Philosophy and Objectives

Philosophy

The philosophy behind the Psychology Programme Curriculum in Covenant University is to equip the students with adequate and relevant skills and abilities that will enable them understand, predict, condition, control and change human and animal behaviours, leading to the overall social, economic, political development of the Nigerian society at large. We shall instil a sense of enthusiasm and curiosity in the students; provide them with a broad and balanced foundation of psychological knowledge; enable students to acquire the ability to apply their knowledge to the analysis of psychological issues; and imbibe in them students a range of transferable skills that will be of value to the industry.

Objectives

The main objectives of the programme are:

• Equip and empower graduates with practical skills of managing overt and covert behaviours of personnel working in diverse sectors of the economy;
• Produce graduates who are psychologically adjusted to occupy leadership position in their areas of operation;
• Train graduates who are psychologically and mentally equipped to meet requirements for employment in the labour market thereby contributing to the eradication of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria;
• Develop in graduates a broad, balance and analytical psychological knowledge necessary for understanding and resolving health related challenges such as HIV/AIDS;
• Produce graduates with a wide range of human development knowledge processes as it relates to and improve on family, school, and workplace bond;
• Equip students with a broad range of cognitive and practical skills necessary for carrying out empirical research directed at resolving psycho-socio-economic challenges of the nation.
• Make students sufficiently confident to engage in intellectual discourse and debates of psychological relevance in an independent manner.

Justification for the Programmes in the Department

The society is dynamic, with developmental issues posing challenges to man. Successful living and fulfillment in work and business require a very strong psychological base. The psychology programme offers professional courses of instruction in all aspects of psychology with the aim of positioning our students for the challenges of contemporary times.

As a field of study, psychology has many specialized subjects. Some of these include clinical psychology, developmental psychology, industrial / organizational psychology, educational psychology, personnel psychology, experimental psychology, counseling psychology, consumer psychology, social psychology, forensic psychology, health / medical psychology, military psychology. Most of these areas are not offered separately at the undergraduate level, but until the postgraduate years.

In all, psychology covers such broad areas of human existence and experience as individuals and groups with particular reference to the various areas of people’s functioning. The psychology programme at Covenant University is a combination of theoretical, practical as well as skill-based experimental learning. At the end of the four-year Programme, students of the discipline would have been thoroughly equipped with a secure knowledge base to face the challenges and conflicts that may arise, using both qualitative and quantitative tools necessary for the attainment of denied responses.