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IGNOU MA Psychology (MAPC) Syllabus
Students can read or download IGNOU MA Psychology Syllabus from here. The MA Psychology syllabus is divided into years. This is the 2 years degree course.
You can download the MA Psychology Distance Education IGNOU Syllabus form the given link below.
IGNOU MA Psychology Details
- Required Eligibility – Bachelor Degree from a recognised university.
- Course Duration – 2 Years (4 Years Maximum)
- Fee – 14,000
- Session – January and July
- Maximum Age – No Maximum Age
- Medium – – English and Hindi
- School – School of Humanities (SOH)
- Course Code – MAPC
- Course Name – Master of Arts (Psychology)
IGNOU MA Psychology 1st Year Course Syllabus
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MPC – 001 | Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory | 4 |
| MPC – 002 | Life Span Psychology | 4 |
| MPC – 003 | Personality: Theories and Assessment | 4 |
| MPC – 004 | Advanced Social Psychology | 4 |
| MPC – 005 | Research Methods | 4 |
| MPC – 006 | Statistics in Psychology | 4 |
| MPCL – 007 | Practicum in Experimental Psychology and Psychological Testing | 4 |
IGNOU MA Psychology 2nd Year Course Syllabus
Group A: Clinical Psychology
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MPCE – 011 | Psychopathology | 4 |
| MPCE – 012 | Psychodiagnostics | 4 |
| MPCE – 013 | Psychotherapeutic methods | 4 |
| MPCE – 014 | Practicum in Clinical Psychology | 6 |
| MPCE – 015 | Internship | 8 |
| MPCE – 016 | Project | 6 |
or
Group: B Counselling Psychology
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MPCE – 021 | Counselling Psychology | 4 |
| MPCE – 022 | Assessment in Counselling Psychology | 4 |
| MPCE – 023 | Interventions in Counselling | 4 |
| MPCE – 024 | Practicum in Counselling Psychology | 6 |
| MPCE – 025 | Internship | 8 |
| MPCE – 026 | Project | 6 |
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Group C: Industrial and Organisational Psychology
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MPCE – 031 | Organisational Behaviour | 4 |
| MPCE – 032 | Human Resource Development (HRD) | 4 |
| MPCE – 033 | Organisational Development | 4 |
| MPCE – 034 | Practicum in Organisational Behaviour | 6 |
| MPCE – 035 | Internship | 8 |
| MPCE – 036 | Project | 6 |
Details of the Syllabus
Detailed Course in the Format of Blocks and Units
FIRST YEAR MAPC Syllabus
001 Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory
Block 1 Information Processing
Unit 1 Cognitive Psychology
Unit 2 Information Processing in Learning and Memory
Unit 3 Neuropsychological Basis of Learning and Memory
Unit 4 Models of Information Processing (All the Models)
Block 2 Intelligence and Creativity
Unit 1 Theories of Intelligence (G and S Factor and the Model of JP Das)
Unit 2 Theories of Multiple Intelligence (Guilford, Gardner and Steinberg)
Unit 3 Measurement of Intelligence
Unit 4 Creativity and Problem Solving
Block 3 Language
Unit 1 Language Acquisition (Cognitive Theory)
Unit 2 Language Processing (Comprehension and Language Expression)
Unit 3 Multilingualism and Cognition
Unit 4 Language and Speech Disorders
Block 4 Problem Solving
Unit 1 Nature of Problem Solving and Processes
Unit 2 Stages and Strategies of Problem Solving
Unit 3 Theoretical Approaches to Problem Solving
Unit 4 Impediments in Problem Solving
MPC 002 Lifespan Psychology
Block 1 Prenatal, Infancy and Early Childhood
Unit 1 Concept of Development, Growth and Development, Life Span Perspective, Methods of Studying Development and Characteristics of Development
Unit 2 Prenatal Development (Genetics, Environment Influence and Hazards of Development)
Unit 3 Development During Infancy (Physical, Psychosocial, Cognitive and Linguistic)
Unit 4 Early Childhood (Physical, Psychosocial, Cognitive and Linguistic)
Block 2 Development During Early School Years (6-11)
Unit 1 Physical Development
Unit 2 Cognitive, Social, Emotional and Moral Development
Unit 3 Schooling and Development
Unit 4 Identification of Problems in School Children and Remedial Measures
Block 3 Development During Adolescence
Unit 1 Physical Changes
Unit 2 Cognitive Changes
Unit 3 Identity, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Peer Group Relationship
Unit 4 Challenges and Issues in Adolescent Development
