Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.
Research and Skill Development:
Encouraging students to engage in research projects and develop practical skills such as psychological testing, counseling, and data analysis.
Interactive Learning:
Activities like movie screenings with discussions, field visits, and case study analyses are used to enrich the learning experience.
Expert Engagement:
Regular guest lectures, seminars, and workshops are conducted to provide students with insights into current trends and practices.
Community Outreach:
Initiatives like ‘Feelings Ka Adda’ to increase mental health awareness and collaborations.
Career Readiness:
The department supports students in preparing for careers in psychology through guidance for higher education and creating a platform to connect with renowned professionals in the field.
The Department of Psychology offers BA (Hons) Psychology. This course sensitizes students to understand their behaviour and personality and tries to inculcate various personal and psychological skills. It shapes students’ thinking in such a way that they can describe and explain human behaviour within a scientific paradigm and approach. Students learn about the history of the discipline, its theoretical foundations and its many branches including Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Child Development, Bio-psychology and Human Resource Management. Given the applied nature of the subject, theoretical courses are accompanied by a variety of practicum courses.
The course is also designed to help students develop analytical abilities by encouraging them to conduct research projects as a part of the practical papers. The faculty, who are well-qualified and skilled in their specializations, also participate along with their students in different seminars, workshops and conferences at the international and national level.
The syllabus of BA (Hons.) in Psychology focuses on personality development, psychotherapy, stress management and neuro-psychology. Students will be able to identify, describe, and contrast the historical foundations, the major theoretical approaches, and the range of questions addressed, the research methods used, and the key research findings in the discipline.
The course helps students to engage with and retain a broad base of knowledge in the various domains of Psychology in order to prepare for graduate schools in various disciplines of psychology or education and for a wide variety of postgraduate career opportunities, including but not limited to jobs in education, industry, human health services, and professional schools.
With a view to ensure continuous knowledge building, the department also has its own library, exclusively for the students and the faculty of the department, and helps students in need by providing the required textbooks.
The Department of Psychology of Bharati College strongly believes in and upholds values of compassion, support, and acceptance. The Psychology Department has, throughout its existence in the College, made it its utmost priority to enrich students and teachers with experiences that build them as individuals.
To establish this department as an advanced centre for Psychology.
To develop a fully equipped Psychology Lab with advanced tools and instruments.
To start personality development courses for skill refinement for students.
To work extensively on rural psycho-social problems and design programmes for the upliftment of marginalized and deprived communities.
To empower students psychologically and socially by teaching them how to use psychological knowledge in order to serve society as well as humanity.
Departmental research project on significant social-critical issues/topics involving students-teachers.
Interdepartmental activities/research work/seminar.
Cathect, the departmental society, organises and conducts student activities. With over 130 members on its rolls now, and in working towards achieving the goals of enrichment, Cathect has organized various events throughout the year.
The year 2019-2020 was marked by many new initiatives. Quarterly newspapers were created and published by the students of the Department, tackling issues like Self Love, Self-Worth and Empathy that students can relate to. It gave the students a chance to spread the idea of Mental Health and to make it more accessible and understandable. Cathect organized a Yoga and Music therapy Session wherein specialists came to the College and delivered an enlightening session.
The event provided the attending students a soothing and stress-free environment for them to explore their inner self.
‘Feelings Ka Adda’ Initiative
Mental health trainees from the Department of Psychology, Bharati College initiated a listening space for college students on campus- "Feelings Ka Adda" project in the academic year 2023- 2024 in response to the growing importance of mental health and well-being.
It aims to provide students with a space to learn about mental health, experience acceptance, and express their emotions openly. Students are ensured that confidentiality would be maintained at all times where they can engage in self-care and self-awareness-related activities, such as mandala art, self-care wheel etc. This might help them become more aware of themselves and learn to find ways to take care of themselves and their bodies.
The project is a free-of-cost peer support initiative and in no way replaces the need of a professional set-up for counselling or therapy. As mental health trainees, the primary motive of the students of the psychology department is to create a pro bono supportive environment where students feel comfortable discussing their emotions and a platform to provide them with resources if they feel the need to seek professional counselling or therapy sessions.
At the graduate level, psychology as an honours subject is offered in almost all recognised universities in the country. In its specialist branches, psychology offers scope for further professional studies after post-graduation in these institutions.
In future, professionals in the areas of emotional and mental health management will be in great demand, requiring them to specialise in counselling children, young adults, or geriatrics. With increasing awareness within society of the importance of mental and emotional well-being of leaders, employees, and students to enable them to give their best, the future is bright for those entering this profession. Learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, adjustment problems, low self-esteem, marital problems, teen relationships, parenting, self-esteem, and child sexual abuse are focal areas in which there is a demand.
Psychology graduates can easily find jobs in private and government sectors, including various universities, schools, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, etc. They can also find faculty positions in colleges and universities after completing their Masters and clearing NET.
Employment in psychology is expected to rise in a few years. Many of the job opportunities will open in the clinic. Rising demand in health care centres, hospitals, mental health centres, social health services and schools will lead to the growth of employment in the psychology sector. The rise in the aging population will further contribute to the increasing need for psychologists.
Teacher- In- Charge- Prof. Manju Sharma
