelines of organizations with which they work

• Demonstrate amicable relationship with their colleagues and co-workers

• Effectively conceptualize the client’s concerns, demonstrate and apply psychological skills and write reports.

Course Description: The course aims at equipping the students to enhance themselves and the focus is on inculcating domain expertise, knowledge of global Perspective, team building and initiative that are aligned with graduate attributes and echo our university motto (excellence and service).

Course objectives:

• The course provides scope to improve skills of students.
• It equips the students with skills to adapt and excel to working environment.
• It equips the students with skills to be as individual with global perspective
• It equips the students with skills to be taking imitative and be in charge

The course examines ethical principles and professional development and help students develop ethical decision-making and behaviour to meet the appropriate standards of care in providing psychological service

This course explores the intersection of culture and psychology, focusing on the ways in which cultural beliefs, values, and practices shape human behavior and mental processes. Students will examine cultural diversity from a psychological perspective, exploring topics such as enculturation, acculturation, cultural identity, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Through a combination of lectures, readings, discussions, and experiential exercises, students will gain an understanding of the role of culture in shaping human behavior and develop cultural sensitivity and competence.

Course Description: Positive Psychology is the science of well-being. Research demonstrates that there are many key factors that shape well-being. This course is designed to explore the concepts, techniques, and exercises that enhance well-being.  The course takes an empirical and experiential approach in helping individuals understand and to use course content to enhance their lives. This course equips students with a deep understanding of the theoretical and real-life application of positive psychology.

Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

·       CO1: Equip students with a thorough understanding of psychology from a positive perspective.

·       CO2: Design experiments to assess and apply character strengths to enhance well-being.

·       CO3: Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of positive, emotional and cognitive states and apply positive interventions in specific settings - School, Clinics, Organizations, Hospitals, Communities.

· CO4: Integrate and apply interpersonal approaches and optimal experiences to enhance subjective wellbeing – individual and community.

Course Description: This course offers a unique perspective for understanding the individuals within their environment which includes the larger social systems that affect their lives. The course will be dealing with some core values like empowerment, liberation and social justice. The course on community psychology emphasizes upon services toward the community as well as the research on social environmental processes.

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

• Understand how the life of the individual gets shaped by the society.
•  Understand how many times putting the responsibility on the individual does not solve any purpose.
•  Appreciate the knowledge of non-scientific communities.
• Understand the community related problem specifically to Indian context.

• Explain the role of the society and its impact on individuals with theoretical basis.
•  Rephrase the problems of the individual from the ecological level.
• Translate that knowledge does not reside only in the laboratories and universities. People who face it have lots of understanding of that situation which is valuable to understand.
• Illustrate the understanding of Indian context in understanding the plight of the individual.

Course Objectives 

An introductory course in school psychology, introduces concepts related to the application of psychology in the field of education. They can apply expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior, to help children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally.

Course Objectives  

This course aims to

●     Describe the concept of school psychology, historical development, current trends and issues.

●     Understand the need of school psychology services and the competencies of a school psychologist.

●     Orient the Indian context of school psychology and the role of school psychologists in school setting and special schools.

●    Knowing the futuristic aspects of school psychology in and role of professional association in promoting school psychology in India

●      Develop an understanding about the role of school psychologists and the strategies to be adopted.

●      Comprehend the nature and dynamics of teaching and learning and various interventions used in school settings.

●      Get an overview of concepts related to the futuristic role of school psychologists in Indian context.

●     Apply counseling services and therapies in school settings for children with special needs.

The course is intended to develop a basic understanding among the students about the field of Forensic Psychology.

Course Objectives: This course aims to

• Understand the basics of forensic psychology.
• To appreciate the role of forensic psychologists.
• To understand basic techniques used in forensic psychology that helps in the criminal investigation.

• Understand basics of forensic psychology, crime and criminal behavior
• Appreciate the role of forensic psychologists in crime scene analysis, offender profiling, and eyewitness testimony.
• Understand the concept of deception and demonstrate techniques in deception detection.
• Explain various crime scene theories that might lead to a profile.
• Construct the profile of sexual predators and serial killers.

Course Description:

The most valued resource of any organization is the people and success of any organization depends upon how efficiently they are able to make use of the human resource. The course is designed to give students an insight of the theoretical and practical perspective, concepts, issues and practices in Human Resource Management.

Course Objectives: The course aims to help students to:

●      Understand the evolution of HRM and its challenges and limitations.

●      Understand various techniques of recruitment practiced in the industry and evaluate the same.

●      Understand the need for employee evaluation and methods of evaluation.

●      Assess various issues in acquisition of human resources.

●      Analyze a job and evaluate it scientifically.

●.   Diagnose issues in performance and identify the right method of training.

Course Description: This course introduces the field of Environmental Psychology. It aims to provide a basic understanding of the influence of environment on human behavior and wellbeing and how do human behaviors influence the environment

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

• Introduction to the emerging field and subfields of environmental psychology.
• Understand the different types of environment and its impact on human behavior and wellbeing.
• Understand the role of the environment on human behavior and wellbeing.
• Understand individual and situational factors influencing sustainable behaviour

• Identify and explain the basic concepts, issues, subfields and debates in the field of environmental psychology.
• Identify and explain the different types of environment and its impact on human behaviour and wellbeing.
• Outline the factors determining pro-environmental behavior.

In this course, students will conduct the research study which has been formulated in the previous semester. Students will conduct the study by collecting data, analysing it and reporting the findings. The research will be reported in the APA 7th style of formatting.

Course Description: The course aims at equipping the students to enhance themselves and the focus is on employability, self-employability Career Guidance and Real World Interface that are aligned with graduate attributes and echo our university motto (excellence and service).

Course objectives:

• The course provides scope to improve the skills of students.
• It equips the students with skills to gain employability
• It equips the students with skills to be as individual with global and real world perspective
• It equips the students with skills to be connecting with the corporate and industries