Block 4 Adulthood and Aging
Unit 1 Physical Changes (Early Adulthood Middle Age, Old Age)
Unit 2 Cognitive Changes (Early Adulthood Middle Age, Old Age)
Unit 3 Psycho-social Changes (Early Adulthood Middle Age, Old Age)
Unit 4 Challenges and Issues in Aging Process
MPC 003 Personality: Theories and Assessment
Block 1 Personality : Theories and Assessment
Unit 1 Definition and Concept of Personality and Personality Development
Unit 2 State/Trait Approaches to Personality
Unit 3 Assessment of Personality
Unit 4 Key Issues in Personality
Block 2 Theories of Personality
Unit 1 Psychodynamic Theory (Including Horney and Sullivan)
Unit 2 Social Cognitive Theory of Personality (Bandura)
Unit 3 Learning Theory of Personality (Pavlov and Skinner)
Unit 4 Humanistic and Self Theory (Maslow, Rogers)
Block 3 Theories of Personality II
Unit 1 Allport
Unit 2 Cattell
Unit 3 Eysenck
Unit 4 The Big 5 Factor Model
Block 4 Assessment of Personality
Unit 1 Introduction to Assessment and Testing
Unit 2 Approaches to Personality Assessment (Self Report, Problems of Response in Projective and Behavioural Assessment)
Unit 3 Behavioural Assessment
Unit 4 Other Measures of Personality
MPC 004 Advanced Social Psychology
Block 1 Introduction to Social Psychology
Unit 1 Nature and Concept of Social Psychology and Social Psychology Related to other Disciplines
Unit 2 Social Cognition (Attribution Theory)
Unit 3 Methods of Social Psychology (Observation, Ethnography, Correlational, Experimental Social Psychology)
Unit 4 Current Trend in Social Psychology and Ethical Issues
Block 2 Process of Social Influence
Unit 1 The Concept of Social Influence
Unit 2 Pro Social Behaviour and Factors Contributing to Prosocial Behaviour
Unit 3 Inter Personal Attraction
Unit 4 Aggression and Violence
Block 3 Attitude, Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination
Unit 1 Introduction to Attitude and Stereotypes
Unit 2 Formation of Attitude and Attitude Change
Unit 3 Prejudice and Discrimination
Unit 4 Social Conflicts and Resolution
Block 4 Group Dynamics
Unit 1 Introduction to Group, Formation, Types of Group
Unit 2 Group Dynamics
Unit 3 Social Identity, Crowding and Crowd Behaviour
Unit 4 Cooperation, Competition and Conflicts
MPC 005 Research Methods
Block 1 Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
Unit 1 Basic Process/Concept in Research
Unit 2 Reliability and Validity (External and Internal)
Unit 3 Variables and Constructs
Unit 4 Hypothesis Formulation and Sampling
Block 2 Types of Research
Unit 1 Survey Research
Unit 2 Ex-post Facto Research
Unit 3 Experimental Research (including Field Experiment)
Unit 4 Case Study
Block 3 Research Design
Unit 1 Experimental Design: Single Factor
Unit 2 Experimental Design: Factorial Design
Unit 3 Quasi Experimental Design
Unit 4 Other Designs (Correlational Design and Comparative Design)
Block 4 Qualitative Research in Psychology
Unit 1 Introduction Including Ethnography
Unit 2 Grounded Theory
Unit 3 Discourse Analysis (Content Narrative)
Unit 4 Reporting and Evaluating Quality Research
MPC 006 Statistics in Psychology
Block 1 Introduction to Statistics
Unit 1 Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics
Unit 2 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Unit 3 Type I and Type II Errors
Unit 4 Setting Up The Level of Significance
Block 2 Correlation and Regression
Unit 1 Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation
Unit 2 Other Types of Correlation (including Phi-coefficient)
Unit 3 Partial and Multiple Correlation
Unit 4 Bivariate and Multiple Regression
Block 3 Normal Distribution
Unit 1 Characteristics of Normal Distribution
Unit 2 Significance of Mean Differences, Standard Error of the Mean
Unit 3 Anova (One-Way)
Unit 4 Two-Way Anova
Block 4 Nonparametric Statistics
Unit 1 Rationale
Unit 2 Mann Whitney ‘U’ Test For Two Sample Test
Unit 3 Kruskal Wallis Analysis of Variance
Unit 4 Chi Square and Kendall Rank Correlation
MPCL 007 Practicum: Experimental Psychology and Psychological Testing
Practical 1 Span of Attention
Practical 2 Memory Experiments
Practical 3 Intelligence Testing (Bhatia Battery)
Practical 4 Personality Testing (16 PF)
Practical 5 Test For Social Behaviour (Vineland Social Maturity Scale)
Practical 6 Sociometry
Practical 7 Family Pathology Scale
