B.A. program in Political Science

The Bachelor of Arts in Political Science program at Jai Hind College, established in 1948, is open to students from all streams. The program emphasizes analyzing current national and international issues and offers experiential learning opportunities. Many alumni continue their studies at prestigious global universities and excel in competitive exams such as UPSC, MPSC, CLAT, NET, and SET. Our students participate in events like the Youth Parliament, Students’ Seminar, Quizzes and debates, and they find placements in government, NGOs, think tanks, and international organizations.

Programme Objectives

Graduates will excel in analyzing and interpreting political data.
Graduates will understand ethical and social responsibilities in politics.
Graduates will be knowledgeable about global political trends and policies
Graduates will be ready for diverse careers in government, NGOs, and beyond.

Department: Psychology

SEMESTER 1

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDITS
APSY101

Introduction to Psychology:

Scientific Methods

Biological Psychology

Development across Life Span

Stress and Health

4

 

SEMESTER 2

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDITS
APSY201

Fundamentals of Psychology:

Perception & Consciousness

 

Motivation

 

Memory

 

Personality

4

 

SEMESTER 3

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDITS
APSY301

Social Psychology

Introduction

Social Cognition

Social Perception

Attitudes

3
APSY302

Developmental Psychology Birth to Preschool

Birth and the Physical Development in Newborn Infants            __

Cognitive development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Physical, Cognitive, Social and Personality Development in Preschool Years

3

 

APPLIED COMPONENT

APSY 301 AC

Psychology of Living

Self-direction in a changing world

Love & Commitment

Sexuality

Toward Better Health

2.5

 

SEMESTER 4

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDITS
APSY401

Social Psychology II:

Prejudice

Social Influence

Aggression

Groups

3
APSY402

Developmental Psychology Middle Childhood through Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle

Adulthood

Social and Personality development in Middle Adulthood

Physical, Cognitive, Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Physical, Cognitive, Social and Personality

Development in Early Adulthood

3

APPLIED COMPONENT

APSY 401 AC

Psychology of Adjustment

Stress

Understanding Mental Disorders

Understanding Psychotherapy

Death, Dying & Grief

2.5

 

SEMESTER 5

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDITS
APSY 501

Psychological Testing and Statistics

Psychological testing, assessment and norms

Reliability

Validity and measures of central tendency

Types of scores, Types of scales, frequency distribution and graphic representations

 

5
APSY 502

Clinical perspectives of psychological disorders

Theoretical Perspectives of Psychological Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders,

Disorders pertaining to: Feeding-Eating, Elimination, Sleep-Wake, Impulse Control and Conduct

Paraphilic Disorders, Sexual Dysfunctions and Gender Dysphoria

 

5
APSY 503

Industrial psychology

Job analysis

HRD

Performance appraisal

Training and development

4.5
APSY 504

Unraveling the human mind

Attention

Perception

Working memory

Individual differences in cognition

5
APSY 505

Practicals in Psychological Testing & cognitive processes

Scales of measurement

Experiments

Coglab

Inferential statistics APA report

5
APSY 506

Counseling

Counseling as a profession

Building counseling relationship

Working in counseling relationship

Closing assessment and diagnoses

 

4.5

 

SEMESTER 6

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDITS
APSY 601

Psychological testing and statistic II

Correlation

Intelligence

Personality

Variability and percentiles

 

5
APSY 602

Clinical perspectives of psychological disorders II

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders

Dissociative and somatic disorders

Depressive and bipolar disorders

5
APSY 603

Organizational psychology

Motivation

Job satisfaction

Leadership

Organizational theory and structure

4.5
APSY 604

Memory and problem solving

Long term memory

Knowledge representation

Visual memory and special cognition

Problem solving

5
APSY 605

Practicals in Psychological Testing & cognitive processes II

Reliability validity correlation

Experiments

Coglab

Inferential statistics excel stats

5
APSY 606

Counseling theoretical foundation

Theories

Diversity

Groups

Career counseling

4.5

 

The minor electives will be offered from the following domains: – Marketing, Management, Data Science, Web Designing, Cybersecurity, Accounting, Taxation, Finance, Financial Markets, Investment Banking, Commercial Data Science, Banking, Biotechnology, Mass communication, Embedded Systems and IoT.