This course introduces psychology as a discipline that studies the basis of human mind and behaviour. This course also describes main sub disciplines in psychology. Topics include introduction to psychology, scientific theories in psychology, biological foundations, cognition, memory, intelligent, human development stages, motivation, emotion, personality, social psychology and abnormal behaviour. This course will be delivered through lecture and students will be assessed via written examination, assignments and presentation.

This course introduces students to concepts and practices of basic helping skills. Students will be exposed to knowledge on how to be an effective helper, helping relationship, helping skills, termination stage and ethics in helping process. Methods of teaching and learning used in this course include, case study, role play activity, reflection paper, individual and group assignment.

This course aims to provide students with concepts and practice of social psychology. Students will learn about social cognition, social perception, social influence, attitudes, persuasion, prejudice, stereotypes, aggression, altruism and conflict through lecture, individual and group assignment as well as quiz.

This course discusses the concepts, theories and strategies of human resource development (HRD) and the roles played by those who are responsible for human resource development programs and activities in an organization. Concepts related to HRD are also covered. The discussion also focuses on policy, practices, trends and issues of human resource development in Malaysia.

The course exposes student to psychology theories and techniques, definition of abnormal behaviour, commonly-diagnosed disorder of infancy, childhood or adolescence (developmental disabilities), mood disorder, anxiety disorder, personality disorder, schizophrenia and psychotic disorder, sleep disorder, eating disorder and sexual disorder. Lecture-based teaching, quiz, individual and group assignment are methods used to achieve the learning objectives of the course.

This course introduces the concept of training and development, and the principles and guidelines for the design and management of effective training programmes. Topics to be discussed include an overview of training and development, ways of identifying training needs, formulation of training objectives, effective teaching and learning strategies, development of the curriculum, methods of training, management of training location and resources, training administration, and evaluation of training programmes. It also looks at some of the previous research/studies in relation to training and development.

This course offers an introduction to the basic principles of learning. Human and animal learning models and the factors that affect the quality and content of learning will be discussed. A major part of the course will concern associative learning, particularly theory of behaviourism and social cognitive theory. Behaviourism theories focus on two elements which are stimulus and response, while social cognitive theories focus on the role of mental process in learning.

This course focuses on current approaches in counselling psychology based on these theories: Psychoanalytic, Existential, Person-Centred Gestalt, Reality Therapy, Behaviour Therapy, Humanistic, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Therapies and Eclectic Theory. This course also discuss the basic concept of each therapy, therapy process, application of each theory through role-play and critical evaluation about theories. Besides that, this course also exposes fundamental issues in counselling and ethics.

In general, this course examines the psychological theories and knowledge of the behaviour in terms of both similarities and differences, and their relation to cultural background. Students can also explore variety of cultures and the diversity of psychological aspects that are not available in a particular culture. This course focuses on combination of all aspects based on psychological perspective and notice from a comparison of the similarities and differences.

This course introduces to the basic concepts in physiological psychology with particular emphasis on neural and neurochemical substance of behaviour. Topics to be covered include basic neuroanatomy, neural development, neurobiology of sensory, learning and memory systems as well as internal drives. The course examines the basic physiology of the brain and nerves, the physiology of perception, attention, learning and memory, impact of thought on action and emotion.

This course is designed to discuss the main theoretical approaches to the study of personality and individual differences; and to critically examine research findings in this area. The focus of the course is on developing an integrated picture of the whole person through understanding of the major facts of personality and how these works together to shape behaviour. The course will challenge the student to think about the complexity of human nature, learning how to evaluate assumptions, theories, and research in the field of personality and individual differences.

The course aims to expose students to concepts and practice in group dynamics. In addition, students will be introduced to group dynamics, group counselling theories and stages, and leadership in group counselling. Students will also learn how to manage group members with problems/issues, and other important issues in group counselling. Lecture, practical training, individual and group assignment as well as presentation are the methods used to achieve the learning objectives of the course.

This course provides students an overview of clinical psychology field. Topics include introduction to clinical psychology, overview of clinical psychology development, clinical assessment and diagnosis, interviewing and assessment, psychological tests, psychological interventions and current issues in clinical psychology. The course will be delivered through lecture, individual and group assignment and group presentation.