Practical 8 Problem Behaviour Checklist (PBCL)
Note: All eight practicals are to be conducted by the learner in the psychology laboratory. Out of the above eight practicals, five practicals are to be written in proper format (as given in the Handbook on Practicum) in the practical record/notebook. The practical record is to be assessed by the concerned academic counselor. Actual conduction of practicals an reporting it in practical record (internal assessment) carries 50% weightage and the term end practical examination including viva- voce (external assessment) carries 50% weightage. You may keep a photocopy of your Practicum Record before submitting it at your Study Centre.
SECOND YEAR
GROUP A: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (OPTIONAL 1)
MPCE 011 Psychopathology
Block 1 Foundations of Psychopathology
Unit 1 A Brief History of Psychopathology
Unit 2 Classification of Psychopathology DSM IV TR
Unit 3 Developmental Pathogenesis
Unit 4 Childhood Mental Disorder
Block 2 Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Other Mild Mental Disorders
Unit 1 Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder and Phobias
Unit 2 Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Unit 3 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Unit 4 Somatoform Disorder and Dissociative Disorder
Block 3 Mood Disorders
Unit 1 Mild, Moderate and Major Depressive Disorder
Unit 2 Bipolar Disorder
Unit 3 Other Mood Disorders: Mood Disorder Due to General Medical Condition
Unit 4 Substance Induced Mood Disorder
Block 4 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Unit 1 Schizophrenia: Etiology, Neurocognitive Functioning and Interpersonal Aspects
Unit 2 Paranoid and Delusional Disorders
Unit 3 Psychotic Disorder Due to General Medical Condition
Unit 4 Substance Induced Psychotic Disorders
Block 5 Personality Disorders
Unit 1 Borderline Personality Disorder
Unit 2 Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Unit 3 Dependent and Histrionic Personality Disorder
Unit 4 Schizoid and Paranoid Personality Disorder
MPCE 012 Psychodiagnostics
Block 1 Introduction to Psychodiagnostics
Unit 1 Introduction to Psychodiagnostics, Definition, Concept and Description
Unit 2 Methods of BehaviouralAssesment
Unit 3 Assesment in Clinical Psychology
Unit 4 Ethical Issues in Assessment
Block 2 Psychodiagnostics in Psychology
Unit 1 Objectives of Psychodiagnostics
Unit 2 Different Stages in Psychodiagnostics
Unit 3 Batteries of Test and Assesment Interview
Unit 4 Report Writing
Block 3 Tests of Cognitive Functions
Unit 1 Measures of Intelligence and Conceptual Thinking
Unit 2 The Measurement of Conceptual Thinking (The Binet Simon Intelligence Scale and Wechsler’s Intelligence Scales)
Unit 3 Measurement of Memory and Creativity
Unit 4 Utility of Data from the Test of Cognitive Functions
Block 4 Projective Techniques in Psychodiagnostics
Unit 1 Introduction to Projective Techniques and Neuropsychological Test
Unit 2 Principles of Measurement and Projective Techniques, Current Status with Special Reference to the Rorschach Test
Unit 3 The Thematic Apperception Test, Children’s Apperception Test
Unit 4 Personality Inventories
MPCE 013 Psychotherapeutic Methods
Block 1 Psychological Treatment of Mental Disorders: Major Modalities
Unit 1 Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic/ Psychodynamic Therapy
Unit 2 Insight Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Unit 3 Short Term Psychotherapies
Unit 4 Methods of Child Psychotherapy
Block 2 Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies
Unit 1 Behaviour Modification Techniques
Unit 2 Cognitive Behaviour Therapies (Including Rational Emotive Therapy)
Unit 3 Solution Focussed Therapies
Unit 4. Integrative and Multimodal Therapies
Block 3 Other Therapies for Psychological Interventions
Unit 1 Roger’s Client Centered Therapy
Unit 2 Family and Group Psychotherapy
Unit 3 Psychodynamic Couple Therapy
Unit 4. Psychotherapy Integration
Block 4 Psychotherapy Across Life Cycle
Unit 1 Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Unit 2 Psychotherapy with Adults and Middle Aged Persons
Unit 3 Psychotherapy with Older Adults
Unit 4 Psychotherapy in Terminal Illnesses (AIDS, Cancer)
MPCE 014 Practicum in Clinical Psychology
The following practicals are to be conducted by the learners:
