New Delhi: The School of Social Sciences of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be offering a Master of Arts in Psychology (MAPC). In the recent years, the psychology degree has been in great demand in many schools, hospitals both private and public as well as in voluntary welfare agencies and correctional institutions demanding for psychologists to deal with varied problem of human behaviour.

Almost every school needs a psychologist with M.A. degree to work full time with the school students and also teach psychology for classes XI and XII. In addition many rehabilitation centres are being established all over India both in the mental health and physical disability areas and these need qualified psychologists with an M.A. in Psychology to man those centres.

Keeping these developments in view and the commitment of IGNOU to providing quality education at low costs to those who have for some reason or the other missed opportunities for further studies, the present programme caters to a varied clientele, such as fresh graduate students as well as those who want to enter the employment arena in the areas of clinical psychology, counselling psychology and industrial and organizational psychology.

The aim of this programme is to give the learners a sound base in psychology and human behaviour through an in-depth investigation into a broad range of psychological techniques and skills as applied to diverse settings.

For details, visit IGNOU Website- www.ignou.ac.in or contact nearest IGNOU Regional Centre/Study Centre. Prospectus can be obtained from Regional Centres in person in Rs.200/-, or by post by sending a DD of Rs.250/- in favour of IGNOU, New Delhi, to Registrar (Student Registration Division), Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-68.It can be downloaded from the university website www.ignou.ac.in. The last date for receipt of applications is 15 June 2013.

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