Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Program Summary

Category	Number of Courses	Credit Hours
General Education	12	30
Disciplinary or Majors	24	72
Interdisciplinary	04	12
Minors	04	12
Field Experience/Internship	-	03
Capstone Project/Thesis	-	03
Total Credits		132

List of General Courses
1. Islamic Studies*
2. Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan*
3. Functional English
4. Expository Writing
5. Applications of Information and Communication Technologies
6. Quantitative Reasoning I
7. Quantitative Reasoning II
8. Entrepreneurship*
9. Environmental Sciences
10. Civics and Community Engagement*
11. Fundamentals of Psychology*
12. Fundamentals of Sociology*

(Courses with * are of 02 credit hours)

List of Interdisciplinary Courses
1. Organizational Psychology
2. Personal and Professional Development
3. Environmental Psychology
4. Human Resource Management

Additional Interdisciplinary Courses
1. Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics
2. Fundamentals of Biochemistry
3. Media Psychology
4. Intro to Mass Communication
5. Introduction to Public Health
6. Cross cultural Psychology
7. Psychology of Tourism

List of Disciplinary/Major Courses
1. Schools & Perspectives in Psychology
2. Applied Areas of Psychology
3. Theories of Personality
4. Abnormal Psychology
5. Cognitive Psychology
6. Health Psychology
7. Social Psychology
8. Ethical Issues in Psychology
9. Experimental Psychology + Lab Experiments
10. Positive Psychology
11. Fundamental Research Methods in Psychology
12. Psychological Assessment+ Practical
13. Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
14. Statistics in Psychology
15. Developmental Psychology
16. Psychopathology-I
17. Psychopathology-II
18. Neurological basis of Behavior
19. Data Analysis using SPSS
20. Gender Psychology
21. Clinical Psychology-I
22. Guidance and Counseling
23. Forensic Psychology
24. Clinical Psychology-II

Additional Disciplinary/Major Courses
1. Adolescent Behavioral Problems
2. Child & Maternal Mental Health
3. Introduction to Geriatric Psychology
4. Therapeutic Interventions
5. Community Based Rehabilitation
6. Application of Psychological First Aid
7. Stress and Conflict Management
8. Islamic Perspective on Psychology

List of Minors
1. Teaching & Learning Skills
2. Educational Technology
3. Educational Psychology
4. Education for Students with Special Needs

Additional Minors Course
1. School Based Interventions
2. Classroom Management
3. Career Counseling

Entry Rule after 14 Years Qualification/Associate Degree
1. Students coming from others stream
  1. Direct admission into the 5th semester of the BS Psychology program, subject to the approval of the competent authority.
2. Students coming from non-business stream
  1. Eligibility for admission will be determined on a case-to-case basis and is subject to the approval of the competent authority.
  2. Successful completion of the bridging semester will be mandatory before admission into 5^th semester of the BS Psychology program.
Exit Rule after 14 Years Qualification

After successful completion of 4^th Semester (60 Credit Hours), the student may be awarded “Associate Degree in BS Psychology”, only in special circumstances, and is subject to the approval of the competent authority

Scheme of Studies

Semester 1
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
GER-1200	Functional English (G)	3
GER-1300	Quantitative Reasoning-I(G)	3
GER-2601	Biology (G) (Natural Sciences)	3
PSY1201	Schools & Perspectives in Psychology (D)	3
GER-2401	Ideology & Constitution of Pakistan (G)	2
GER-1503	Fundamentals of Psychology (G) (Social Sciences)	2
	Total	16
Semester 2
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
GER-1201	Expository Writing (G)	3	GER-1200
GER-1100	Applications of Information & Communication Technology (G)	3
GER-1301	Quantitative Reasoning-II(G)	3	GER-1300
PSY1202	Applied Areas of Psychology (D)	3
PSY1203	Theories of Personality (D)	3
GER-2400	Islamic Studies (G)	2
	Total	17
Semester 3
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
GER-2714	Fundamentals of Sociology (G) (Arts & Humanities)	2
PSY2204	Abnormal Psychology (D)	3
PSY2205	Cognitive Psychology (D)	3
PSY2301	Organizational Psychology (I)	3
PSY2206	Health Psychology (D)	3
GER-2800	Entrepreneurship (G)	2
	Total	16
Semester 4
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
PSY2207	Social Psychology (D)	3
PSY2208	Ethical Issues in Psychology (D)	3
PSY2209	Experimental Psychology + Lab Experiments (D)	3
PSY2210	Positive Psychology (D)	3
PSY2211	Fundamental Research Methods in Psychology (D)	3
GER-2402	Civics & Community Engagement (G)	2
	Total	17
Semester 5
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
PSY3212	Psychological Assessment+ Practical (D)	3
PSY3213	Advanced Research Methods in Psychology (D)	3	PSY2211
PSY3214	Statistics in Psychology (D)	3
PSY3215	Developmental Psychology (D)	3
PSY3216	Psychopathology-I (D)	3
PSY3302	Personal and Professional Development (I)	3
	Total	18
Semester 6
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
PSY3217	Psychopathology-II(D)	3	PSY3216
PSY3303	Environmental Psychology (I)	3
PSY3218	Neurological basis of Behavior (D)	3
PSY3304	Human Resource Management (I)	3
PSY3219	Data Analysis using SPSS (D)	3
PSY3401	Teaching & Learning Skills (M)	3
	Total	18
Semester 7
New Course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
PSY4220	Gender Psychology (D)	3
PSY4221	Clinical Psychology-I (D)	3
PSY4222	Guidance and Counseling (D)	3
PSY4501	Clinical Case Studies	3
PSY4402	Educational Technology (M)	3
	Total	15
Semester 8
New course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours	Prerequisite
PSY4223	Forensic Psychology (D)	3
PSY4224	Clinical Psychology-II (D)	3	PSY4221
PSY5601	Research Thesis	3
PSY4403	Educational Psychology (M)	3
PSY4404	Education for Students with Special Needs (M)	3
Total		15
Grand Total Credit Hours		132

Elective Disciplinary Courses: Psychology

New Course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours
PSY4225	Adolescent Behavioral Problems	3
PSY4226	Child & Maternal Mental Health	3
PSY4227	Introduction to Geriatric Psychology	3
PSY4228	Therapeutic Interventions	3
PSY4229	Community Based Rehabilitation	3
PSY4230	Application of Psychological First Aid	3
PSY4231	Stress and Conflict Management	3
PSY4232	Islamic Perspective on Psychology	3

Elective Interdisciplinary Courses: Psychology

New Course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours
PSY3305	Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics	3
PSY3306	Fundamentals of Biochemistry	3
PSY3307	Media Psychology	3
PSY3308	Intro to Mass Communication	3
PSY3309	Introduction to Public Health	3
PSY3310	Cross cultural Psychology	3
PSY3311	Psychology of Tourism	3

Elective Minor Courses: Education

New Course Codes	Course Title	Credit Hours
PSY4405	School Based Interventions	3
PSY4406	Classroom Management	3
PSY4407	Career Counseling	3