1) Sentence Completion Test
2) TAT
3) Rorschach Test
4) Neuropsychological Test (AIIMS Neuropsychological Battery)
5) Interviewing Practice in laboratory (Case Study, Mental Status Examination)
6) Draw a Person Test
7) Beck Depression Inventory
8) State – Trait Anxiety Scale
The practicum should be conducted in the psychology laboratory in the Study Centre. All eight practicals are to be conducted by the learner in the psychology laboratory and are to be written in proper format (as given in the Handbook on Practicum) in practical record. The practical record is to be assessed by the concerned academic counselor. Actual conduction of practicals and reporting it in practical record (internal assessment) carries 50% weightage and the term end practical examination including viva- voce (external assessment) carries 50% weightage. You may keep a photocopy of your Practicum Record before submitting it at your Study Centre.
MPCE 015 Internship
Internship provides learner with an opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge, research, and clinical skills. The internship experience includes a minimum of 240 training hours in one year. Some of the places the learners could do their internship are given below:
1) Children’s Centre/NGO serving children and adolescents.
2) Agencies catering to population with severe emotional disturbances requiring psychiatric treatment.
3) Community mental health centers serving children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations, primarily from low economic category should be taken up. Client problems may include moderate to severe family and individual dysfunctions. Services provided include individual assessment, individual, family, and group therapy. Some agencies focus on specific populations, such as patients with life-threatening illnesses or sexual problems like HIV/AIDS/STD.
4) Institutions like, State hospital, that caters to patients from every age group, including forensic populations. Trainees may be involved in providing individual and group psychotherapy, behavioural treatment, assessment, and working with an interdisciplinary treatment team.
5) Trainees may also work the counselling centres, where clients, range in age from late adolescence upto 80’s, suffering from problems such as adjustment disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, alcohol/drug problems, career decision making and learning disabilities. Trainees may participate in individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, outreach consultation, vocational testing and counseling, psychological assessment, and learning disability assessment.
6) Another institution for training is the correctional institution, wherein the inmates with problems ranging from adjustment issues to severe persistent mental disorders, to facing crises could be attended to by the learners during the training. For example, learners may do assessment, consultation, and group and individual psychological interventions.
7) Children’s Home, Home for women, special homes for the handicapped, home for beggars, mental hospitals, nursing homes dealing with mentally ill persons, where assessment consultation and group and individual therapies are carried on.
The selection of agency can be done by the learner as well as the academic counselors/study centres. The training goal is to help learners acquire skills in clinical psychology. The learners, thus, will learn and acquire skills and professional acumen under trained practitioners in the concerned setting. There will be one to one supervision and the learners will be closely supervised by the supervisor who will give them the feedback about their performance.
Note: 10 cases with case history, Mental Status Examination and Psychological testing are to be handled by the learner in a year. Out of these 10 cases, for any 2 cases intervention needs to be carried out by the learner. A report in proper format (as given in Handbook on Internship) has to be submitted by the learner to the Academic Counsellor. Assessment by academic counselor carries 30% weightage, assessment by agency supervisor carries 30% weightage and assessment by the external examiner (viva – voce) carries 40% weightage. Keep a photocopy of Internship Report before submitting it at your Study Centre.
