Master of Arts [MA] (Applied Psychology) Syllabus, Course Structure and Program Schedule 2025-2026

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
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
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