BS-PSYCHOLOGY (4 YEARS PROGRAM)
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BS-PSYCHOLOGY (4 YEARS PROGRAM)
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
- To ensure that the students are aware of the nature, origin, history and scope of Psychology as a modern discipline and its relationship with other sciences.
To be aware of the different perspectives – functional systems and theories – used inpsychology in order to study, understand and explain its subject matter.
- To be aware of the experimental and experimental underpinning of the study of psychology and develop a scientific approach to the subject.
To be conversant with the biological, biochemical and genetic basis of behavior.
To be fully knowledgeable about the cognitive, behavioral and personality functioning ofthe individual: developmentally, interpersonally and socially.
- To be familiar with the methods it employs for studying (as it is) and changing behavior (as it should be) and the strengths and weaknesses of these methods.
To be aware of the moral and ethical implications of psychological theories, procedures and practices.
To have a working knowledge of the application and the practice of psychology in real life and have all the necessary skills to continue a specialist study later on and achieve professional qualifications.
To be able to conceive, design, and conduct small scale research project and analyze the information and share it with other colleagues.
- To ensure that psychology is taught as an applied discipline in scientist-reflective.
To be conversant with the biological, biochemical, psycho social and genetic basis of behavior.
Every student must participate in seminar and annual research papers in each course on current respective area of psychology.
The student should develop inside and personality growth through internship.
Individually students need to inculcate the spirit of applying control over unbridled instinctive and impulsive actions, so that they acquire inside and behave on their rational judgment.
Eligibility Criteria:
12 years of education with 45% marks & as per HEC criteria.
Program Structure:
The BS- Psychology program requirement is minimum 135 credit hours, which includes 35 courses, a Research Project & Internship.
Program Duration:
The minimum duration of the program is 4 years / 8 semesters.
Faculty/ Staff
- Alam Zeb Khattak (Associate Professor Psychology)
- Abdus Salam Afridi (Assistant Professor Psychology)
- Zainab Khan (Lecturer Psychology)
- Mudassar Abdullah (Assistant Professor)
CURRICULUM OF PSYCHOLOGY For BS (HONS.) 4-Year Program
Year 1
Semester 1
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
PSY111 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
PSY112 | History of Psychology | 3 |
GEN111 | English-1 | 3 |
GEN112 | Ideologies and Constitution of Pakistan | 2 |
GEN113/ GSQ001 | Islamic studies * Holy Quran (tarjuma tafseer and tajved) | 2 *0 |
GEN114 | Statistics-I | 3 |
GEN115 | Practicum-I | 2 |
Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester 2
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
GEN121 | Communication Skills | 3 |
GEN122 | Philosophy | 2 |
PSY121 | Teaching Learning Strategies and Reflective Practices | 2 |
PSY122 | Theories of Personality-I | 3 |
GEN123 | Statistics-II | 3 |
PSY123 | Anthropology/Sociology/Social work | 2 |
PSY124 | Experimental Psychology-I | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Year 2
Semester 3
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
GEN211 | Introduction to Computer (theory+practical) | 2+1 |
PSY211 | Developmental Psychology-I | 3 |
PSY212 | Experimental Psychology-II | 3 |
MGT111 | Introduction to Business Management | 2 |
PSY213 | Practicum-II | 2 |
PSY214 | Theories of Personality-II | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 16 |
Semester 4
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
PSY221 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
PSY222 | Introduction to Social Psychology | 3 |
GEN221 | Geography | 3 |
PSY223 | Ethics in Psychology | 3 |
PSY225 | Developmental Psychology-II | 3 |
GEN222 | introduction to civic engagement | 2 |
Total Credit Hours | 17 |
Year 3
Semester 5
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
PSY311 | Environmental Psychology | 3 |
PSY312 | Gender Psychology | 3 |
PSY313 | Psychological testing-I | 3 |
PSY314 | Psychopathology-I | 3 |
PSY315 | Research Methods-I | 3 |
PSY316 | Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester 6
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
PSY321 | Community Psychology | 3 |
PSY322 | Psychological testing-II | 3 |
PSY323 | Organizational Psychology | 3 |
PSY324 | Peace Psychology | 3 |
PSY325 | Psychopathology-II | 3 |
PSY326 | Research Methods-II | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Year 4
Semester 7
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
PSY411 | Forensic Psychology | 3 |
PSY412 | Military Psychology | 3 |
PSY413 | Clinical Psychology | 3 |
PSY414 | Counseling Psychology | 3 |
PSY416 | Internship(Clinical/counselling/forensic) | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Semester 8
Course Code | Course Title | (Total Cr.Hr) |
PSY421 | Positive Psychology | 3 |
PSY422 | Consumer Psychology | 3 |
PSY423 | Disaster management | 3 |
PSY425 | Sports Psychology | 3 |
PSY426 | Research Project | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
Grand Total Credit Hours | 135 |