This course introduces industrial and organizational psychology as the scientific study of human behaviour in workplaces and organizations. Scope is focused to the role of industrial psychology in organizations, key concepts and principles, individual-job issues: fitting individuals to the job, fitting the job to the individual, the organizational social system, outcomes of individual /organizational interactions. Students in this course will be evaluated through individual assignment, group assignment and written examination.

This course introduces students to the basic knowledge and training in conducting laboratory experiments in psychology. Students will be exposed to skills related to the design of a psychology research/experiment, and to manage, analyse and report findings from the research. Discussions will focus on various study designs, how to generate hypotheses for experimental purpose, how to control external variables, analyse data and write research reports. Throughout the course, students are required to conduct a series of small demonstration of psychology experiments in the laboratory and they will be assessed through individual and group assignment as well as written examination.

The course provides students with concepts and practices in conducting a research in psychological field. Topics include introduction, literature reviews and research methodology chapter. In this course, students are required to present these three chapters (introduction, literature review and research methodology) in fifteen minutes. Students will be evaluated through their final year project 1 report , aptitude and presentation.

This course represents the main issues and concerns related to occupational hazards and diseases as a result of lack of awareness and ignorance by organizations. This course covers the aspect of occupational safety and health and its management in the workplace. It discusses about the concept of occupational safety and health; theories, types, causes of accidents and their effects to the organization or industry; examining the reason of conducting accident investigation and report preparation, as well as the risk management process. Apart from that, Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 will be also discussed with an emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of employer and worker. Ergonomics issues, workers compensation, and occupational safety and health management system are also explained in details.

The course stresses on the regulations and standards in accordance with the APA (American Psychological Association) to serve as a guide in the field of psychology. Among the topics of discussion is the introduction to ethics, ethics applications, confidentiality, various relationships and academic ethics in research, supervision and teaching. The students will be assessed through individual assignments, group and written examinations.)

The course introduces the concept and application of psychological testing. Topics include introduction to psychological testing, norms and statistics, validity and reliability, test development, interviewing techniques, psychological tests, application of psychological testing in different fields and issues related to psychological testing. Students for this course will be assessed through individual and group assignment

This course aims to provide in depth in research methodology including data collection and data analysis. Students will have the opportunity to report the findings in a systematic way, summarize the findings, propose for future study and provide systematic on the research conducted. Students will be exposed to systematic ways of referencing, attaching appendixes and thesis binding.

The course focuses on aspect of receiving and interpreting the information received. The course also discusses about the information interaction received with the process involved and its effect to the action and thinking. Topics include Gestalt principles of grouping, perceptual constancy, processes in perception and application of sensation and perception.

The course assists students to gain a deeper appreciation of how biology, human behaviour and social context impact an individual’s health and well-being. The subject will focus on how psychological principles are used to promote health and prevent illness. This course will consider psychological factors involved in the area of health and disease from the theoretical perspectives of social psychology as they relate to behavioural change. It will discuss psychological research methods in their application to health. Topics include disease and pain, attitude to medical advice, smoking, diet, exercise, alcohol use, sexual practices, injury prevention, health promotion, management strategies as well as skills and behaviours in the prevention of illnesses.

This course examines the psychology of criminal behaviour using different theoretical orientations. Topics include Biological Theories, Psychosocial Theories, Sociological & Social Learning Theories and Developmental Risk Factors. This course also analyses the criminal mind through the relationship between mental illness, criminal acts and Psychopathy. Topics cover psychological processes of crime, violent offender, antisocial personality disorder, antisocial associates and substance abuse.

This course examines the fundamental theories and concepts in consumer psychology and consumer behaviour with focus on understanding of how and why people choose, use, and evaluate goods and services the way they do. Topics include value system, personality, lifestyles, motivation, information processing, cultures and consumer as decision makers.

This course allows students to develop and apply their professional knowledge and skills in psychology in various contexts. Students are required to complete 600 hours consist of conducting need assessments, training, consultations, organize guidance and intervention activities as well as involve in the administrative work.