BA (Hons/Res) (Psychology)

The BA in Psychology Course ensures that the students are acquainted with the field of Psychology, branches in Psychology, various schools of thought, recent trends, theoretical as well as applied areas, and research methods in the field. 

It aims at imparting basic psychological skills like observational skills, communications skills, active listening skills, and interpersonal skills to students so that they can apply knowledge of psychological principles across various settings.

Creating a strong practice-oriented theoretical base hand-in-hand with recent advances in the field of Psychology is an integral part of the BA Psychology. We ensure students think, observe, assess and critically evaluate various psychological processes and manifested behaviour across all contexts.

Program Outcomes

• Understand basic principles, theories, and fields of psychology

• Follow the basic tenets of different schools of psychology such as humanistic, psychodynamic, behavioural, etc. and their utility.

• Demonstrate skills such as active listening, unconditional positive regard, empathy, etc.

• Explain the objectives and process of psychological research.

• Relate principles of psychology to gain insights about self and move towards personal growth.

• Analyse critically various theories related to psychology and detect gaps to formulate research problems.

• Modify psychological interventions to suit diverse groups.

• Analyse different psychological phenomena and develop a working research model for it.

• Discuss moral, ethical, and professional dilemmas related to the field of psychology e.g. confidentiality, informed content, etc.

• Recognize the need for sustainable development and ponder upon the role of psychology in it.

Key Features

• One of the most sought after and popular bachelor’s degree programme with several electives, skill, and ability enhancement courses for the overall development of students.

• The academic structure supports capability building and skill enhancement.

• Adaptive to changing technological, social, cultural, and economic environment.

• Learning through diverse pedagogical approaches.

• Option to choose university level and department level minor elective and open electives.

Career Pathways

• Explore careers in Industrial, Counselling, and Clinical Psychology. 

• Implement knowledge from specialised field in areas of Life Coaching, Sports Psychology, Forensic Psychology, clinical assessment of mental illness, Industry human resource management and many more areas across Psychology. 

• Work in the field as Psychologist, Researcher, Practitioner Social Worker, Human Resource Manager, Counsellor, Therapist and Educational Psychologist.

Achievements

• As per Times Higher Education Global Impact Rankings 2021, Vishwakarma University, Pune is featured in the top institutions amongst 1200 universities from 98 countries/regions. These rankings assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Vishwakarma University is conferred with the Emerging University of the Year award in Western India by ASSOCHAM in its 13th Higher Education Conclave 2020.

• Vishwakarma University Pune has been declared Winner for Excellence in Design Education Award at the World Education Award, 2021(Higher Education) held on March 6, 2021 for the project “ Industry on Campus and Industry Connect”.

• Achievements of Faculty Members Dr. Vidya Bhate.

  • Awarded Fellowship for M.Phil from IIE- 2004

  • Won the Ramanathan award at NSI Annual meeting for best oral presentation-Calcutta, November 2006

  • Awarded Sponsorship for presenting a paper at DOHaD International conference- Australia, November 2007

  • Won the Haveliram Pasricha award for the best poster presentation at NSI Annual meeting-Chennai, November 2008 

  • Granted Travel Grant Award (Fellowship) by the DOHaD society to present a paper at the international conference- CHILE, November 2009.