MPCE 016 Project
Any topic of interest to learners while doing the course could be taken up as a project. The Research Project can be from primary or secondary source data. In consultation with the guide (guide can be either academic counselor or any other supervisor, subject to the approval by the Discipline of Psychology, SOSS, IGNOU, New Delhi) the learner should select a topic and work on it. Project proposal has to be prepared by the learner in consultation with the supervisor/guide and the same has to be submitted to the Programme Coordinator (MAPC), School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi. The final project report/dissertation is to be submitted in proper format (given in the Handbook on Project) at the concerned study centre only.
Note : The Term-End Examination (TEE) for Practicum Courses will be held at the respective Study Centres. The TEE (viva-voce) for Internship and Project will be held at the concerned Regional Centre. Completion of MPC-005 and MPC-006 (MAPC Part I) is pre-requisite before starting MPCE-016.
GROUP B: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY (OPTIONAL 2)
MPCE 021 Counselling Psychology
Block 1 Introduction
Unit 1 Introduction to Counselling and Characteristics of a Counsellor
Unit 2 Process of Counselling
Unit 3 Theoretical Approaches to Counselling
Unit 4 Ethics in Counselling
Block 2 Counselling: Models and Approaches
Unit 1 Psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Unit 2 Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Approaches to Counselling Unit 3 Drama and Art Therapy in Counselling
Unit 4 Other Therapies (Person Centered Counselling, Solution Focused Counselling)
Block 3 Types of Counselling
Unit 1 HIV/AIDS Counselling
Unit 2 Educational and Vocational Counselling
Unit 3 Child Protection and Child Rights Counselling
Unit 4. Addiction/Anxiety Counselling
Block 4 Counselling for Mental Disorders
Unit 1 Depression
Unit 2 Personality Disorder
Unit 3 Gender Identity Disorder
Unit 4 Eating Disorder
MPCE 022 Assessment in Counselling and Guidance
Block 1 Introduction
Unit 1 Introduction to Assessment: Definition, Description and Differentiating between Testing and Assessment
Unit 2 Assessment Complexities
Unit 3 The Ambience and Climate Needed for Assessment and Counseling
Unit 4 Determination of aspects to be covered in counseling
Block 2 Approaches to Assessment in Counseling
Unit 1 Interview, Case History, Testing
Unit 2 Approaches to Counselling: Psychodynamic Approach and Cognitive Approaches
Unit 3 The Person Centered Approach to Assessment and Counseling
Unit 4 The Narrative Approach to Assessment and Counseling
Block 3 Assessment in Counselling and Guidance
Unit 1 The Counselling Setting, and the Role of Counselors in Guidance and Counselling Unit 2 Individual and Group Techniques in Counseling and Guidance
Unit 3 Counselling and Guidance for Career Planning and Decision Making
Unit 4 Multicultural Counselling and Guidance: Role of Counselors In Preventing Illness and Promoting Positive Health
Block 4 Organising and Planning Counselling and Guidance
Unit 1 Introduction to Developing Guidance and Counselling Programme
Unit 2 Rationale and Purpose of Guidance and Counselling Programme
Unit 3 Organising and Evaluation of Guidance and Counselling Programme
Unit 4 Methods of Evaluation
MPCE 023 Interventions in Counselling
Block 1 Psychological Intervention: Major Modalities
Unit 1 Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic Counselling
Unit 2 Insight and Short Term Counselling
Unit 3 Interpersonal Counselling
Unit 4 Counselling Children
Block 2 Cognitive Behavioural Counselling
Unit 1 Introduction to Behaviour Modification and Cognitive Approach in Counselling
Unit 2 Application of Cognitive Therapies in Counselling
Unit 3 Cognitive Behaviour Modification (Stress Inoculation, Self-instructional, Selfmanagement, Problem Solving)
Unit 4 Solution Focussed Counselling and Integrative Counselling
Block 3 Other Counselling Interventions
Unit 1 Roger’s Client Centered Counselling
Unit 2 Psychodynamic Couple’s Counselling
Unit 3 Family and Group Counselling
Unit 4 Eclectic Counselling
Block 4 Counselling: Future Directions
Unit 1 Teaching and Training for Counselling
Unit 2 Current Status of Counselling with Special Reference to India
Unit 3 Future Direction
Unit 4 Research Findings
MPCE 024 Practicum in Counselling Psychology
The following practicals are to be conducted by the learners:
1) Interviewing Skill Practice
2) Intelligence Testing (WAIS/ Standard Progressive Matrices)
3) Sentence Completion Test
4) Bender Gestalt Test
5) Differential Apitude Test (DAT)
6) Interest Inventory
7) Career Preference Record
8) Adjustment Inventory
The practicals should be conducted in the psychology laboratory in or the Study Centre. Psychological tests and other assessments, including interviewing techniques, will be taught during contact classes in the laboratory. All eight practicals are to be conducted by the learner in the psychology laboratory and are to be written in proper format (as given in the Handbook on Practicum) in the practical record. The practical record is to be assessed by the concerned academic counselor. Actual conduction of practicals and reporting it in practical record (internal assessment) carries 50% weightage and the term end practical examination including viva- voce (external assessment) carries 50% weightage. You may keep a photocopy of your Practicum Record before submitting it at your Study Centre.
