BS Psychology

Introduction

The BS-Psychology program has been launched with the mission for the students to develop ethical, religious implications, professional insight, successful career, life management, charismatic personality with best communication skills by providing them training in job-oriented fields of Psychology. The four-year BS-Psychology program has been developed under the guidance of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan to cover all latest areas of Psychology.In this program the emphasis is placed on variety of major and foundation courses of Psychology that will provide opportunity to enhance the skills among students related to BS Psychology. The innovative curriculum of BS-Psychology blends the professional areas of psychology in a programmatic sequence of courses, culminating in the completion of a dissertation that addresses an issue relevant for the professional practice of human psychology. BS Psychology degree is designed to provide adequate knowledge for understanding the behaviour of the individuals. The 4-year BS Psychology program at UOJ will focus on the behaviour of people from bio- psychosocial perspective. The BS-Psychology program will not only introduce different branches of Psychology to the students but will also train them to apply their knowledge in different fields of Psychology through practical work, laboratory work, activities and research. The faculty of the Department of Psychology endorses the following goals for undergraduate education in psychology suggested by the American Psychological Association (A.P.A. Monitor, June, 1990, p.50):

• Knowledge base The goal is to help students develop a conceptual framework embracing relevant facts and concepts rather than isolated bits of knowledge, a basis for lifelong learning and not static, encyclopedic knowledge of the current state of the field.
• Thinking skills We want our students to develop skills in learning, critical thinking and reasoning. They should be able to refine and enhance their curiosity about human behavior and experience, becoming amiable skeptics about most of what they encounter. This includes the capacity to think critically about themselves and their differences from and similarities to others who differ from themselves in gender, race, ethnicity, culture or class.
• Language skills We believe that the psychology major should be able to comprehend the discourse of the discipline and to write effectively in the language of the discipline.
• Information-gathering and synthesis skills The undergraduate should be able to gather information from many sources to present a persuasive argument on many topics.
• Research methods and statistical skills Through learning quantitative and qualitative methods of the discipline, students should become increasingly independent in posing questions and pursuing answers through several research strategies.
• Interpersonal skills Interpersonal awareness, sensitivity and expanding self-knowledge should accompany the traditional cognitive outcomes of the study in the major.
• History of psychology Through history, students may better appreciate the evolution of our methods, the discipline's theoretical conflicts, its sociopolitical issues and its place within the broader intellectual traditions of the sciences and humanities.
• Ethics and values Through study in our discipline, students should learn the ethical principles of psychologists, use them to understand conflicts and to generate alternative responses, and be able to act on their judgments.

Career Opportunities:

BS Psychology is a job-oriented program and the students can explore various career options depending on your education qualification level and experience. A degree in psychology offers you a stable job with an excellent growth path with decent salary packages which however varies by geographic location, sector and specialty. Psychologist are working as Psychology Teachers, Clinical Psychologist, Counseling Psychologist, Health Psychologist, Rehabilitation Counsellor, Elite Forces Psychologist, Industrial Psychologist, Forensic Psychologist, Sports Psychologist in different research and academic settings across the globe.