Master of Science in Clinical Psychology

2 Years Master Degree Programme

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Global Education, Global Acceptance

  • Provides the best experience of learning with hands-on, supervised clinical practice.
  • Guided by warm, caring and committed Mentors and Practitioners.
  • Modern Psychological Laboratory Equipped with Inventories and Apparatuses.
  • MoUs with renowned Mental Healthcare Centres.
  • Enhancement of practical skillset with intensive fieldwork and research.

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Programme Details

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2 Years Programme

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Upto 100% Scholarship

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100% Placement Assistance

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Eligibility
55% in B.A. / B

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The mission of the M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology programme is to prepare competent and effective professionals committed to generalising clinical practice with the ability to respond to the needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. The programme is committed to understanding the mental health issues of human beings. It aims at identifying and addressing community needs and issues, including those related to mental abuse and cultural diversity. M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology Course will enable individuals to prepare for these challenges.

  • To enable the students to acquire and demonstrate knowledge and skill relevant to the theory and practice of clinical psychology, emphasizing theory-based, empirically supported approaches to understanding, evaluating, and intervening with clinical disorders.
  • To acquire and demonstrate a broad knowledge of psychology and demonstrate the ability to integrate these areas with clinical psychology.
  • To encourage students to enhance their in-depth knowledge of various domains of psychology and inculcate an ethical approach to research.

  • Apply a comprehensive understanding of psychological concepts, psychopathology and neuropsychology, health psychology and rehabilitation, statistics and wellness management principles to address mental health conditions in diverse clinical settings.
  • Assess and formulate accurate diagnoses of mental disorders using standardized tests and clinical assessment techniques.
  • Implement evidence-based interventions, therapeutic strategies, and behavior change programs for better rehabilitation outcomes while addressing complex mental health challenges.
  • Apply ethical practices with legal aspects in psychotherapy and psycho-diagnostic assessments in complex situations while upholding codes of conduct.
  • Apply evidence-based practices, data analysis using research methods and intervention strategies leading to excellence in the profession.
  • Demonstrate dedication and perseveration, and empathy towards clients and interactions within the profession.
  • Convey information, ideas and concepts effectively to the individuals and society at the large.
  • Function independently and consistently to cultivate expertise in evolving clinical psychological treatments and techniques.

  • Apply various clinical approaches for a better understanding of psychological problems and interventions to make an impact in the society.
  • Apply inclusive approach in critically evaluating information, evidence, and practices, while assessing policies and theories.
  • Attain global competency with international certifications courses, webinars and conferences.

Curriculum Details

Year wise Course Details

Even Semester

Courses for this semester

Course Overview

The course will make student understand the diagnostic criteria for different psychological disorders, according to DSM-5 and ICD-10 and to explore the etiology of psychological disorders and also to understand the predisposing, precipitating and protective factors in developing vulnerabilities of the patients.

Course Outcomes

  • Diagnose symptoms of patients for a psychological disorder.
  • Demonstrate self-efficacy in presenting case studies of patients
  • Demonstrate ethical competency in following appropriate diagnostic process in clinical setups.
  • Understand the predisposing, precipitating and protective factors in developing vulnerabilities of the patients.
  • Learn etiology of psychological disorders

Course Overview

The course will have a general orientation towards the concept of personality and will enable students to understand the different personality assessment techniques and will also familiarize students with the important theories of personality.

Course Outcomes

  • Develop a critical understanding of personality through various Western approaches including type and trait, psychoanalytic, socio-cognitive and humanistic.
  • Understand biological and environmental influences on personality development.
  • Foster an applied perspective by engaging students in a discussion about the everyday applications of various personality theories.
  • Analyze the determinants of personality
  • Learn about personality traits

Course Overview

Students will develop the spirit of scientific enquiry among the students and familiarize the students with the basic concept of research methodology. The course will enable students, generate ideas for research, as well as develop hypotheses and operational definitions for variables.

