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Department of Business Administration

Course Title: Psychology

Course Code: HMT 142

Pre-requisite Courses: Nil

Credit Hours: Three (3)

Semester: 2nd (2)

Degree: BBA Program

Course Description

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and the mind. This introductory course provides an overview of the study of psychology, its approaches to gathering and evaluating evidence about the causes of behavior and different processes of the mind. It also provides insights into how psychological knowledge can be, and has been, applied to everyday situations in order to improve the quality of our lives and the world around us.

Course Objectives

The main objective of this introductory course of psychology is to,

• Stimulate curiosity about human behavior and their minds,

• Develop research values and skills about behavior

• Make students understand, explain and predict the behavior of human beings,

• Understand both themselves and others,

• Apply this understanding to real life situations and problems and,

• To advance students personal development.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course a student will be able to:

1. View and discuss behavior from a scientific perspective

2. Understand the role of psychology at work place

3. Understand the wide panorama of different perspectives on the many different aspects of human behavior studied by psychologists

4. Understand the advantage and limitations of the scientific method for studying people

5. Avoid the most common misunderstandings about psychology and psychologists

6. Relate what psychologists have found out about human behavior to their own understanding of people

7. Understand the impact of both innate and learned individual characteristics (e.g., personality, emotional intelligence), and how these factors do and do not shape behavior

Teaching Methodology and Requirements

This course includes...