Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women : Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology was established in the year 2006 and was offered in combination with Sociology and Social Work. From the academic year 2009-2010, Psychology is being offered with Journalism and Sociology as well. Both of these are B.A. degrees. Recently, from the academic year 2013-2014, Psychology is offered with Botany and Zoology as a B.Sc.degree. In 2018, an add-on course on Health Psychology was initiated followed by a course on Learning Disabilities in 2019. The objectives of the department are to provide a environment that is “learner centric”, to provide value based education, to help students communicate effectively, to sensitize students regarding various contemporary psychological concepts.