Course Outcomes

  • Explain the concepts of research methods in Psychology and apply it in further scientific research
  • Apply various experimental research methods and designs in Psychology
  • Understand critical thinking skills
  • Develop skills in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and presentation
  • Develop limitations of particular research

Course Overview

The course will make student Understand the process of Community Based Organization and make understand the natures to resolve problems in the Community and take initiatives taken by the Organization for the betterment of the community

Course Outcomes

  • Develop the skills of Documentation of Field Work.
  • Determine which approaches work in practice.
  • Learn to use supervision appropriately
  • Learn to resolve problems in the Community and take initiatives taken by the Organization for the betterment of the community
  • Learner will learn to take initiatives taken by the Organization for the betterment of the community
  • Develop the skills of Reporting of Field Work.
  • Learner will develop how they must be adapted to specific situations
  • Learner will develop advanced and critical understanding how to conduct innovative and alternative interventions
  • Learn to use consultation appropriately
  • Learner will learn to take initiatives taken by the Organization for the betterment of the community

Course Overview

The course will Introduce one to basic psychological tests used in different settings and their importance and to acquaint with various psychological assessment techniques and to explore with practical experience in administering and scoring psychological tests in the laboratory

Course Outcomes

  • Explain the basic psychological tests that are used in different settings and their importance.
  • Demonstrate various psychological assessment techniques.
  • Formulate case histories that will encourage them to reflect on a range of human experiences and probable life situations, which are likely to be encountered by them in their professional field.
  • Get acquaint with various psychological assessment techniques
  • The learner will explore with practical experience in administering and scoring psychological tests in the laboratory

Course Overview

The course will acquaint the students with the basic concepts related to the field of developmental psychology and help to understand how different aspects of human development proceeds through different stages and also to identify the role of family, peers and community in influencing development in different stages.

Course Outcomes

  • Explain the basic concepts, issues related to the field of Developmental Psychology as well as the basic theories of lifespan development.
  • Identify and evaluate the role of family, peers and community in influencing development at different stages.
  • Understand research methods used to human development.
  • Apply and analyze the formulation of change that occurs through physical, cognitive and socioemotional factors as people evolve from conception to death

Course Overview

The course will help to demonstrate industry ready professional skills and to develop speaking skills, communication skills, presentation skills in preparation for working in an interdisciplinary context

Course Outcomes

  • Demonstrate excellent academic knowledge and its applicability to solving real life problems
  • Develop ethical responsibilities as a potential psychology professional
  • Develop professional skills and communication skills
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Odd Semester

Courses for this semester

Course Overview

The course will make one to comprehend basic psychotherapy skills and to understand different phases in psychotherapy and to explore therapist’s qualities for effective psychotherapy and make one to understand the detailed techniques developed on the principles of various schools of Psychology

Course Outcomes

  • Build rapport with client.
  • Showcase core therapeutic skills such as empathy, non-judgmental attitude and acceptance
  • Identify and use appropriate therapy technique to manage presenting concerns of client
  • Develop ability to self-reflect as potential therapists
  • Understand and explore which therapeutic techniques holds higher efficacy with specific concerns for clients

Course Overview

The course will make one to understand the diagnostic criteria for different psychological disorders, according to DSM-5 and ICD-10 and to explore the etiology of psychological disorders and make one to understand the predisposing, precipitating and protective factors in developing vulnerabilities

Course Outcomes

  • Gain comprehensive knowledge to diagnose symptoms of a patient for a psychological disorder.
  • Demonstrate the ability in presenting case studies of patients.
  • Understand psychological disorders that will be helpful in psycho-education of clients.
  • Learn Basic idea of the etiology of psychological disorders
  • To have a comprehensive knowledge of the predisposing, precipitating and protective factors in developing vulnerabilities

Course Overview

The course will help to develop the students’ ability to deal with numerical and quantitative issues in Psychology and to enable the use of statistical, graphical and algebraic techniques wherever relevant and to have a proper understanding of Statistical applications in Psychology

Course Outcomes

  • Describe and discuss the key terminology, concepts tools and techniques used in business statistical analysis
  • Critically evaluate the underlying assumptions of analysis tools.
  • Understand and critically discuss the issues surrounding sampling and significance.
  • Solve a range of problems using the techniques covered.
  • Will understand statistical applications in Psychology

Course Overview

The course will help student to understand how to write a research statement and to comprehend how research questions are framed and written and to identify the gaps in research idea generated and to understand how to do a review of literature

Course Outcomes

  • Ability to prepare a synopsis based on a research idea
  • Develop research competency of framing research questions for a study
  • Ability to identify gaps from available literature
  • Ability to review literature thoroughly
  • Will understand research statement and to comprehend how research questions are framed and written and to identify the gaps in research idea generated and to understand how to do a review of literature

Course Overview

The course will give exposure to and teaching advanced psychological tests for use in multiple settings and help to understand how scoring is done and scores ate interpreted

Course Outcomes

  • Develops an understanding of relevancy of using psych diagnostics assessment tools
  • Demonstrates ethical writing of psych diagnostics reports
  • Relate to the theoretical knowledge from classes and apply them while writing reports for clients
  • Learn all the practical knowledge with the theories
  • Learn to use analytical view point

