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Delhi University Launches Course on Negotiating Intimate Relationships

This four-credit elective equips students with tools for emotional intelligence, consent, digital resilience to address violence stemming from toxic relationships.

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Overview

  • The elective, open to all undergraduates in the 2025–26 session, covers topics from the psychology of love to identifying red flags and managing conflict.
  • Students will engage in experiential learning through cinema analysis, social media reflection and role-playing exercises to develop communication and boundary-setting skills.
  • A dedicated module on digital hygiene guides learners to evaluate their online behaviour and establish privacy practices to prevent stalking and harassment.
  • The initiative responds to a rise in violent crimes linked to failed or obsessive relationships in Delhi by fostering emotional safety and self-awareness.
  • Relationship experts have hailed the curriculum’s life-skills focus while calling for similar relationship education to begin earlier in high schools.