HELP University College (HELP) is well noted for its Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, which houses various centres and departments, including the Department of Psychology. Students who join the faculty find themselves nourished academically and socially.
The Department of Psychology is the largest and most established psychology programme in Malaysia and one of the largest programmes in Southeast Asia with over 900 full time students majoring in Psychology. Students can opt for transfer arrangements to over 60 top universities in United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The faculty is headed by renowned Malaysian psychologist Dr. Goh Chee Leong. Faculty members are all highly qualified, and hold a Master's degree with seven PhDs, and there are more than 30 full-time staff members.
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HELP's Department of Psychology also offers Master's programmes in psychology. They are the Masters in Managerial Psychology, Counselling and Clinical Psychology. The Masters course in Managerial Psychology is aimed at providing versatile managers specializing in human behaviour in the workplace. The Masters in Counselling at HELP University College aims to equip people with a high level of professional competence to help people heal broken relationships. The programme addresses issues in social psychology, developmental psychology, helping relationship, testing and assessment, group work, research methodology, ethics in the helping profession, career guidance and development. Whereas Masters in Clinical Psychology specializes in an applied field of psychology that focuses on the understanding, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of psychological dysfunctions. Central to the practice of clinical psychology is the use of psychological testing and psychotherapy. Clinical psychologists work together with other mental health professionals to promote psychological health, as well as prevent and relieve psychological problems.
The annual HELP Psychology Challenge is an essay competition for potential students to compete for full and partial scholarships to study psychology at HELP University College. The competition was open to High School students, giving them an opportunity to pit their presentation skills and knowledge against each other at the finals.
HELP'S Department of Psychology is made up of an active student body with over 12 student clubs, which range from academic, social, charitable, to entrepreneurial. Career Exploration Club, Child Development Psychology Club, Clinical Psychology Interest Club and Community Outreach Society provide choices for students to engage in the field of most interest to them.
Apart from this, for students who are interested in conducting fieldwork for social benefit are also given the opportunity to work with UNICEF in their projects. HELP's students have worked with UNICEF in tsunami relief projects around South East Asia, among which our efforts have included child trauma relief. This is to provide an opportunity for students to serve and gain experience as interns or research assistants for UNICEF projects.
And as for students who wish to embark on other desired areas of work, drawing from the experience of studying Psychology, the CAREERSense@HELP, the Career Guidance and Testing Centre at HELP University College provides a stepping stone. It helps students to seek the careers they want while training them to develop the skills that employers look for, such as interview skills, resume building, and providing internships with organisations. Every year CAREER Sense@HELP organizes the Career Fair with dozens of multinational corporations such as Deloitte, Shell, Ogilvy and Mather, GE, EON Bank, Alliance Bank and others, drawing a whopping number of students signing up with companies.
If you are interested in any of the psychology offerings, do meet our HELP staff in Sri Lanka in September 2009. Please also visit www.help.edu.my for more information
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