Department of Applied Psychology

Courses

MA (Applied Psychology)

Seats: 30 seats , Duration: 2 Years (Full time) course, Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline from a recognized Indian/Foreign University with a minimum of 45% (40% for SC/ST/OBC) marks. Admission Procedure : Through PUCAT entrance test. Admission to the course shall be made on the basis of written test comprising of objective type questions.Written test shall be in English for evaluating General Psychology, English Language and Reasoning Ability. Annual Fee: Rs. 20,000 (TenThousand only per semester) and Rs.1500 Examination fee.

Master of Applied Psychology (MAP) is a Two-year (Full time) course being run at the Faculty Building of the University. In the era of multicultural society and globalization demanding consciousness for social and personal well being, the role of Psychology has come to the fore front. Professional psychologists have bright scope and future in organizations, hospitals, NGO’s and consultancies. etc. Keeping the present scenario into consideration, the course has the following aims;

To popularize importance of applied psychology in organisations, hospitals, schools, NGOs, Media and other fields.
To develop a new body of knowledge and skills, and make it available for those seeking challenging careers in the new era of liberalization and globalization
Provide training to students in latest information and skills pertaining to applied psychology.
To shape up smart and competent professionals by ongoing modules of personality development programs

Course Structure

The Syllabus of the MAP programme comprise of five papers in each semester. The course also offeres specialization in two areas, i.e. Organizational Behavior and Clinical Psychology. The papers are as follows:

Semester – I

Paper I- Fundamentals of Psychology
Paper II- Cognitive Processes
Paper III- Field of Applied Psychology
Paper IV- Research methods and Statistics
Paper V- Practical

Programme Structure:

The MA/MSc Applied Psychology Programme is divided into two parts as under. Each part will consist of to be known as Semester-I,

S.N.	Course Component	No. of Courses	Hours of Learning per semester	Marks	Credits
Semester-VII
Credit Courses
	Core Courses	04	60*4	400	16
1.	Elective courses	-		-	-
2.	Minor Elective	01	60	100	4
3.	Practical	01	60	100	4
4.	Dissertation/Internship	01	60	100	4
	Total	07	420	700	28
Semester-VIII
Credit Courses
	Core Courses	02	60*2	200	8
1.	Elective courses	02	60*2	200	8
2.	Minor Elective	-	-	-	-
3.	Practical	01	60	100	4
4.	Dissertation/Internship	01	60	100	4
	Total	06	360	600	24
Semester-IX
Credit Courses
	Core Courses	02	60*2	200	8
1.	Elective courses	02	60*2	200	8
2.	Minor Elective	-	-	-	-
3.	Practical	01	60	100	4
4.	Dissertation/Internship	01	60	100	4
	Total	06	360	600	24
Semester-X
Credit Courses
	Core Courses	01	60	100	4
1.	Elective courses	03	60*3	300	12
2.	Minor Elective	-	-	-	-
3.	Practical	01	60	100	4
4.	Dissertation/Internship	01	60	100	4
	Total	06	360	600	24

Part	Year	Semester
Part - I	First Year	Semester VII & VIII
Part - II	Second Year	Semester IX & X

Total number of credits and marks
Course	No. of Courses	No. of Credits	Total Marks
Core Courses	09+08	36+32	1700
Elective	07	28	700
Minor Elective	01	4	100
Grand Total	25	100	2500

Semester-wise Titles of the Papers in M.A./ M.Sc. (Applied Psychology)

Year	Sem.	Course Code	Paper Title	Theory/Practical	Credits	Core compulsory /Elective
IV	VII	A400701T	Fundamentals of Psychology	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VII	A400702T	Cognitive Processes	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VII	A400703T	Fields of Applied Psychology	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VII	A400704T	Research Methods and Basic Statistics	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VII	A400705P	Practical	Practical	04	Core compulsory
IV	VII	A400706T	Minor Elective	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VII	A400707R	Survey	Practical	04	Core compulsory
IV	VIII	A400801T	Psychological Assessment	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VIII	A400802T	Research Designs and Data Analysis	Theory	04	Core compulsory
IV	VIII	A400803T/A400804T	Elective (A400803T)- Psychopathology/ Elective (A400804T)- Industrial Psychology	Theory	04	Elective
IV	VIII	A400805T/A400806T	Elective (A400805T)- Psychodiagnostics/ Elective (A400806T)- Foundations of Organizational Behaviour	Theory	04	Elective
IV	VIII	A400807P	Practical	Practical	04	Core compulsory
IV	VIII	A400808R	Dissertation	Practical	04	Core compulsory
V	IX	A400901T	Applied Social Psychology	Theory	04	Core compulsory
V	IX	A400902T	Systems and theories of Psychology	Theory	04	Core compulsory
V	IX	A400903T/A400904T	Elective (A400903T)- Psychotherapy/ Elective – (A400904T)- Personnel Management	Theory	04	Elective
V	IX	A400905T/A400906T	Elective – (A400905T)- Clinical Counselling/ Elective – (A400906T)- Behavioral Issues in Organizations	Theory	04	Elective
V	IX	A400907P	Practical	Practical	04	Core compulsory
V	IX	A400908R	Field Study	Practical	04	Core compulsory
V	X	A401001T	Positive Psychology	Theory	04	Core compulsory
V	X	A401002T/A401003T	Elective (A401002T)- Community Psychology/ Elective (A401003T)- Training and Development	Theory	04	Elective
V	X	A401004T/A401005T	Elective (A401004T)- Health Psychology/ Elective (A401005T)- Organizational change and Development	Theory	04	Elective
V	X	A401006T/ A401007T	Elective (A401006T)- Rehabilitation Psychology/ Elective (A401007T)- Contemporary issues in HRM	Theory	04	Elective
V	X	A401008P	Practical	Practical	04	Core compulsory
V	X	A401009R	Internship/Summer training	Practical	04	Core compulsory