Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (B.A. Hons.)

OUR VISION

Rooted in and inspired by the Ignatian charism of forming men and women for others, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, as a Centre of Excellence, strives to promote a society based on love, freedom, liberty, justice, equality and fraternity.

OUR MISSION

• To set an international standard for Arts, Science, Commerce, Management education contemporary and relevant to the 21st century;

• To provide all students of St. Xavier's University a unique and exceptional education that will be a transforming experience intellectually, culturally, socially and personally;

• To excel in all areas of teaching-learning, research, outreach and consultancy;

• To contribute to the creation of knowledge and to search for the meaning of life;

• To bridge the rural-urban divide, taking the benefits of education to the poor and the marginalized, aiming at their empowerment;

• To ensure access to and equity in higher educational opportunity to all deserving and meritorious students with a preferential option for the poor and marginalized, irrespective of caste and creed;

• To inspire and challenge all segments of the University to raise the realm of good from great to greater, through continuous quality assessment;

• To offer subjects for competence building, and to motivate/animate a work force imbued with human values;

• To become a Centre of culture and to consciously promote communal harmony and cultural integration so as to create an atmosphere of dialogue in the campus;

• To promote academic exchange and academia-industry interfacing, making use of the latest technology;

• To develop application-oriented courses, with the mandatory view on values, to produce holistic development of persons;

• To form young men and women of competence, commitment, conscience and compassion;

• To contribute to the well-being of the nation without counting the cost; in the spirit of NIHIL ULTRA (Nothing Beyond), the motto of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.

VALUE FRAMEWORK TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION

•  Fostering passionate pursuit for academic and intellectual excellence;

•  Promoting social concern leading to action;

•  Cultivating uncompromising commitment towards enhancing the quality of life both at the organizational and societal level;

•  Instilling in students integrity, perseverance and transparency;

•  Facilitating creativity and innovativeness in all endeavours;

•  Enabling leadership to become agents of social change and shape a better future.

•  Encouraging discipline, teamwork and the culture of collaboration;

•  Providing education with a human face and furthering the cause of human virtues;