What is BA Hons Psychology?

BA Hons Psychology from DU is an Undergraduate degree Course offered by number of DU colleges. The prime focus of this three-year long course is learning the science behind the functioning of mind and behaviour. With so much advancements in science and technology, Psychology is a field that answers so many mysteries and opens the lots of opportunities to do research or work at professional level. Getting admission in Psychology honors from DU isn’t quite easy because competition is undeniably high since level of education delivered here is best all over the country.

Admission to BA Hons Psychology from DU

Since old DU merit-based admission process as well as DU JAT has been scrapped, so the admission process for BA Hons Psychology is also going to be done via CUET 2022.

What is CUET 2022?

CUET, Common University Entrance Test, is the only gateway Entrance exam to get admission into all the Central universities present across the nation. The entrance exam, mandatory for getting admissions in any Undergraduate programme, will be conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency). Since DU is also a central university therefore to get admission done here, you will be requiring to appear for this exam. CUET will be conducted across 154 centres all over the country and in 13 languages namely, kannada, Punjabi, Assamese, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Odiya, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati and Telugu. Therefore, from this year forth there would be no weightage of 12^th standard marks in determining admission into DU.

CUET 2022 Admission Requirements

To appear for CUET 2022, candidates belonging from General category need to have at least scored 50% marks in 12th standard while for candidates belonging from SC/ST category needs minimum of 45% marks in 12^th standard

Some courses might require you to have at least studied certain subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Maths or biology and others at senior secondary level. For B.A. (Hons.) Psychology from DU It is not necessary to have psychology studies at senior secondary level but to appear for entrance you might need subject knowledge to qualify for the course.

Document Requirement

To seek Admission in DU, candidates require following documents

• Class X Marksheet
• Scanned Photographs
• Scanned signature
• Category certificates

CUET 2022 Important dates

Registration window is already open from April 6, 2022 and closes on May 6, 2022. DU aspirants should apply soon and should not wait for the due date extension.

Event	Date
Application window opens	April 6, 2022
Application window closes	May 6, 2022
Admit card release	June last week (tentative)
CUET exam date	July first week (tentative)

To apply for B.A. Psychology Hons. in DU following are steps, candidates need to follow:

• Apply for CUET 2022, at official website of NTA @cuet.samarth.ac.in.
• Confirm your application via payments after completing your application
• Candidate can make amendments in their application form once if window opens for a short period for form correction
• Prepare well For CUET for your exam and stay updated on all latest notification posted on NTA portal, download your admit card as soon as released.
• When merit list is released, wait for colleges to release their cut-offs and then apply respectively for your preferred college if you qualify all the admission requirements of B.A. Psychology Hons. in that college.
• Proceed with payment and after college confirms your admission application you hooray you got into your dream college.

CUET 2022 Structure

CUET is divided into 3 sections, these are

• Section 1: This section tests your language skills
• Section 2: This section is Domain specific and tests your subject knowledge for the stream you chose at senior secondary level in school.
• Section 3: This section contains General test

Cut-offs for BA Hons Psychology from DU

Cut-offs for BA Hons Psychology from DU this year would be based on CUET Test scores and due to completely different marking scheme of NTA CUET 2022, test scores might completely differ from 12^th standard scores.

However, going through last year’s cut-offs trends still might give an idea of relative cut-offs difference that colleges demand and comparing which you can deduce the trend of which colleges demands higher score and which less.

College	2021; 1st cut-off	2021; 3rd cut-off
Lady Shri Ram	99.75%	99.25%
Indraprastha college of Women	99.75%	closed
Aryabhatta college	98.5%	97.5%
Daulat Ram College	99%	98.5%
Zakir Hussain Delhi College	98%	closed

Fees for BA Hons Psychology from DU

For pursuing BA Hons Psychology from DU, different fee structure is followed, depending on the college you got into. While the tuition fee to study at DU is highly subsidised, following table lists down the fee requirement for few of the college that offer Psychology Hons. at UG level:

College	Fees (in INR)
Lady shri Ram	50,910
Aryabhatta College	47,490
Indraprastha College for Women	96,300
Kamla Nehru College	33,300
Keshav Mahavidyalaya	28,008

Seats for BA Hons Psychology from DU

Different DU colleges offer different number of seats for BA Hons Psychology which are further divided into category reservations respectively. Following table lists the number of total seats offered by colleges that offer this course.

