The Master in Psychology is a 60 credit-hour degree program in combination of the current needs of the communities. This course intends to develop professional psychologists having broad range of skills, knowledge in administration of psychological tools.The curriculum of the course will address different areas of psychology related to human life. It will produce professional psychologists essential in various human service organizations and social field. Professional knowledge in psychology will contribute to social upliftment. The area is significant to tackle the issues of individuals, families, groups and communities.
The practical exercises of tools and theories will enhance the students’ opportunities to practice their theoretical knowledge obtained in the classroom into the field by enriching their ability to deal with different psycho-social issues and problems toward better solutions of these hurdles.
The need of psychology is felt in every spheres of life that is why psychology has become one of the most reputed domains of learning worldwide. Despite its short history as a scientific discipline it has become one of the subjects having more than 100 sub-disciplines with many applied areas. Concepts in psychology are applicable to almost all other areas including nursing, medicine, management and engineering. Psychology is a discipline under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences which adopts scientific methods of inquiry to explore human behavior and human psyche undertakings.
Despite such widening scope and applied values, Tribhuvan University is the sole university in Nepal that has introduced major courses in psychology. Central Department of Psychology is the only department of Tribhuvan University that is providing higher education in psychology for number of decades. This department offers Master degree courses focused on three areas: clinical psychology, counselling psychology and industrial psychology. Padma Kanya Multiple Campus, Baghbazar has introduced master level in clinical psychology and will be running the program from this academic year 2070 B.S (2014).
Clinical Psychology prepares students help people with psychological disorders come out of their problem, counseling psychology is coming up as the new specialization area from this academic year. Specialization in counseling will address and solve psycho-social problems of vulnerable individuals and groups. It will produce skilled human resources for providing quality services in these areas;and Industrial Psychology prepares students deal with problems in organizational settings. All these specializations are applied areas in Psychology.
