Psychology
- Overview
- Programs Offered
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- Faculty
Overview
The Department of Psychology was established in 1973. From a sole faculty member, the Department has now grown into one of the largest in college, comprising fourteen full time faculty members. The Department offers Honours and Dual-major degrees along with Economics, Sociology, Journalism, English Literature and Communicative English. This allows students to develop an innovative interdisciplinary approach, using Psychology as a pivot to appraise the world better. The department offers a research-intensive degree at the Master’s level since 2015. The emphasis will continue to remain on cultivating a college-community interface, thereby extending the impulse of knowledge and culture of social conscientiousness.
Vision and Mission
- To facilitate a comprehensive understanding of human behaviour.
- Keeping abreast with changing dynamics in the field of psychology.
- To lay foundations that foster a research based approach.
- To sensitize students to psychological issues in order to catalyse a climate of social responsibility.
Head of the Department
Dr. Shylashree G S,
Associate Professor, M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D.
Email : sdg@mccblr.edu.in
Single Discipline Program
Dual Discipline Programs
B.A. Psychology, Communicative English
B.A. Psychology, Economics
B.A. Psychology, English Literature
B.A. Psychology, Journalism
B.A. Psychology, Sociology
PG Program
2021 - 22
- “Suicide Risk and Management across Adult Psychopathology” Guest talk by Dr. Susmita Halder, Associate Professor and HOD, St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, 17th August 2021.
- “Theoretical Background of Queer Affirmative Therapy” guest talk by Ms. Shama Shah, Clinical Lead & Senior Therapist, Curefit Psychological Scervices, Bangalore, 21st August 2021.
- International E conference on “Cognitive Neuroscience-‘Emerging Research in Cognitive Neuroscience’, 12th & 13th October 2021.
- Panel discussion In association with Sparsh hospital on “Life of a woman’ led by health care professionals, 12th November 2021.
- “Women’s Mental Health and Work life balance” a special talk by Dr Geetha Desai, Psychiatrist and Professor, NIMHANS, Bangalore , 5th February 2022.
- Guest talk by Ms Deepa Vishwanathan of KIMS –workshop on Rorschach Inkblot Test for second year Clinical Psychology students.
- Talk on Dealing with Mental Health by Ravi Krishnaswamy.
- Guest lecture on Curriculum Planning and Design by Shobha Sivaramkrishnan, Head of Ekya Centre for Learning.
2020 - 21
- Workshop on Movement therapy-Ms Sohini Bhattacharya of Meraki Foundation, 25th September 2020.
- Workshop on Stress Management-Dr Thomas Scaria.
- Webinar on World Mental Health day by Dr Ashlesha Bagadia and Dr Anupama, 17th October 2020.
- Workshop on Social Influence by Mr Ravi Ramaswamy, Trustee, Community and Change, 19th January 2019.
- Peer Counselling by M.Sc Students.
- Students provided remedial classes, soft skills training and peer mentorship at the Government Kannada and Tamil model Primary school, Pulikeshi nagar, 6th January 2020 to 7th March 2020.
- PG students as part of CDP volunteered at Annaswamy Mudaliar school, Pulikeshi nagar to conduct Remedial classes for 10th standard exams, 6th Jan to March 2020.
2019 - 20
- 17th December 2019 Drumjam – Music therapy session for PG students by Vasundhara Das (resource person).
- 18th Feb 2020 workshop on Expressive Art Therapy by Ashwini .NV.
2018 - 19
- 2nd and 3rd August 2018- workshop on Personal Effectiveness for first year PG students by Research and Training Initiatives.
- 22nd September 2018 - Staff enrichment program.
- 12th to 17th November 2018- FDP on Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis.
- One of the most popular department in college comprising of a dynamic and committed faculty.
- Provides a student friendly environment along with inculcating discipline among the students.
- Focus is on Experiential learning and thrust on research based education.
- Creates a culture of social conscientiousness.
- Emphasis on self-awareness and positive mental health and attitude.