• Students will understand and apply basic research methods in psychology research design, data analysis, and interpretation.
• Students use critical and creative thinking, inquire and implement possible scientific approach to solve problems related to behavior and mental processes.
• Students will understand and practically apply psychological principles to personal, social, and organizational issues.
• Students will be able to design, conduct, analyze, and interpret data for a psychological research study.
• Students will demonstrate competence in the analysis and critique of scholarly work in their area of expertise in psychology.
• Students will demonstrate the skills necessary to write an APA-style research paper.
• Students will evaluate and demonstrate understanding of main theories in real conditions.
• Students will present their research clearly and effectively through their presentations in and out the department.
• Students will always demonstrate the ethical principles of research in psychology and will actively participate community organized programs.

Program Structure

Duration of Course- Four semesters (2Years) , Scheme of M.Sc Clinical Psychology

Semester I

• Physiological Psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Clinical Psychology-I
• Psychodynamics-Personality, Learning & Motivation
• Practical I- Experimental Psychology

Semester-II

• Research Methodology
• Psychotherapeutics-I
• Clinical Psychology-II
• Health Psychology
• Practical II- Diagnostic Testing

Semester-III

• A combined Indian and Western approach in Holistic Clinical Psychology
• Psychotherapeutics-I
• Psychopathology
• Counselling Psychology
• Field Work

Semester-IV

• Currrent Trends in Psychology
• Field work
• Clinical Practicum (Case Study)
• Dissertation
• Viva-Voice

Assessment

During the course time evalutaion is carried out by Internal Continuous Evaluation and External Terminal Evaluation. Of the total weightage 25% is given to internal continuous evaluation and 75% for external terminal evaluation.

1. Internal Continuous Evaluation

Internal evaluation consists of 5 components. It will be carried out by teachers offering the course. Mark will be displayed in the notice board of department for a chance to redress grievances if any.

External Evaluation

Max. Time : 3 Hrs Max. Weightage: 36
Part-A: 14 Questions (1-14). All should be answered in one or two sentences (1814=14 weightage)
Part-B: 10 Questions (15-24). Onlu seven questions should be answered in a paragraph form. (7* 2= 14 weightage)
Part- C: 4 Questions. Only two questions must be answered in essay type. (2*4=8weightage)

• Registration may be granted to all resident scholars on full time basis and to employed persons on part-time basis.
• Teachers of the University / Government or Aided Colleges affiliated to the University/ Govt. or Aided Secondary and Higher Secondary School within the geographical jurisdiction of the University/Employees of the University and holding a permanent position there and are eligible for admission to Ph.D. programme satisfying the conditions of may be granted part-time registration.
• A full-time registration may be converted to part-time, after the completion of one year, or when the candidate declared successfully completed the course work.
• After three years in full-time, if the candidate wishes to convert the registration into part-time, the period of registration shall be reckoned with that of full-time registration.

Duration of the Programme

• Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work and a maximum of six years.
• Extension beyond the above limits, in exceptional circumstances, may be permitted by the Vice Chancellor for the completion of the research work and submission of thesis.
• Women candidates and candidates with disability of more than 40% may be allowed a relaxation of two years for Ph.D. in the maximum duration. In addition, women candidates may be provided Maternity Leave/Child Care Leave once in the entire duration of Ph.D. for a period up to 240 days.

Course Work

• The course work for Ph.D. shall be of a minimum of 08 credits and a maximum of 16 credits.
• A minimum of four credits shall be assigned to one or more courses on Research Methodology which shall cover areas such as quantitative methods, computer applications, research ethics and review of published research in the relevant field, training, and field work and other areas found relevant to the discipline concerned. Other courses shall be advanced level areas in the subjects concerned for enabling the students to acquire deep knowledge in the preparation for Ph.D. degree.
• All courses prescribed for Ph.D. course work shall be in conformity with the credit hour instructional requirements and shall specify content, instructional and assessment methods duly approved by the concerned Board of Studies of the University.
• The Department where the scholar pursues research shall prescribe the course(s), based on the recommendations of the Research Advisory Committee of the Research Scholar.
• Scholars admitted to the Ph.D. programmes shall be required to complete the course work prescribed by the Department during the initial one or two years.
• Scholars already holding M. Phil. degree and admitted to the Ph.D. programme, or those who have already completed the course work in M.Phil. and have been permitted to proceed to the Ph.D. course, may be exempted by the Department from the Ph.D. course work. All other candidates admitted to the Ph.D. programme shall be required to complete the Ph.D. course work prescribed by the Department.
• Grades in the course work, including research methodology courses, shall be finalized after a combined assessment by the Research Advisory Committee and at least one external examiner, and the final grades shall be communicated to the University/DoR.
• The Ph.D. Scholar has to obtain a minimum of ‘B’ Grade in the UGC 7-point scale in the course work with a minimum of 55% marks in order to be eligible to continue in the Ph.D. programme and submit the thesis/dissertation.

Evaluation & Assessment Methods, minimum standards/credits for award of the degree:

• The Ph.D. Scholar shall, upon satisfactory completion of course work and obtaining the grade prescribed above, be required to undertake the research work and produce a draft thesis within a reasonable time, as stipulated by the University Regulations.
• The scholar shall make a pre-submission presentation of the thesis in the Department, before a Board consisting of Research Advisory Committee, an external expert and Dean of the Faculty concerned.
• Pre-submission presentation shall be open to all faculty members and research scholars/students, and the feedback and comments obtained from the participants may be suitably incorporated into the draft thesis, as advised by the Board.
• Ph.D. scholars shall publish at least one research paper in refereed journal, duly approved by the UGC/University, and make two paper presentations in conferences/seminars, recognized by the Department Council concerned, before the submission of the thesis for adjudication and produce evidence for the same in the form of presentation certificates and reprints.
• The thesis submitted for adjudication shall contain an undertaking from the research scholar and a certificate from the Research Supervisor attesting to the originality of the work, vouching that there is no plagiarism using the software approved by the UGC/University and that the work has not been submitted for the award of any other degree/diploma of the University or to any other Institution. However, for subjects
  where plagiarism check software is not available, manual check may be done.
• The thesis for Ph.D., submitted for adjudication, shall be evaluated by the respective Research Supervisor and two External Examiners, who are not in employment of the University, of whom one examiner may be from outside the state/country. However, for the subject of Malayalam the condition that one examiner may be from outside the state/country may not be insisted.
• The two External Examiners for evaluation of Ph.D. thesis shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor from among the panel of ten experts prepared and submitted by the supervising teacher, giving the consideration to the specialization in the topic of study.

Public Viva Voce

• Public viva voce, based on the observations given in the evaluation report, shall be conducted by a Board consisting of one of the External Examiners, in the duly approved panel nominated by the Vice Chancellor, as Chairperson, and the Research Supervisor and Head of the Research Centre as members.
• Public viva voce shall be open to all faculty members of the Department, research scholars and interested experts/researchers/students.
• Public viva voce of the research scholar to defend the thesis shall be conducted only if the recommendations in the evaluation report(s) of the External Examiner(s) on the thesis, submitted in the format specified by the University for the purpose, is/are satisfactory and specific recommendation for conduct of the public viva-voce is made.\
• The thesis shall be sent to another External Examiner, contained in the approved panel of examiners, in case the evaluation report of one of the External Examiners is unsatisfactory and does not recommend for conduct of the public viva-voce. Public viva-voce examination, in respect of scholars shall be held only if the recommendation in the report of the third External Examiner is satisfactory.
• The thesis shall be rejected, in case the recommendation in the report of the third External Examiner is unsatisfactory and the research scholar concerned shall be made ineligible for the award of the degree, based on the thesis already submitted.
• The University shall formulate appropriate methods, so as to complete the entire process of evaluation of the thesis for Ph.D. within a period of six months from the date of submission of the thesis/dissertation.

Depository with INFLIBNET

• The University will submit an electronic copy of the Ph.D. thesis to the INFLIBNET, following the successful completion of the evaluation process and before the announcement of the award of Ph.D. degree, for hosting the same accessible to all.
• The University will issue a Provisional Certificate to each scholar, prior to the actual award of the Degree, to the effect that the Degree has been awarded in accordance with the provisions of the UGC (Minimum Standards and procedure for Awards of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations 2016.