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Course Name Essential Life Skills II
Course Code 24ELS211
Program B.Sc. Psychology (Hons.)
Semester 4
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore, Nagercoil

Syllabus

Syllabus

Soft Skills 

Professional Grooming and Practices: Basics of corporate culture, key pillars of business etiquette – online and offline: socially acceptable ways of behaviour, body language, personal hygiene, professional attire and cultural adaptability and managing diversity. Handling pressure, multi-tasking. Being enterprising. Adapting to corporate life: Emotional Management (EQ), Adversity Management, Health consciousness. People skills, Critical Thinking, and problem-solving. 

Group Discussions: Advantages of group discussions, Types of group discussion and Roles played in a group discussion. Personality traits are evaluated in a group discussion. Initiation techniques, maintaining the flow of the discussion, and how to perform well in a group discussion. Summarisation/conclusion. 

Conflict Management: The concept, its impact and importance in personal and professional lives; identifying personal conflict resolution style. 

Aptitude 

Numerical Ability II: Sequence & Series, Time & Work, and Time, Speed & Distance. 

Logical Reasoning II: Arrangements, Sequencing, Scheduling, Venn Diagrams, Network Diagrams, Binary Logic, and Logical Connectives, Clocks, Calendars, Cubes, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Symbol-Based Reasoning. 

Verbal Skills 

Vocabulary: Help students understand the usage of words in different contexts. 

Grammar (Medium Level): Train students to comprehend the nuances of grammar and empower them to spot errors in sentences and correct them. 

Reading Comprehension (Basics): Introduce students to smart reading techniques and help them understand different tones in comprehension passages. 

Reasoning: Enable students to connect words, phrases and sentences logically. 

Oral Communication Skills: Aid students in using the gift of the gab to interpret images, do a video synthesis, try a song interpretation or elaborate on a literary quote.

Text Books / References

References: 

  1. Adair. J., (1.986), “Effective Team Building: How to make a winning team”, London, U.K: Pan Books. 
  2. Gulati. S., (2006) “Corporate Soft Skills”, New Delhi, India: Rupa & Co. 
  3. The Hard Truth about Soft Skills, by Amazon Publication. 
  4. Verbal Skills Activity Book, CIR, AVVP 
  5. Nova’s GRE Prep Course, Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg & Kathleen Pierce 
  6. The BBC and British Council online resources 
  7. Owl Purdue University online teaching resources 
  8. www.thegrammarbook.com online teaching resources 
  9. www.englishpage.com online teaching resources and other useful websites 
  10. Student Workbook: Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. 
  11. Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examinations, Abhijit Guha. 
  12. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT, Arun Sharma. 
  13. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT, Arun Sharma. 
  14. How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT, Arun Sharma. 
  15. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, R S Aggarwal. 
  16. A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning, R S Aggarwal. 
  17. A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning, R S Aggarwal.

Introduction

Pre-requisite: Willingness to learn, communication skills, Basic English language skills, knowledge of high school level mathematics.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objective: To help students understand the corporate culture and assist them in improving their group discussion skills, communication skills, listening skills and problem-solving skills. 

Course Outcomes 

  • CO1: Soft Skills – To improve interpersonal skills, professional etiquette and leadership skills, vital for arriving at win-win situations in Group Discussions and other team activities. 
  • CO2: Soft Skills – To develop the ability to create a better impact in group discussions through examination, participation, perspective-sharing, ideation, listening, brainstorming and consensus. 
  • CO3: Aptitude – To interpret, critically analyse and solve questions in arithmetic and algebra by employing the most suitable methods. 
  • CO4: Aptitude – To analyse, understand and apply suitable methods to solve questions on logical reasoning. 
  • CO5: Verbal – To be able to use vocabulary in the right context and to be competent in spotting grammatical errors and correcting them. 
  • CO6: Verbal – To be able to logically connect words, phrases, sentences and thereby communicate their perspectives/ideas convincingly. 

Skills: 

  • Communication
  • Etiquette and grooming
  • Inter-personal skills
  • Listening skills
  • Convincing skills
  • Problem-solving skills.

CO-PO Mapping 

  PO1 PO2 PO3 P04 P05 PSO1 PSO2 PS03 PSO4
CO1 3           3    
CO2 3           3    
CO3 3           3    
CO4 3           3    
CO5 3           3    
CO6 3           3    

Evaluation Pattern

Assessment  Internal  External 
Continuous Assessment (CA) – Soft Skills  30  – 
Continuous Assessment (CA) – Aptitude  10  25 
Continuous Assessment (CA) – Verbal  10  25 
Total  50  50 

CA Can be Quizzes, Assignments, Lab Practice, Projects, and Reports

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