MPCE 025 Internship Internship provides learner with an opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge, research, and clinical skills. The internship experience includes a minimum of 240 training hours in one year. Some of the places the learners could do their internship are given below:
1) Schools
2) Hospitals
3) Private clinics
4) NGO’s providing service for women and children and other deprived population.
5) Correctional institutions
6) Child Guidance Clinics
The selection of agency can be done by the learner as well as the academic counselors/study centres.The training goal is to help learners acquire skills in counselling. The learners thus will learn and acquire skills and professional acumen under trained counsellors in the concerned setting. There will be one to one supervision and the learners will be closely supervised by the supervisor who will give them the feedback about their performance.
Note: 10 cases with case history and Psychological testing are to be handled by the learner in a year. Out of these 10 cases, for any 2 cases counselling needs to becarried out by the learner. A report in proper format (as given in Handbook on internship) has to be submitted by the learner to the Academic Counsellor. Assessment by academic counselor carries 30% weightage, assessment by agency supervisor carries 30% weightage and assessment by the external examiner ( viva – voce) carries 40% weightage. Keep a photocopy of your Internship Report before submitting it at your Study Centre.
MPCE 026 Project
Any topic of interest to learners while doing the course, could be taken up as a project. The Research Project can be from primary or secondary source data. In consultation with the guide(guide can be either academic counselor or any other supervisor, subject to the approval by the Discipline of Psychology, SOSS, IGNOU, New Delhi) the learner should select a topic and work on it. Project proposal has to be prepared by the learner in consultation with the supervisor/guide and the same has to be submitted to the Programme Coordinator (MAPC), School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi. The final Project report/dissertation is to be submitted in proper format (given in the Handbook on Project) to the concerned study centre only.
Note : The Term-End Examination (TEE) for Practicum Courses will be held at the respective Study Centres. The TEE (viva-voce) for Internship and Project will be held at the concerned Regional Centre. Completion of MPC-005 and MPC-006 (MAPC Part I) is pre-requisite before starting MPCE-026.
GROUP C: INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (OPTIONAL 3)
MPCE 031 Organisational Behaviour
Block 1 Organisational Psychology
Unit 1 Introduction to Organisational Psychology
Unit 2 Organisational Behaviour, Definition and Importance
Unit 3 Fundamental Concepts of Organisational Behaviour
Unit 4 Different Models of OB. (Autocratic, Custodial, Supportive, Collegial, etc.)
