Program Overview

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Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

The Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Programs

• BA (Hons) English
• BA (Hons) Journalism & Mass Communication
• BA (Hons) Psychology
• B.A./B.A. (Hons.) (Economics/Political Science/History/Sociology)
• M.A. English Language and Literature
• M.A. Multimedia and Communication
• Applied Psychology
• PhD

Academics

Under Graduate

• Humanities
  • B.A.(Hons.) Psychology
  • B.A.(Hons.) English
  • BA (Hons) Double Majors (Economics/History/Political Science/Sociology)
• Media & Communication
  • B.A.(Hons.) Journalism and Mass Communication

Postgraduate

• Humanities
  • M.A. English Language and Literature
• Media & Communication
  • M.A. Multimedia and Communication
• Applied Psychology

B.A. (Hons.) Psychology - Course Structure

Semester I

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Basic Psychological Processes	04
2	Schools and Systems of Psychology	04
3	Social Systems	04
4	English for Communication - I	03
5	Media and Information Literacy	03
6	Indian Constitution	02

Semester II

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Life Span Development: Prenatal to Late Childhood	04
2	Social Psychology	04
3	Practicals - Psychological Assessment	04
4	English for Communication - II	03
5	Additional Language Course I (German/French/Spanish/Sanskrit)	03
6	Environmental Studies	02

Semester III

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Life Span Development: Adolescents to Old Age	04
2	Theories of Personality	04
3	Bio Psychology	04
4	Open Elective	03
5	Additional Language Course II (German/French/Spanish/Sanskrit)	03
6	Basic Counselling Skills/Photography	02

Semester IV

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Psychopathology	04
2	Theories in Learning and Motivation	04
3	Elective Basket I	04
4	Open Elective	03
5	Academic Writing	03

Elective Basket I:

• Positive Psychology
• Organisational Psychology
• Clinical Psychology

Semester V

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Cognitive Psychology	04
2	Elective Basket II	04
3	Elective Basket III	04
4	Elective Basket IV	04
5	Gate-keeper Training/Event management	03
6	Internship*	02

Semester V (Elective Baskets):

• Elective Basket II
  • Health Psychology
  • Rehabilitation Psychology
  • Environmental Psychology
• Elective Basket III
  • Advanced Psychopathology
  • Forensic and Criminal psychology
  • Sports psychology
• Elective Basket IV
  • Substance and Human Behaviour
  • Corporate Psychology
  • Human Resource Development and Management

Semester VI

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Counselling theories and techniques	04
2	Elective Basket V	04
3	Elective Basket VI	04
4	Psychological First Aid/Graphics and Animation	03
5	Capstone Project*	06
6	Research Methodology**

Semester VI (Elective Baskets):

• Elective Basket V
  • Group counselling
  • Crises and Trauma Management
• Elective Basket VI
  • Psychological Assessment in Clinical Psychology
  • Psychological Assessment in Organisational Psychology
  • Psychological Assessment in Forensic Psychology

Semester VII

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Cognitive Neuroscience	04
2	Counselling Special Population	04
3	Educational Psychology	04
4	Psychotherapy	04
5	Physiological Psychology	04

Semester VIII

#	Course Name	Credits
1	Dissertation*	12
2	Capstone Project**
3	Consumer Behaviour and Marketing	04
4	Psychotherapeutic Interventions	04

• Research Track only
  ** Academic Track