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Course Name Life Skills for Engineers I
Course Code 23LSE201
Program B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Semester 3
Credits P/F
Campus Amritapuri ,Coimbatore,Bengaluru, Amaravati, Chennai

Syllabus

Syllabus

Soft Skills

Soft Skills and its importance: Pleasure and pains of transition from an academic environment to work-environment. New-age challenges and distractions. Learning to benefit from constructive criticisms and feedback, Need for change in mindset and up-skilling to keep oneself competent in the professional world.

Managing Self: Knowing oneself, Self-perception, Importance of positive attitude, Building and displaying confidence, Avoiding being overconfident, Managing emotions, stress, fear. Developing Resilience and handling failures. Self-motivation, Self-learning, and continuous knowledge up- gradation / Life-long learning. Personal productivity – Goal setting and its importance in career planning, Self-discipline, Importance of values, ethics and integrity, Universal Human Values.

 

Aptitude

Problem Solving I

Numbers: Types, Power Cycles, Divisibility, Prime, Factors & Multiples, HCF & LCM, Surds, Indices, Square roots, Cube Roots and Simplification.

Percentage: Basics, Profit, Loss & Discount, and Simple & Compound Interest. Ratio, Proportion & Variation: Basics, Alligations, Mixtures, and Partnership. Averages: Basics, and Weighted Average.

Data Interpretation: Tables, Bar Diagrams, Venn Diagrams, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, Caselets, Mixed Varieties, Network Diagrams and other forms of data representation.

Verbal

Vocabulary: Familiarize students with the etymology of words, help them realize the relevance of word analysis and enable them to answer synonym and antonym questions. Create an awareness about the frequently misused words, commonly confused words and wrong form of words in English.

Grammar (Basic): Help students learn the usage of structural words and facilitate students to identify errors and correct them.

Reasoning: Stress the importance of understanding the relationship between words through analogy questions.

Speaking Skills: Make students conscious of the relevance of effective communication in today’s world through various individual speaking activities.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives

To introduce students to the depths and richness of the Indian culture and knowledge traditions, and to enable them to obtain a synoptic view of the grandiose achievements of India in diverse fields. To equip students with a knowledge of their country and its eternal values.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Increase student understanding of true essence of India’s cultural and spiritual heritage. Emancipating Indian histories and practices from manipulation, misunderstandings, and other ideological baggage thus, shows its contemporary relevance.

CO2: Understand the ethical and political strategic concepts to induce critical approach to various theories about India.

CO3: Familiarize students with the multidimension of man’s interaction with nature, fellow beings and society in general.

CO4: Appreciate the socio-political and strategic innovations based on Indian knowledge systems. Gives an understanding of bringing Indian teaching into practical life.

CO-PO Mapping

PO/PSO

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO
CO1 3 1 1

1 1 1
CO2 3 1 1 1 1 1
CO3 3 2 1 1 1 1
CO4 3 2 1 1 1 1

Evaluation Pattern

Evaluation Pattern: 50:50

Assessment Internal External
CA 30
Mid-semester 30
End Semester

40

Text Books / References

Reference(s):

  1. Students” Career Planning Guide, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa
  2. Soft Skill Handbook, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa
  3. J., (1986), “Effective Team Building: How to make * winning team”, London, U.K
  4. S., (1006) “Corporate Soft Skills”, New Delhi, India: Rupa & Co.
  5. The hard truth about Soft Skills, by Amazon
  6. Verbal Skills Activity Book, CIR, AVVP
  7. English Grammar & Composition, Wren & Martin
  8. Nova’s GRE Prep Course, Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg & Kathleen Pierce
  9. Cracking the New GRE 2012
  10. Kaplan’s – GRE Comprehensive Programme
  11. Student Workbook: Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
  12. Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examinations, Abhijit Guha
  13. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT, Arun Sharma.
  14. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT, Arun Sharma.

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