To make education more interactive and to increase the conceptual clarity of the students, formal teaching is supplemented with scientifically designed classroom activities, workshops, seminars, extension lectures, and the use of audio-visual aids. The Department has links with numerous hospitals and organisations for academic and research purposes.

 

Departmental Library

 

The Seminar Library at the Department has the latest books on all important disciplines. A number of national and international research journals are available for students in the Library. The Departmental Library is computerised, consisting of more than 4, 000 books and 2, 330 research articles. To facilitate research activities of both faculty members and students, a Psychology database, "PsycINFO", consisting of thousands of research papers, has been installed on the Library’s computers.

 

On-line access to full-text articles of the American Psychological Association:

 

On-line access to the APA Database “PsycARTICLE 2007” is now available and is based on APA’s full-text journal articles database. Researchers can search thousands of articles from hundreds of peer-reviewed journals from 1894 to the present. To facilitate research articles of faculty members and students, a psychology database, “PsycINFO”, consisting of hundreds of thousands of research abstracts has already been installed on the Library’s computers.

 

Testing and Research Centre

 

The Testing and Research Centre at the Department has more than 100 tests relevant to the fields of Clinical, Social, Developmental, Counselling and Cognitive Psychology. With purpose-built furniture, the place is comfortable for studying and administering tests to clients peacefully. 

 

Research

 

Conducting research offers the exciting opportunity of working in one’s area of interest under the close supervision of an expert. Our objectives are to ensure regular guidance thorough support and to ensure a timetable with realistic but strictly followed deadlines, specified for the completion of students’ empirical work. Our aim is to arm students with knowledge and research skills necessary to address wider intellectual problems faced by the community in academic and professional settings. To achieve this, we continue to develop a number of strategies and facilities.

 

Research Groups

 

·   Family Express Emotions and Psychopathology Group

·   Positive Psychology Group

·   Emotional Intelligence Group

Research Facilities

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Research facilities include an extensive computer system for on-line access to electronic research databases. The Departmental Library is linked to the official research database of the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO, and PSYNDEX with Test Finder. The Department’s self-constructed research database on diverse areas of Psychology consists of 20 CDs and 25 self-compiled research volumes.

 

Research journal

 

The “Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology” (PJSCP) is published by the Departments of Psychology and Clinical Psychology, GC University Lahore. The “Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology” is a research journal published on an annual basis. The PJSCP provides a forum for dissemination of findings related to social and clinical areas of Psychology, in addition to other fields. The journal aims to enhance the understanding of social, environmental and cultural factors in the etiology and outcomes of mental health problems as they affect individuals and society.

 

Seminars, Lectures, Workshops

 

The Department offers it students, ample opportunities to interact with the international scientific community. We encourage seminars/workshops by guest speakers from both local and foreign universities and attendance at these events is compulsory for students.

 

Academic/Professional Links

 

Research activity is reinforced by our links with foreign universities, clinics, hospitals, NGOs and local and multinational organisations. The Department of Psychology is linked to the University of Birmingham.

 

Academic Programmes

 

At present, the Department offers BSc 4-Year (Hons.), MPhil and PhD Degree Programmes.

 

Teaching Methods

 

Teaching at all levels of education in Psychology is highly interactive and offers a combination of formal lectures, workshops, presentations by the students, quizzes, audio-visual learning aids, open-book assignments, group tasks and other innovative learning projects.

 

Assessment

 

Assessments are carried out by students' performance in written exams on theory as well as performance in technical skills, learning programmes, practical tasks and research projects.

 

Seminars, lectures, workshops

 

Weekly seminars are organised on a regular basis to enhance the conceptual clarity of the students and to keep record of their participation as well as of learning.

 

Extension Lectures by the Faculty

 

Our Programme of Extension Lectures by faculty members in their area of interest provides the students an additional opportunity to investigate directions for their research. Each Extension Lecture comprises a two-hour session with an exhaustive question/answers session.