Department of Management & Social Sciences

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Course Description

This course enhances the learners’ ability to communicate accurately and fluently. The major topics of the course include basics of English grammar, parts of speech, phrase & clause, sentence structure, modifiers, common writing errors, punctuation, commonly confused words, paragraphs, applications and reading comprehension.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Comprehend a complex English language text.
2. Use English language in professional life.
3. Write a grammatical correct paragraph or essay on a given topic.

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The course aims to cover an introduction to basic algebra, matrices, linear and quadratic equations, sequence and series, permutation and combinations, binomial theorem, and fundamentals of trigonometry. This course also helps create a good understanding about the importance of mathematics for a university graduates and research activities.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Illustrate basic knowledge of Mathematics and prepare the students not majoring in mathematics.
2. Make use of the essential tools of basic mathematics.
3. Apply the concepts and the techniques in their respective discipline.

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This course focuses on computing environments, general application software, basic computing hardware, operating systems, desktop publishing, Internet, software applications and tools and computer usage concepts, social media, internet concept and usage. The major topics of the course include introduction to computer software, hardware, applications, concepts of computer usage and internet usage.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the components of a computer system and demonstrate basic proficiency in computer and commonly used computer applications.
2. Describe and explain the basics of computer organization and recognize data representation in terms of number systems.
3. Demonstrate problem solving skills through the use of flow charts.

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This course provides an understanding of the cultural, historical and socio-political heritage of Pakistan; along with the main strands of Pakistan’s foreign policy. The course also seeks to create awareness about the issues arising in the modern age and the posing challenges to Pakistan. Important topics include historical perspective; ideology of Pakistan, people and land, political and constitutional phases in Pakistan and Contemporary Pakistan; economic institutions and issues, society and social structure, foreign policy of Pakistan and futuristic outlook of Pakistan.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. 1. Illustrate an in-depth knowledge of Pakistani culture, civil rights and constitution.
2. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of importance of Projects in Pakistan and their economic impacts.

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This course introduces the major perspectives on human thoughts and behavior that are used to describe, understand, predict and control or modify behavior. The course begins with a short overview of psychology development as an academic discipline and an introduction to a number of the principal methodologies most commonly deployed in its study. The major topics include perception and sensation, principles of learning, memory, language, creative thinking, personality and its assessment, memory, motivation, emotions, social thinking and social influence.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the theoretical underpinnings of the major areas of psychology.
2. Describe connections between knowledge gained through psychology to everyday life.
3. Explain different models of human behavior based on science versus intuition or general ways of knowing.

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This course aims to enhance students’ linguistic command so they can communicate effectively in diversified socio-cultural situations; create larger stretches of interactive text in speech and writing. The major topic includes reading, writing, vocabulary, listening, speaking, and research skills.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Make use of intermediate-to-advanced level English.
2. Take part in group discussions by attentive listening, questioning to clarify ideas, eliciting responses, or disagreeing in a constructive way.
3. Develop rhetorical knowledge and critical thinking.

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This course aims to provide basic information about Islamic history and law. The major topics covered in this course are introduction to Quranic studies, history of Quran, Seerat of Holy Prophet, history of Sunnah, introduction to Islamic law and jurisprudence, Islamic culture & civilization, Islam & science, Islamic economic & political system, Islamic history and Islamic social system.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of fundamentals of Quran and Hadith and their relation with our day to day lives.
2. Show an understanding of Islamic ethics, laws, culture and contemporary issues.

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This course provides students with an understanding of the basic statistical techniques for descriptive and inferential data analysis. The course covers basic concepts as descriptive statistics, presentation of data, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, probability, random variables, hypothesis testing, linear correlation, linear regression, contingency tables, and analysis of variance. Applications are made to business, social sciences, and natural/physical sciences.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe and discuss the key terminology, concepts tools and techniques used in business statistical analysis.
2. Critically evaluate the underlying assumptions of analysis tools.
3. Understand and critically discuss the issues surrounding sampling and significance.
4. Solve a range of problems using the techniques covered.
5. Conduct basic statistical analysis of data.

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This course aims to provide a basic understanding of the various processes of scientific development and change to become familiar with the chronological history of ideas which contribute to the field of Psychology. It familiarizes the students with history and foundations of Psychology. Its main focus is to examine the historical context within which that historical development took place and the schools of Psychology provides students a comprehensive understanding of theoretical basis of human behavior .The major topics of this course are Greek philosophy, beginning of modern science and philosophy, psychobiology and systems, schools of thought in psychology, socio-cultural perspective, gestalt perspective and Islamic perspective in the light of teachings of Quran and Sunnah.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Examine the historical context within which that historical development took place and the schools of psychology.
2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of theoretical basis of human behavior.

