EVALUATION PROCEDURE & INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES, FOR PAPER SETTERS & EXAMINERS
A) Theory Examination
For each theory course there shall be two parts for evaluation: Part-I and Part-II with 20 and 60 marks, respectively.
Part I will be of multiple choice question type (MCQ) having five types of items – single response, multiple response, matching type, assertion and reasoning and fill in the blanks. In total 40 MCQs shall be asked in two hours with a weight of half mark each.
Part II shall consist of 10 questions. Question number one will be compulsory covering the entire syllabus of short answer type with ten sub parts of one mark each. Rest of the nine questions will be set with three questions from each unit. Candidates will be required to answer five questions out of these nine questions by selecting not more than two questions from one unit, where each question carries 10 marks. Thus total maximum marks for part two will be 60.
B) Internal Assessment
Internal assessment of 20 marks in each paper shall have the following distribution
1) Attendance = 5 marks
2) Mid-term class test = 10 marks
3) Assignment = 5 marks
C) Practical Examination
Practical examination of 100 marks will have the following distribution
1) Experimental performance= 40% marks, i.e. 40 marks
2) Viva Voce= 40% marks, i.e. 40 marks
3) Laboratory work report (Internal Assessment)= 20% marks, i.e. 20 marks
The marks of this component will be awarded by the department on the basis of attendance (5 marks), practical performance (5 marks) and report of practicals (10 marks).
D) Summer Training
The two months summer training starting soon after the 2nd semester examination shall be undertaken by every candidate in an institute/hospital/clinic/NGO/industry/service center to be allocated by the Dean of the Faculty. It shall be a supervised training with a professional who will certify the attendance and evaluate the training. Every candidate will submit a report which shall be evaluated through viva voce by the department during the 3rd semester. It shall be equal to 100 marks out of which the component of institutional supervisor will be 25 marks, report writing with internal supervisor of 25 marks and 50 marks for viva voce examination to be evaluated by a joint board of internal and external examiners.
E) Field Training and Project Examination
Evaluation of project in semester IV will be out of 200 marks. The viva-voce examination of 70 marks and report writing of 70 marks to be evaluated by a joint board of internal & external examiner. Whereas 60 marks of internal assessment will be on the basis of the presentation of the synopsis and pre-submission presentation of the report in the department (to be evaluated by the supervisor and the Dean of the Faculty).
Further, the evaluation of internal assessment of field training shall also be based on the presentation, case reports and log sheets of training of 20 marks whereas the evaluation of 80 marks shall be based on viva voce and reports adjudged by the joint board of external and internal examiners.
F) Marks scheme for the course
The course carries a maximum of 2200 marks out of this 1600 are of theory and 600 are of practical. The details semester wise and paper wise including internal assessment are as under:
Semester-I (Total Marks=500)
| S. No. | Course Title | Marks | Total Marks | |
| Internal Assessment | End – term Examination | |||
| History of Psychology | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
| Cognitive Psychology | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
| Research Designs & Methods | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
| 4. | Biopsychology | 20 | 80 | 100 |
| Practicum: Experiments | – | 100 | 100 | |
Semester-II (Total Marks=500)
| S. No. | Course Title | Marks | Total Marks | |
| Internal Assessment | End – term Examination | |||
| Theories of Personality | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
| Life Span Development | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
| Statistical Techniques in Psychology | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
| 4. | Psychology of Abnormal Behavior | 20 | 80 | 100 |
| Practicum: Testing | 20 | 80 | 100 | |
Semester-III (Total Marks=600)
| S. No. | Course Title | Marks | Total Marks | |
| Internal Assessment | End – Term Examination | |||
| 1. | A) Introduction to Clinical Psychology
B) Introduction to Guidance And Counseling |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 2. | A) Psycho- diagnostics
B) Assessment in Counseling |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 3. | A) Psychotherapy I
B) Approaches to Counseling I |
20 | 80 | 100
|
| 4. | A) Neuropsychology
B) Counseling Process |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 5. | A) Field Training* (Clinical)
B) Field Training* (Counseling) |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 6. | Summer Training: 2 months | 100 | ||
Semester-IV (Total Marks=600)
| S. No. | Course Title | Marks | Total Marks | |
| Internal Assessment | End – term Examination | |||
| 1. | A) Childhood Disorders
B) Areas of Counseling |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 2. | A) Psychotherapy II
B) Approaches to Counseling II |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 3. | A) Personality Disorders
B) Guidance & Counseling in Educational Settings |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 4. | A) Psychological Interventions
B) Positive Psychology |
20 | 80 | 100 |
| 5. | A) Project (Clinical)*
B) Project (Counseling)* |
60 | 140 | 200 |