About
The department of Psychology aims at providing critical practical and analytical training at the undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. levels.
It enables students to further engage in the domains of mental health, neuroscience, forensics, rehabilitation, defense, prisons, government and non-profit organizations. The program’s curriculum has more application-oriented learning and the curriculum mainly stresses the mastery of basic principles of psychological principles and theories.
The department of psychology emphasises research-based teaching and learning, competency-based learning and interdisciplinary approach.

Highlights
Foundational Courses (FC)
Six foundational courses are offered as part of the programme to provide interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives for the students
Core Courses (CC)
Core courses are offered as part of the programme to impart contemporary trends, theoretical understanding in the domain of psychology.
General Electives (GE)
General electives are courses chosen generally from an unrelated discipline/subject, with an intention to provide exposure to contemporary developments and learnings across other disciplines.
Discipline Specific Electives (DSE)
Courses related to the discipline of psychology that are interdisciplinary in nature are offered
Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)
SEC courses are value-based and skill-based that aim at providing hands-on training, and competencies. These courses may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge.
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC)
AECC are the courses based upon the content that leads to Knowledge enhancement (Environmental Science and English/MIL Communication.). These courses are mandatory for all disciplines.
Project Dissertation
Individual students are expected on project dissertations during the Sixth semester of the program. Students are expected to undertake thesis work on a chosen relevant topic. The topic needs to be approved by a committee constituted by a HOD. The project dissertation carries a specified number of credits and expected hours of work across the semester. Later, students need to convert their thesis into a technical paper and publication to publish it in reputed conferences or journals.