BS
Psychology
Department
Psychology
Level
Undergraduate
College
College of Economics & Social Development
Course Detail
The program offers an opportunity to learn about the subject, conventionally, and to see how the notions /theories /models work in the social ecology. Courses like; Psychological crises management; Forensic psychology; Psychology of diversity; Human promotion in corporate settings; Cyber psychology, behavior, and social networking; Work motivation and attitude; Projective methods; Health psychology; Consumer psychology – are phenomenal in imparting knowledge [along with conventional courses] and developing understanding to incorporate the learned ideas in the living situations.
This four-year program requires completion of 144 credit hours of coursework including a mandatory six-week internship (03 credit hours) at an Institute-approved firm and Capstone Project (03 credit hours). Students can take minimum load of 12 credit hours (4 courses per semester) or maximum load of 18 credit hours (6 courses per semester)
Entry Requirement: HSSC /FSc /FA /A level
General Education Courses
PSY300 Introduction to Psychology (3 credit hours)
MAT102 Business Mathematics (3 credit hours)
COM107 Academic English (3 credit hours)
STS202 Inferential Statistics (3 credit hours)
COM205 Persuasive & Analytical Writing for Business Communication (3 credit hours)
EEM101 Environmental Studies (3 credit hours)
REL101 Islamic Studies (2 credit hours)
PSC201 Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan (2 credit hours)
SSC303 Service-Learning and Civic Responsibility (2 credit hours)
BSE101 Entrepreneurship (3 credit hours)
CSP110 Applications of Information Communications Technologies (3 credit hours)
PSC101 Pakistan Studies (3 credit hours)
LAN30* Foreign Language (3 credit hours)
*1 Arabic *2 French
*4 German *6 Italian
*8 Chinese
MAT001 Basic Mathematics***
COM010 Intensive English***
Interdisciplinary Courses
ECN101 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credit hours)
ECN102 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credit hours)
COM202 Business & Professional Speech (3 credit hours)
DSP163 Fundamentals of Data Analytics (3 credit hours)
**Understanding of Holy Quran, I (1 credit hour)
**Understanding of Holy Quran II (1 credit hour)
** Muslim students are required to take Understanding of the Holy Quran I (1 credit hour) and Understanding of the Holy Quran II (1 credit hour) during the Summer semesters to complete the degree requirement. Both courses are graded on a Pass/Fail basis and have no prerequisites.
**Note for Non-Muslim Students: Non-Muslim students will take a suitable 2-credit-hour General Education course in place of Understanding of the Holy Quran, as approved by the Institute’s statutory bodies.
*** A nine-hour non-credit ‘Pre-sessional Intensive English module’ is mandatory for freshmen who scored below 50% in the English portion of the IOBM admission test. This nine-hour pre-sessional course is conducted one week before the start of the Semester.
Core Courses
PSY320 Health Psychology
PSY303 Introduction to Psychological Testing
PSY321 Psychology of Education
PSY304 Experimental Psychology
PSY322 Cross-cultural Psychology
PSY305 Contemporary Social Psychology
PSY323 Ethics in Psychology
PSY309 Developmental Psychology
PSY324 Fundamentals of Psychological Counselling
PSY310 Positive Psychology
PSY325 Research Methods in Psychology
PSY311 Consumer Psychology
PSY326 Organizational Psychology
PSY313 History of Psychology
PSY327 Writing Psychological Research
PSY314 Psychopathology
PSY328 Environmental Psychology
PSY315 Statistics in Psychology
PSY329 Psychological Crisis Management
PSY316 Physiological & Neuroscience Psychology
PSY312 Psychology Capstone Project
PSY317 Personality psychology
PSY330 Sports Psychology
PSY318 Cognitive Psychology
PSY319 Clinical Psychology
Elective Courses [opt for any 6]
PSY438 Work Motivation and Attitude
PSY442 Projective Methods
PSY440 Cyber Psychology, Behavior and Social Networking
PSY441 Health Promotion in Corporate Setting
PSY334 Psychology of Diversity and Gender (compulsory elective I)
PSY417 Forensic Psychology
PSY308 Psychological Aspects of Advertising
PSY416 School Psychology
PSY436 Digital Tools in Business Psychology (compulsory elective II)
Course Structure
Semester 1
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| COM107 | Academic English | 3+0 | – |
| MAT102 | Business Math | 3+0 | – |
| REL101 | Islamic Studies | 2+0 | – |
| ECN101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3+0 | – |
| PSY300 | Introduction to Psychology | 3+0 | – |
| PSC101 | Pakistan Studies | 3+0 | – |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 17 |
|
Semester 2
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| PSC201 | Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan | 2+0 | |
| STS202 | Inferential Statistics | 3+0 | MAT102 |
| ECN102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3+0 | ECO101 |
| PSY325 | Research Methods in Psychology | 3+0 | PSY300 |
| PSY313 | History of Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY316 | Physiological & Neuroscience Psychology | 3+0 | |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 17 |
|
Semester 3
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| COM205 | Persuasive & Analytical Writing for Business Communication | 3+0 | COM107 |
| PSY315 | Statistics in Psychology | 3+0 | PSY325 |
| EEM101 | Environmental Studies | 3+0 | |
| BSE101 | Entrepreneurship | 3+0 | |
| PSY327 | Writing Psychological Research | 3+0 | PSY325 |
| PSY323 | Ethics in Psychology | 3+0 | |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester 4
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| COM202 | Business and Professional Speech | 3+0 | COM205 |
| SSC303 | Service-Learning and Civic Responsibility | 2+0 | |
| CSP110 | Applications of Information Communications Technologies | 3+0 | |
| PSY303 | Introduction to Psychological Testing | 3+0 | PSY325 |
| PSY305 | Contemporary Social Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY309 | Developmental Psychology | 3+0 | |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 17 |
Semester 5
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| DSP163 | Fundamentals of Data Analytics | 3+0 | |
| PSY304 | Experimental Psychology | 3+0 | PSY303 |
| PSY318 | Cognitive Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY326 | Organizational Psychology | 3+0 | |
| LAN** | Foreign Language | 3+0 | |
| PSY317 | Personality Psychology | 3+0 | |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester 6
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| PSY310 | Positive Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY324 | Fundamentals of Psychological Counselling | 3+0 | |
| PSY322 | Cross-cultural Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY311 | Consumer Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY328 | Environmental Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY321 | Psychology of Education | 3+0 | |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester 7
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| PSY319 | Clinical Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY314 | Psychopathology | 3+0 | |
| PSY320 | Health Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY329 | Psychological Crisis Management | 3+0 | |
| PSY334 | Psychology of Diversity and Gender (compulsory elective I) | 3+0 | |
| PSY436 | Digital Tools in Business Psychology (compulsory elective II) | 3+0 | |
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester 8
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Pre-requisite |
| PSY330 | Sports Psychology | 3+0 | |
| PSY** | Elective III (Psychology) | 3+0 | |
| PSY** | Elective IV (Psychology) | 3+0 | |
| PSY** | Elective V (Psychology) | 3+0 | |
| PSY** | Elective VI (Psychology) | 3+0 | |
| PSY312 | Psychology Capstone Project | 3+0 | |
| Internship | 3+0 | ||
| Semester Total Credit Hours | 21 |