MA Applied Psychology is aimed at imparting knowledge on Clinical and Health Psychology, Organizational Behaviour and Social Psychology with other psychological fundamentals.
The course delivery method for this course includes seminars, lectures, field training, internships, and practical lab work. During the semester vacations, the students are encouraged to take up internships which form an integral part of the course.
In the last semester, the students also have to submit a dissertation. In the final evaluation, class assignments, end-semester exams, internships, and dissertation are taken into account.
MA Applied Psychology: Syllabus
Following are the subjects that form a part of the syllabus:
CORE COURSES
Name of Subject | Topics | Description |
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Applied Cognitive Psychology | Introduction Cognitive neuroscience Language Human and artificial intelligence | This course is to impart knowledge of traditional fields of cognitive psychology |
Research Methods | Meaning, purpose, and Dimensions of Research Introduction to Psychological Assessment Sampling and Hypothesis Testing: Integration of Designs and Analysis | Through this course, students will learn to use research methods in applied psychology |
Community Psychology | Historical and social contexts of community psychology Models of mental health services Community mental health intervention and community-based rehabilitation (CBR) Community mental health in India | This course familiarises students to study of community mental health services and issues |
Psychological Assessment | Introduction to Psychological Assessment Test construction Applications of Psychological testing Ethical Issues in Psychological Testing | This course teaches students to learn the scientific approach in the psychological assessment of individuals |
Clinical & Health Psychology: Basic Psychological Processes in Health and Disease | Introduction to Models of Psychopathology Case-history taking and Mental status examination Mental Disorders of Children and their treatment Supervised Practicum | This course is on general orientation towards abnormal behavior and disease process |
Advanced Social Psychology | Introduction to the changing nature of social psychology Individual group and Relationships Conflict, Collaboration and Competition, Discrimination, Stigma, and Relative Deprivation Pro-social Behaviour | Through this course, students will learn the changing nature of concerns in social psychology |
Counseling and Psychotherapeutic Processes | Functional Neuroimaging, Electroencephalography Event-related Brain potentials Supervised Practicum | Through this, students will learn various approaches, techniques, and skills of counseling and psychotherapy. |
Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback | Conceptual Issues, Client Variables in Counselling Modalities of Psychotherapy Research in Psychotherapy Supervised Practicum | This course to apply concepts of applied psychology and bio-feedback |
Industrial/Organizational Psychology | Introduction to Industrial Psychology Work Environment & Engineering Psychology Staffing Stress and Worker Well-Being | In this, students learn staffing and recruiting processes of the employer and employees performance assessment |
Psychological Issues in Human Resource Development | Managing HR Analyzing Work and Designing Jobs Career and Competency New Challenges and Directions | This course will help students to assess organizational functioning in a competitive environment |
Personal Growth: An Experiential Paradigm | Model and approach to experiential paradigms Experiential Paradigms in practices Transpersonal positive psychology and personal growth, challenges of managing emotions in experience Designing interventions, facilitating and ethical considerations in situations of human interventions | This course will teach students to learn through experience and enforces the study of experiential learning |
Counselling in Social Settings | Introduction to Counselling Perspective on Practices Ethical Issue in Counselling | This course teaches students the methods of research and application as a social psychologist and counsellor |
Applied Behaviour Analysis and Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy | Philosophical and historical foundations of behaviour therapy Reinforcing Desirable Responding Developing New Behaviours Cognitive-behavioural approaches | This is a course on general fundamentals of applied behaviour and cognitive behaviour |
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation | Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Lobular syndromes Neuropsychological assessment and syndrome analysis Plasticity and Restoration of Brain Function | This course is on the fundamentals of neuropsychological rehabilitation |
Psychology of Happiness | Psychology of happiness and well being Positive emotions and its influences Values and conflict management Personal transformation and Role of suffering | This course is on principles of positive emotions and positive psychology |
ELECTIVES
Name of Subject | Topics | Description |
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Forensic Psychology: Study of Criminal Behaviour | Forensic Psychology: Introduction and overview Criminal and Investigative Psychology Psychological impacts of violence and sexual offences, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Family violence and victimization, Psychology of the bystanders Correctional Psychology | This course specialises in forensic psychology where the students learn the about the behaviour and thinking process of criminals. |
Organizational Behaviour: Basics of Organizational Behaviour | Dynamics of organizations Behaviour in organizations Organizational Change and Development Organizations as System | In this course, students will learn to understand the structure and processes of an organization as a whole. |
Psychology of Group Dynamics | Approaches study groups Inter-group Conflict and cooperation Structural aspects of the group The group experience | This course is to understand history and approaches towards group works and processes |
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