Block 2 Personality and Attitudes in OB
Unit 1 Job Satisfaction
Unit 2 Work Motivation
Unit 3 Content Theory, Process Theory and Schedule of Reinforcement
Unit 4 Organisational Commitment
Block 3 Leadership and Team Building
Unit 1 Definition of Leadership and Importance of Team Building
Unit 2 Change Management
Unit 3 Team Management
Unit 4 Resolving Conflicts
Block 4 Learning Process and Motivation in Organisational Behaviour
Unit 1 Principles and Process of Learning
Unit 2 Behavioural Management
Unit 3 Motivation in Organisation
Unit 4 The Process of Motivation for Higher Moral and Productivity
MPCE 032 Human Resource Development
Block 1 Human Resource Planning
Unit 1 Assessment of Human Resource in Organisation and Human resource Planning
Unit 2 Human Resource Management
Unit 3 People Dimension in Human Resource Management and Short Term Human Resource Planning
Unit 4 Shot-term Programmes in HR and Evaluation
Block 2 Steps in HRM (Human Resource Management)
Unit 1 Introduction to HRM, Planning and Management
Unit 2 Training and Development
Unit 3 Workforce Diversity and Multicultural Factors
Unit 4 Globalisation and Changing Economy and their Effects on HRM
Block 3 Human Resource Laws
Unit 1 Intellectual Property Rights
Unit 2 Labour Laws (Indian and International)
Unit 3 Laws Related to Workplace Violence and Harassment
Unit 4 Laws Related to Human Rights Violation
Block 4 Importance of HR Planning
Unit 1 Goals and Objectives of Human Resource Planning, Corporate Social Responsibility Unit 2 Business Strategy and Operational Strategies (Technology and Innovation in HR)
Unit 3 Retention of Qualified and Technical Personnel (Competency Mapping and Performance Appraisal)
Unit 4 Planning Investment in Development (Including Corporate Counselling)
MPCE 033 Organisational Development
Block 1 Introduction
Unit 1 Definition and Introduction to Organisational Development
Unit 2 Foundations of Organisational Development
Unit 3 Conceptual Frame Work of OD
Unit 4 First Order and Second Order Change
Block 2 Assumptions, Beliefs and Values in OD
Unit 1 Participation and Empowerment
Unit 2 Teams and Teamwork
Unit 3 Parallel Learning Structures
Unit 4 A Normative Re-educative Strategy of Change
Block 3 Analysing and Managing the OD Process
Unit 1 Components of OD Process,
Unit 2 Diagnosing the System, Sub Units and Processes
Unit 3 Models for Managing Change (Including Six-box Organisational Model)
Unit 4 The Programme Evaluation Process in OD (Including Third Wave Consulting)
Block 4 OD Interventions
Unit 1 Definition, Factors to be Considered, Nature and Classification of OD Interventions. Unit 2 Selection and Organising of Intervention Activities
Unit 3 Typology of Interventions Based on Target Groups.
Unit 4 Human Process Interventions: Individual, Group and Inter-group, Coaching, Counseling, Training, Behavioural Modeling, Mentoring, Motivating etc.
MPCE 034 Practicum in Organisational Behaviour The following practicals are to be conducted by the learners:
1) MBTI (Myers Briggs Typology Indicator)
2) Achievement Orientation Test (Dev Mohan Achievement Test)
3) Value System Test (Personal Value Scale)
4) Personality Test (Multidimensional Personality Assessment Test)
5) Sentence Completion Test
6) Conflict Resolution Technique
7) Competition Entrepreneurship Scale
8) Job Stress Scale
The practicals should be conducted in the psychology laboratory in the Study Centre. Psychological tests and other assessments, including interviewing techniques, will be taught during contact classes in the laboratory. All eight practicals are to be conducted by the learner in the psychology laboratory and are to be written in proper format (as given in the Handbook on Practicum) in practical record. The practical record is to be assessed by the concerned academic counselor. Actual conduction of practicals and reporting it in practical record (internal assessment) carries 50% weightage and the term end practical examination including viva- voce (external assessment) carries 50% weightage. You may keep a photocopy of your Practicum Record before submitting it at your Study Centre.
MPCE 035 Internship
Internship provides learner with an opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge and research. The internship experience includes a minimum of 240 training hours in one year. The learners opting for industrial psychology would be required to work in the HR department of any corporate / company, and do their field work under the HR manager. The selection of agency can be done by the learner as well as the academic counselors/study centres. The training goal is to help learners acquire skills in counselling. The learners thus will learn and acquire skills and professional acumen under trained counsellors in the concerned setting. There will be one to one supervision and the learners will be closely supervised by the supervisor who will give them the feedback about their performance.
Note: 10 case studies with Psychological testing or any human resource activity are to be handled by the learner in a year. Out of these 10 cases, for any 2 cases counselling needs to becarried out by the learner. A report in proper format (as given in Hand book on Internship) has to be submitted by the learner to the Academic Counsellor. Assessment by academic counselor carries 30% weightage, assessment by agency supervisor carries 30% weightage and assessment by the external examiner (viva – voce) carries 40% weightage. Keep a photocopy of Internship Report before submitting it at your Study Centre.
MPCE 036 Project
Any topic of interest to learners while doing the course, could be taken up as a project. The Research Project can be from primary or secondary source data. In consultation with the guide (guide can be either academic counselor or any other supervisor, subject to the approval by the