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This course aims to introduce students with the commercial laws which are directly or indirectly related to Business. It includes a survey of contract law, partnership act, companies’ ordinance and negotiable instrument. The major topics of the course are the basic concepts of conventional business law, its implementation in the contemporary financial institutions, the major features of contract law, salient features of partnership law, prominent points in companies act, and various forms of contractual documents used in modern businesses.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Discuss philosophy of conventional Business Law so to enable a student to critically analyze these laws with those present in other legal system.
2. Demonstrate understanding of major features of contract law, partnership law, and companies act.
3. Discuss the characteristics of prominent legal documentation used in contemporary business organizations.

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This course familiarizes the students with study of brain behavior and its connection with human behavior. It also disseminates them towards its historical and scientific roots. The course helps the students to relate neuroscience with other areas of specialization in Psychology and to understand the structure and functions of nervous system, specifically brain anatomy and localization of higher order mental processes The main topics in this course include cellular biology and electrophysiological properties of neuron, activity of neurons in sensory perception, motor control, neural basis of the communication of emotions and complex behavioral/psychological functions such as learning and motivation, psychology and biology of hunger and thirst and physiological mechanism of sleep and waking.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the detailed anatomy of the human nervous system at both the cellular and molecular level.
2. Identify the fundamental concepts and information is processed by the brain.
3. Discuss the relationship between psychological and brain functioning.

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This course imparts knowledge about the different perspectives and theories explaining personality. It inculcates the main concepts and principles, explanation of personality development, assessment, and proposed interventions among students. It helps students to articulate the major concepts and principles of each personality theory. It builds the students to articulate each theories assessment techniques and the theories approach to the treatment and understanding of psychopathology. The content of this course includes psychoanalytic perspective, personality dynamics and defense mechanisms, conscious and unconsciousness, behavioristic perspective, cognitive perspective, psychosocial stages of personality development and archetypes.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe classical theories, their major postulates and interventions proposed by different theorists.
2. Compare different theories and will be able to comprehend human personality.
3. Discus the relationship between the major theoretical approaches to for gaining understanding of personality.

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This course aims to provide an insight to students about how people think, perceive and relate to others. It emphasizes on developing an understanding of the concepts related to self and how self-functions in social world. This course also enables the students to think critically about social processes, influences, relations and attitudes. Further this course focuses on the understanding of application of Social Psychology concepts in the real-life settings. Main topics of this course are self in a social world, social perception, stereotypes, cognitive dissonance, attitude, violence and aggression, prejudice and discrimination, social identity and group behavior.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Analyze different social processes, influences, social relations and attitudes.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the application of concepts related to Social Psychology to the real world.

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This course articulates each theory assessment techniques and the theories approach to the treatment and understanding of psychopathology. The main goal of this course is to make students able to illustrate each theory assessment techniques and its approach to the treatment, understanding of psychopathology and to have the ability to critically evaluate each theory. The main topics includes dispositional or traits theories, factor analysis, ENP model, humanistic and existential theories, Maslow’s need of hierarchy, client centered therapy, personality as a system of constructs, behavioristic theories, operant conditioning and modeling.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Compare and contrast theoretical assessment techniques and its approach to the treatment of psychopathology.
2. Analyze each personality theory in depth.

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This course is aims to introduce students with knowledge about and hands-on practice with experimental learning methods in Psychology. The course provides a conceptual understanding of experimental psychology and acquaint them with latest research in the areas of learning, perception, memory and to develop an experimental/investigative approach among students. The major topics covered in this course are psychophysics, sensation, perception, memory, short term memory and long-term memory cognition, learning and conditioning, motivation and emotion, problem solving and creativity, meaningful syllables and meaningless syllables.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Develop scientific approach to solve problems related to human behavior and mental processes.
2. Analyze with accuracy and precision in laboratory work, ethics, and reporting.
3. Design and report lab experiments on human participants.

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This course discusses the theoretical as well as applied statistics with particular reference to Psychology. The statistical analysis is a very essential part of psychological research and students need to grasp the concepts, theoretical rationale, use of certain statistical analysis, and also to learn to carry out thesis analysis. The main topics covered in this course include descriptive statistics, probability distributions, planning and analyzing experiments, regression analysis and correlation coefficients and tables.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Apply the statistical calculations.
2. Choose the appropriate statistical test to apply to a set of data based on the characteristics of the data and the research question.

