School of Behavioral Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu

The University has established many schools with wider flexibility, on par with a faculty status to achieve its avowed objective of intellectual and comprehensive development of its students community, ably supported by a team of faculty who are well , ably supported by a team of faculty who are well qualified, competent, vibrant, innovative and highly resourceful in their respective domains. The schools encourage flexible methodology, having multidisciplinary system with purposeful interdisciplinary perception, aiming at the emancipation of knowledge in core and applied facets of education. The School of Behavioral Sciences have one department. The Department of Applied Psychology, Central University of Tamil Nadu was established in 2017 and started M.Sc. Applied Psychology in the academic year 2017-18 to cater the increased need for knowledge generation and application in the field of Behavioural Sciences in general and Psychology in particular. The Department aims to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge in the scientific discipline of Psychology, opportunities for learning in the laboratory as well as from the field, and advancement in the understanding of self and others. The Department emphasizes excellence in teaching and research through active involvement of faculty and students in the generation and dissemination of knowledge. The field of psychology is all-inclusive; virtually any aspect of human behaviour and development can be viewed from a psychological perspective. Psychologists work in different settings, including universities, colleges, research institutes, hospitals, government agencies, counselling centres, schools, business, defence, NGO’s etc. and take up different roles in various fields ranging from teaching to research and counselling to training. In the changing global scenario, application of psychological principles to solve human problems has acquired new dimensions with the changing nature of the challenges that the world faces today. In this context, the department currently offers a regular two years fulltime programme in Applied Psychology (M.Sc. Applied Psychology) with three specialisations: (i) Clinical Psychology, (ii) Counselling Psychology, and (iii) Organisational Psychology. In addition to the post-graduate programme, the department also offers Ph.D. in Applied Psychology. ...view more