Course Overview

The course will help to demonstrate industry ready professional skills and to develop speaking skills, communication skills, presentation skills in preparation for working in an interdisciplinary context

Course Outcomes

  • Demonstrate excellent academic knowledge and its applicability to solving real life problems.
  • Develop Enhanced communication, presentation skills and ethical responsibilities as a potential psychology professional
  • Develop Presentation skills for working in an interdisciplinary context

Course Overview

The course will help to understand and adhere to professional values, honesty and personal responsibility and help to learn to professionally engage in the appropriate communication and conduct and to extend acquired clinical knowledge in the field of mental health at a community level and to exploring ways to monitor, regulate self-emotions, personal stress while being in a professional context and to demonstrate problem-solving, critical thinking, organized reasoning, intellectual curiosity, and flexibility and to learning to collaborate with clients, support staff, colleagues, supervisors, other professionals in the institution/organization

Course Outcomes

  • Develop professional skills of working as a clinician in a multidisciplinary context.
  • Develop psychoeducation skills.
  • Ability to record case histories well
  • Develop skills of problem-solving, critical thinking, organized reasoning intellectual curiosity, and flexibility
  • Develop ethical codes of conduct in professional settings.
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Even Semester

Courses for this semester

Course Overview

The course will help one to understand meaning of community health and help to explore models of mental health services and to identify the community-based rehabilitation and to understand the concept of health fitness from community psychology perspective

Course Outcomes

  • Understand of community models of health care and its meaning
  • Demonstrates strong efficacy in proactively engaging in community-oriented solutions to health problems
  • Embraces the knowledge of health fitness from a community health perspective
  • The learner will learn community issues
  • The learner will learn to resolve the issue at the community level

Course Overview

The course will help one to understand the influence of third wave of Psychology, i.e, Humanistic psychology in the field of psychotherapy and to understand how Gestalt techniques can be used in counseling and to learn about different types of family, couple and group therapy approaches and to learn crisis interventions of emergency concerns such as grief, sexual abuse, suicidal ideations and to be up-to-date with the recent knowledge on different psychotherapeutic modalities being developed from the perspective of Transpersonal Psychology

Course Outcomes

  • Develop knowledge of different humanistic, gestalt, family and couple therapy techniques
  • Become efficient in case management of clients during a crisis period
  • Learn psychotherapeutic techniques based on both Eastern and Western philosophies.
  • Apply theoretical knowledge in real world settings in a professional and ethical manner.
  • Gain the theoretical and practical importance of Psychotherapy

Course Overview

The course will help to understand and adhere to professional values, honesty and personal responsibility and help student to learn to professionally engage in the appropriate communication and conduct and to extend acquired clinical knowledge in the field of mental health at a community level and to exploring ways to monitor, regulate self-emotions, personal stress while being in a professional context and to demonstrate problem-solving, critical thinking, organized reasoning, intellectual curiosity, and flexibility and to learning to collaborate with clients, support staff, colleagues, supervisors, other professionals in the institution/organization and also to gain ethical theoretical and practical knowledge in the practice of clinical psychology with clients and to understand the complexities of human behavior and human and global health challenges

Course Outcomes

  • Develop professional skills of working as a clinician in a multidisciplinary context
  • Develop psychodiagnostics skills
  • Develop Psychoeducation skills
  • Record case histories well
  • Develop skills of problem-solving, critical thinking, organized reasoning, intellectual curiosity, and flexibility

Course Overview

The course will help one to develop research competency of writing papers for Scopus indexed journals with a good impact factor and to ensure that the learner develops professional competency of working in an interdisciplinary context and to enable students to develop and follow appropriate ethical guidelines for research and to enhance academic professional skills for presenting papers at scholarly conferences

Course Outcomes

  • Accomplish writing a dissertation on a research question that was developed in third semester
  • Gain appropriate skills of conducting research and presenting it in the conferences
  • Obtain efficient academic transfer of knowledge from their research supervisors
  • Write abstract, introduction, methods, review literature, analyze data, write results and discussion well.
  • Transfer the obtained knowledge, implications to the population or community of concern

Course Overview

This course will give broader understanding of the executive functionalities of the brain.

Course Outcomes

  • Develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in the area of executive functionalities of brain
  • Distinguish personality impairment in a brain injured patient versus a non-injured patient.
  • Possess efficient clinical psychodiagnostics skill of administering neuropsychological and behavioural battery of tests
  • Demonstrate effective multidisciplinary concerns involved during rehabilitating a client at a community setup.
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