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This course inculcates in students the knowledge of the psychological theories and models for the field of abnormal Psychology. It also provides understanding of assessment, etiology, symptoms, and treatments of the major psychological disorders. This course intends to familiarize students with research methods and ethical considerations appropriate for the study of abnormal Psychology. It also helps students to apply course materials to case studies of individuals. Major topics includes introduction to abnormal psychology, models of psychopathology, diagnostic classification system DSM and ICD and clinical assessment of abnormality.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Contrast the use of the DSM - IV – TR and DSM-V for making differential diagnosis.
2. Analyze clinical etiology, treatment and prognosis of psychological disorders.
3. Identify organic problems that can exacerbate emotional and interpersonal problems.

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This course aims to introduce the students with the basic theoretical psychometric concepts and use of psychological tests. The objective of this course is to provide students’ knowledge about test construction, types and purpose of psychological testing, psychometric properties of psychological tests. It also enables students to understand rational, administration, scoring and interpretation of psychological tests. The salient features of this course are uses and types of psychological tests, test construction and standardization, item writing and item analysis, characteristics of test reliability, types and measurement of reliability, validity, types and measurement of validity and test norms.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify psychological assessment and tests.
2. Develop the ability of test construction and adaption.
3. Construct Item analysis and item writing.
4. Analyze reliability, validity and test norms.

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This course familiarizes students with major concepts of research methodology i.e., from generating research idea to data collection, analysis and interpretation of findings. The course aims to develop scientific reasoning and understanding of link between theory and empirical investigation. Major content covered in this course includes identifying a research problem, scientific theories and hypotheses, ethical issues in the conduct of psychological research, stratified random sampling, cluster sampling and purposive sampling.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe knowledge of research processes and critically evaluate different research methods.
2. Design, conduct and interpret findings of an empirical investigation.
3. Evaluate research papers in scientific journals
4. Identify ethical concerns in a research study.

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This course is designed to train the students in theoretical as well as applied statistics with particular reference to Psychology. The statistical analysis is a very essential part of psychological research and students need to have a grasp over the concepts, theoretical rational of use of certain statistical analysis and also to learn to carry out these analyses. The major topics of this course are normal and binomial distribution, sampling distribution, sample design, difference of mean and proportion, testing hypotheses, inferential statistics and parametric statistics.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the types of statistics and apply appropriate statistics keeping in view the type of data.
2. Apply statistical techniques for data analysis in accordance with objectives and hypotheses formulated in research.

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This course aims to introduce a number of major research topics in social Psychology. Students are expected to gain substantial knowledge of the field including major concepts, theories, empirical findings, and controversies. Also, it enables students to have the opportunity to communicate critically and creatively about these theories and findings. Important topics covered in this course includes orientation to theories, group influence, introduction to the concept of leadership, effective leadership, theories of leadership, testimonial, role of media in social psychology and social psychology in action.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Compare social psychological theories and research application to behavior in social settings.
2. Analyze impact of social issues, policies and events in the field of social psychology.

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Course Description

This course inculcates the knowledge of the psychological theories and models for the field of abnormal psychology. It provides an understanding of assessment, etiology, symptoms, and treatments of the major psychological disorders. Also, it enables familiarity with research methods and ethical considerations appropriate for the study of abnormal psychology. This course help students to apply course materials to case studies of individuals. The content includes introduction to abnormal Psychology, history of abnormal psychology and psychopathology, neurodevelopmental disorders, depressive disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive and related disorders. Substance related and addictive disorders, personality disorders and Trauma and stress related disorders.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Compare and contrast the use of the DSM - IV – TR and DSM-5 for accurate diagnosis.
2. Analyze clinical manifestations and intervention of selected disorders.
3. Identify physical problems that can cause emotional and interpersonal problems.

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This course familiarizes students with major concepts of research methodology i.e., from generating research idea to data collection, analysis and interpretation of findings. The course aims to develop scientific reasoning and understanding of link between theory and empirical investigation. Major content covered in this course includes identifying a research problem, scientific theories and hypotheses, ethical issues in the conduct of psychological research, stratified random sampling, cluster sampling and purposive sampling.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe knowledge of research processes and critically evaluate different research methods.
2. Design, conduct and interpret findings of an empirical investigation.
3. Evaluate research papers in scientific journals
4. Identify ethical concerns in a research study.

