The two-year Master’s Programme in Psychology is an attempt to train counsellors who are theoretically sound, culturally sensitive and adequately skilled to offer psychological assistance and support to individuals and groups.
With an optimum blend of theory, practice and research, the course will prepare qualified counsellors in the areas of children, youth and education, marriage and family, and trauma and addiction, for educational institutions, the voluntary sector, non-governmental organisations and government departments, particularly those dealing with health, education, vocational training, family, women, children and youth, correctional settings, community development, disaster management, communal harmony and promotion of culture, conflict management and other such areas.
Programme Highlights
Calibrated exposure to active counselling with two semesters devoted to supervised internship, case studies and research work Self-growth modules to facilitate the optimal development of the person of the Counsellor
Number of Seats
- 40 seats are available for the programme
Eligibility Criteria
- Graduation in any stream with 50% of the aggregate. Those who have a background in Social Work / Psychology / Education / Sociology / Home Science / Human Resource Management will have an advantage.
- Provisional Admission: Applicants who have not yet obtained their Bachelor’s Degree also may apply for admission. Such candidates would be offered provisional admission until they furnish evidence of fulfilling the eligibility criterion stated in (1) above within 3 months of the commencement of the programme.
Location
Tapesia Campus
COURSE STRUCTURE
Semester I |
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Foundations of Professional Counselling |
Life Span Development |
Theoretical Perspectives for Counselling Psychology |
Process and Skills of Individual and Group Counselling 1 |
Elective Group I |
Eastern Approaches to Psychology and Counselling |
Educational Technology |
Society and Social Problems |
Elective Group II |
Media in Northeast India |
Leadership and Social Responsibility |
Introduction to Indian society, polity and economics |
English Language Teaching |
Personal Growth - I (Practicum) |
Semester II |
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Concepts of Mental Health and Illness |
Child and Youth Counselling |
Research Methodology and Statistics in Social Science |
Elective Group I |
Introduction to Indian society, polity and economics |
Personality Development |
Rural Communication |
Elective Group II |
Society and Social Problems |
Peace Education and Conflict Management |
Introduction to Social Psychology |
North-East Indian Literature in English |
Child and Youth Counselling - Practicum |
Field Work |
Personal Growth - II |
Semester III |
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Marriage and Family Counselling |
Adiction and TraumaCounselling |
Marriage and Family Counselling - Practicum |
Case Study and Documentation - I |
Summer Internship |
Study Tour |
Supervised Internship - I |
Research Project Phase - I |
Semester IV |
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Psychological Testing |
Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Psychology |
Case Study and Documentation - II |
Supervised Internship - II |
Research Project Phase - II |