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Undergraduate Programme-Psychology (New Syllabus)


BA (Hons.)in Psychology

Semester

Course code and Title

Status

Credits

Normal Hours

1000:1

PSY 1003:Introduction to Psychology

C

3

150

1000:2

PSY 1004:Psychology of Personality

C

3

150

2000:1

PSY 2009: Social Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 2010: Biological Psychology 

C

3

150

 

PSY 2004: Motivation and Emotion

C

3

150

 

PSY 2011: Introduction to Psychological Test 

C

3

150

 

PSY 2012: Understanding Psychology (for students who have not taken psychology in their first year)

O

3

150

2000:2

PSY 2013: Research methodology in Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 2014: Introduction to Buddhist Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 2003: Cognitive Psychology I

C

3

150

 

PSY 2016: Application of Psychological tests

C

3

150

 

PSY 2017: Psychological Applications for communities (for students who have not taken psychology in their first year)

O

3

150

 

PSY 2018: Military Psychology 

C

3

150

3000:1

PSY 3007 Buddhist Psychotherapy and counseling

C

3

150

 

PSY 3009: Cognitive Psychology II 

C

3

150

 

PSY 3011: Data Analysis for Behavioral Sciences 

C

3

150

 

PSY 3012: Clinical Psychology I: Introduction to Abnormality 

C

3

150

 

PSY 3013: Introduction to Child Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 3010: Positive Psychology 

C

3

150

3000:2

PSY 3005: Industrial/ Organizational Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 3015: Developmental Psychology – Middle childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood

C

3

150

 

PSY 3016: Cross-Cultural Psychology  

O

3

150

 

PSY 3014: Health Psychology

O

3

150

 

PSY 3017:Clinical Psychology II: Psychopathology

C

3

150

4000:1

PSY 4010: Introduction to Counseling Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 4008: Introduction to Gerontology 

O

3

150

 

PSY 4005: Seminar in Advanced Personality

O

3

150

 

PSY 4010: Consumer Psychology

O

3

150

4000:2

PSY 4011: Counseling Psychology Skills

C

3

150

 

PSY 4012: School Counseling 

O

3

150

 

PSY 4013: Sport Psychology

O

3

150

 

PSY 4014: Community Psychology

O

3

150

 

PSY 4099: Dissertation

C

8

800

 

PSY 4995: Internship 

C

3

300

Undergraduate Programme-Psychology (Old Syllabus)


BA (Hons.)in Psychology 

Semester

Course code and Title

Status

Credits

Normal Hours

100:1

PSY 101:History of Psychology

C

3

150

100:2

PSY 102: Biological Foundations of

Human Behavior

C

3

150

200:1

PSY 201: Methodology I

C

3

150

 

PSY 202: Test & Measurements I

C

3

150

 

PSY 203: Cognitive Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 204: Motivation & Emotion

C

3

150

200:2

PSY 205: Methodology II

C

3

150

 

PSY 206: Test & Measurements II

C

3

150

 

PSY 207: Cognitive Psychology II

C

3

150

 

PSY 208: Psychology of Personality

C

3

150

300:1

PSY 301 – Buddhist Psychology I

C

3

150

 

PSY 302 – Developmental Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 303 – Social Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 304 – Abnormal Psychology I

C

3

150

300:2

PSY 305 - Organizational Psychology 

C

3

150

 

PSY 306 - Developmental Psychology- Transition to Childhood II 

C

3

150

 

PSY 307 - Buddhist Psychology 

C

3

150

 

PSY 308 - Abnormal Psychology II

C

3

150

400:1

PSY 401 – Transition to Adolescence

Development  Psychology

C

3

150

 

PSY 402 – Counseling Psychology I

C

3

150

 

PSY 403 – Applied Psychology

C

3

150

400:2

PSY 405 - Advanced Studies in

Personality 

C

3

150

 

PSY 406- Counseling Psychology II 

C

3

150

 

PSY 407- Applied Psychology II -In The Social Context

C

3

150

 

PSY 499 - Dissertation

C

3

150