Courses in this section: Introductory Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Development

Introductory Psychology

This course aims to comprehensively track the evolution of psychology, and to understand its development as a science. It seamlessly integrates core concepts in psychology with the biological sciences, and also introduces students to different research methodologies in the domain. By teaching students to develop a conceptual framework for understanding the human mind, the course aims to make students understand the applications of this domain in various spheres. 

Evaluation components usually include surprise tests, and group discussions and/or assignments, apart from the mid-semester and comprehensive examinations. This course is readily available at all PR numbers as those who opt for it mainly do so out of interest. The grading in the course is standard, with a B- awarded at the average.

Organizational Psychology

This course, handled by Dr. Rajneesh Choubisa, aims at understanding organisations and their various functions from a psychological viewpoint. It also aims at understanding the behavior of humans at different levels of hierarchy in an organisation, and relevant issues and processes imbuing them. The course focuses on topics such as productive and counter-productive behaviour in organisations, motivation, job satisfaction, organisational commitment as well as group effectiveness and inter-group behaviour.

Attendance is not mandatory for this course. It is not a very popular course and is relatively easier to obtain with any PR number. It is easy to obtain in substitution as well, not being in great demand. The grading is said to be tough, as a C would be awarded at average marks. The course usually has an enrollment of about 100 students. Reading the textbook is considered largely beneficial to performing well on the course.

Human Resource Development

Human Resource Development (HRD) handled by Dr. Rajneesh Choubisa is a course aimed at developing a conceptual framework for understanding human behavior in organizations and developing human capital in various sectors of the world. It is also intended at enabling the learners to know more about how training programs are planned, conceived, constructed, and delivered to the potential stakeholders.

Attendance for this course is not compulsory and the instructor’s communication over email is  enough. A thorough reading of the textbook is recommended to perform well in this course. Students would be awarded a C grade at average marks, a B- at slightly above average, and approximately 10% of students of the classroom strength of 80–100 would be awarded an A grade. One would require a good priority number, about 200–300 to obtain this course, and it is not easily available during substitution of courses.