College	Total seats
Lady Shri Ram	61
Kamla Nehru College	46
Zakir Hussain Delhi College	57

Syllabus for BA Hons Psychology from DU

Same curriculum is followed by all the colleges that come under DU when you pursue B.A. Psychology from DU colleges. Every semester there is a different sub-topics that fall under psychology is taught along with which student is given choice to choose desired elective courses.

Following table explains semester wise structure of the degree:

Semester	Course
1	C-PSY-01 Introduction to Psychology (Theory+ Practical)       C-PSY-02 Statistical Methods for Psychological Research-I (Theory+ Tutorial)·        AECC-Environmental Science·        GE-as per student’s choice
2	C-PSY-03 Biopsychology (Theory+ Tutorial)·        C-PSY-04 Psychology of Individual Differences (Theory+ Practical)·        AECC-English Communication·        GE-As per student’s choice
3	C-PSY-05 Development of Psychological Thought (Theory+ Tutorial)·        C-PSY-06 Psychological Research (Theory+ Practical)     C-PSY-07 Social Psychology (Theory+ Tutorial)·        SEC-As chosen     GE-As chosen
4	C-PSY-08 Understanding Psychological Disorders (Theory+ Tutorial)        C-PSY-09 Statistical Methods for Psychological Research-II (Theory+ Tutorial)·        C-PSY-10 Applied Social Psychology (Theory+ Practical)·        SEC-As chosen·        GE-As chosen
5	C-PSY-11 Understanding and Dealing with Psychological Disorders (Theory+ Practical)·        C-PSY-12 Developmental Psychology (Theory+ Practical)      DSE-1       DSE-2
6	C-PSY-13 Organizational Behaviour (Theory+ Practical)·        C-PSY-14 Counselling Psychology (Theory+ Practical) DSE-3      DSE-4

Best Colleges for BA Hons Psychology from DU

In total there are 12 Colleges that fall under DU offering B.A. Psychology Hons. among which Lady Shri Ram and Jesus Mary college followed by Indraprastha College for Women are preferred top 3 choices for DU aspirants. The list of 12 colleges offering Psychology Hons. are:

• Lady Shri Ram College for Women
• Aryabhatta College
• Jesus Mary College
• Bharati College
• Indraprastha College for Women
• Kamla Nehru College
• Daulat Ram College
• Keshav Mahavidyalaya
• Lakshmi College
• Mata Sundari College for Women
• Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women
• Zakir Hussain Delhi College

Placements of BA Hons Psychology from DU

Colleges falling under DU are popular among students for the quality environment it provides for academics as well as personal growth that happens here. While all DU colleges are best in providing educational services whether it being faculty, infrastructure, exposure, placements, etc. There is still preference shown by companies, when selecting students to recruit, for instance, more High-profile companies would recruit from Lady shri Ram College than other college. Following data shows number of companies that came to the campus recruitment drive of respective colleges:

College	Academic Year	Companies Approached
Lady Shri Ram College for Women	2019-2020	100
Jesus Mary College	2019-2020	16
Kamla Nehru College	2019-2020	15

Jobs after BA Hons Psychology from DU

B.A. Psychology is a scientific discipline and this degree opens quite a number of job opportunities. Students who further want to expand their knowledge in the same discipline can pursue Masters and further if they wish PhD also, or they can go for research.

Following job prospects are available for a psychology honors graduate to pursue after they complete their UG:

• Career Counsellor
• Health Psychologist
• Clinical Psychologists
• Forensic Psychologist
• Sports Psychologist
• Academia
• Civil Services
• Corporate counsellor
• Social Worker

Famous Alumni of BA Hons Psychology from DU

Since there are limited Colleges offering B.A. Psychology Hons. in DU, following few notable personalities are found to have graduated from DU with B.A. psychology Hons. degree:

• Pallavi Aiyar- St. Stephen’s College
• Kunzang Choden – Indraprastha College for Women

Skills Learnt

BA Hons Psychology from DU will teach you best of industry ready skills and in-depth knowledge of the discipline required to study human behaviour. While different branches of Psychology might teach you different set of skills based upon the focus they need. For A Psychology Hons. graduate following skills are developed as a product of the degree:

• Communication
• Writing Reports
• Diagnostic skills
• Counselling
• Active listening
• Interpersonal

Frequently Asked Questions

Following questions are asked most by students wanting to pursue BA Hons Psychology from DU: