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Practicum

This course requires the student to engage in a practicum in a selected field such as counselling, early childhood institution, orphanage, and home for the elderly, clinic or industry. A report will be planned and produced by the student in collaboration with a supervisor. The intention of this activity is to get the student to experience psychology in a real setting and a practical situation to improve their understanding of the academic issues they study.

Course Code: 
BPS 490
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Psychology of Health (Elective)

This course examines the psychosocial basis of the health behaviour of individuals and communities. The effects of values, attitudes and attributions on lifestyle and health behaviour as well as psychosomatic influences on mental and physical health will be covered. The theoretical explanations of people’s reactions to health and medication issues as well as health behaviour modification practices will also be discussed.

Course Code: 
BPS 427
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Crisis Management

This course will focus attention on the psychology of how groups behave and react during crisis events. The variables that come to play in crisis situations, their ordering in terms of importance, dealing with bias and attributions, and negotiation skills from a psychological perspective will all be studied.

Course Code: 
BPS 426
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Organisational Leadership

This course will help the student to develop the skills of effective leadership in a changing world. It will enable the student to understand leadership functions, identify and work within an organisations’ mission, develop strategies and translate these into clear objectives. It will also enable the student to manage people, systems and processes more effectively, as well as create and maintain an effective relationship with other organisations and individuals in the working environment.

Course Code: 
BPS 425
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

School Psychology

This course will introduce students to the various assessment methods and models including psychological, behavioural (including task analysis), social systems, medical and ecological models. Also to be treated will be individual and group assessment methods, focusing on persons as well as contextual and environmental features that may influence their behaviour. Such knowledge will enable students to engage in assessments of various kinds including educational, social, language, psychological and vocational assessments. Students will also be introduced to the various forms of intervention that help promote individual development.

Course Code: 
BPS 424
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive psychology will provide the student with an insight into the internal processes that are responsible for the complexity in human thinking, concept formation, meta-cognitions and problem solving behaviour. The theoretical perspectives on human cognition and specific fields of cognition and human information processing, as well as issues of stability and instability in cognition will be studied.

Course Code: 
BPS 423
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Instructional Psychology

This course examines theories in instructional psychology and instructional leadership as these influence instructional delivery in both school and training settings. It will cover instructional planning, task and learner analysis issues, varieties of learning and instructional systems development. Various models of instruction and their applications in instructional delivery will also be discussed.

Course Code: 
BPS 422
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Seminar in Psychology

This course will expose the psychology student to a wide variety of ideas in the field, which may enable the learner develop an area of specialization for further studies. The seminars will involve students and lecturers research activities and presentations. The discussions that will evolve will be an important source of improved understanding of the various topics that have been studied in other courses. It will also unify ideas learnt in different courses towards the solution of problems that will be discussed during the seminar.

Course Code: 
BPS 421
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Psychology of Crime (Elective)

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical and practical issues from key areas of criminological psychology. The course will examine the contributions made by psychology to the theory, prevention and treatment of criminal behaviour, the prevention and investigation of crime and the understanding of criminal justice processes.

Course Code: 
BPS 419
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

Psychology of the Aged

This course will devote itself to the study of the aging process and the elderly. It will cover the biological, social and psychological processes involved in aging and rhe influence of lifestyle and social circumstances on this process. It will also include the care of the aged and examine the various theories about the aged and their perceptions. Difficult issues that confront the aged such as spousal loss, isolation, invalidity and dying will all be discussed alongside the handling of these situations.

Course Code: 
BPS 418
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Psychology

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