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The course aims to provide an understanding of the basic principles of psychological measurement and the techniques of test construction, administration, validation, test rationale, construction, characteristics and the use of evaluation are emphasized. Understanding social and cultural factors related to the assessment and evaluation of individuals, groups, and specific populations. Major topics covered in the course includes assessment of intellectual and cognitive abilities, tests for special population, personality assessment and testing, assessment and psychological testing in clinical and counseling Settings, ability tests, aptitude test, personality tests, MMPI, neuropsychological and diagnostic test and Luria Nebraska battery.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Develop a test, standardize it and determine its psychometric properties.
2. Make use of complete profile of self and another individual after administrating a complete test battery.
3. Choose test manuals and follow instructions for administration, scoring and report writing.

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The main objective of this course is to cover research designs, methodologies and measurement strategies. The course also includes report writing as per APA format. It also enables to apply research concepts and principles in the development and use of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and analytical approaches. The salient topics of this course are quantitative designs, survey methods, quasi experimental design, qualitative designs, factorial designs, case study method and focus group discussion, APA ethical guidelines for research with humans, ethics in execution of research and research report writing and publishing.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Apply theoretical knowledge and select appropriate research design to plan and execute research project.
2. Plan a research proposal and build research thesis keeping in mind APA format.

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This course integrates students an adequate knowledge of the concepts and theoretical models of organizational psychology. The course is designed to help students learn major dimensions of organizational psychology within its ethical and legal framework. The major topics of this course are organizational communication, research methods in organizational psychology, organizational culture and leadership and management.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the principles of organizational behavior with complete understanding of interpersonal interaction in organizations.
2. Discuss ways through which organizations can create a supportive work environment.
3. Apply the basic principles of psychology to human resources management within the organization.

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This course discusses the ways to apply learning theories to classroom situations. It examines the importance of the psychology of the individual to the development of self- esteem, cooperative learning, individual differences, and motivation and learning styles. This course also describes the relationships of teachers, parents, and students that lead to a productive learning environment. Further it articulates their own beliefs about education and the role of educational psychology. Major contents of this course include its nature and scope individual differences, intelligence, cognitive styles, learner's characteristics, abilities, learning disabilities, motivation, interest, aptitude, learning theories and practical applications of behavioral, cognitive and constructivist approaches.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Compare the characteristics of individuals cognitive development
2. Contrast between individual differences of students.
3. Analyze the learning process in terms of social-cognitive learning approaches.

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This course aims to highlight and discuss the importance of emotional and cognitive states as well as positive interpersonal behavior which could make one’s life more meaningful. The course immerses students in understanding of the valued personal experiences in the past, in present and for the future contributing to personal satisfaction and happiness. It also focuses on how positive changes can be made in one’s life by thinking and behaving positively at various levels and situations– schools, work, and communities. The main topics of this course are evolutionary perspective in positive psychology, wellbeing, positive personal trait, subjective state of positive emotional states and processes, optimism, happiness, empathy, creativity, altruism, motivation, psychological resilience, pro social behavior and emotional intelligence that facilitates the development of human resource in any society.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Analyze the value of personal experiences in the past, in the present and for the future contributing to personal satisfaction and happiness.
2. Construct positive changes in one’s life by thinking and behaving positively at various levels and situations– schools, work, and communities.
3. Identify and use positive emotions and strengths to spark personal growth.

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This course explains the social and cultural aspects of human behavior, differentiation between area studies, cross-cultural studies, intercultural studies and aims to familiarize students with cross-cultural research. Major topics covered in this course are cross cultural researches, human development and socialization, applications of cross-cultural psychology, culture, social behavior, ethnocentrism, prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping, intergroup, intergenerational relation across culture, social perception and social cognition across the cultures.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Elaborate complete knowledge about cultural diversity.
2. Take part with people from different cultures in order to understand cultural practices and customs.
3. Analyze and conduct cross cultural researches.

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This course imparts knowledge of the mental processes involved in cognition, perception, attention, memory, thinking, language and reasoning processes. The core focus of this course is on the ways information is received, perceived, filtered, stored, retrieved, conveyed and provide an understanding of the mental processes through which information is acquired, processed and carried. Major topics of this course includes neural basis of cognition, attention, perception, perceptual laws of organization, memory, iconic and echoic memory, recall vs cognition, thinking and problem solving, deductive and inductive reasoning.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the basic concepts of cognitive psychology.
2. Analyze critically about the internal processes involved in human cognition.
3. Examine the basic principles and research involved in higher mental processes.