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Course Name Life Skills for Engineers III
Course Code 23LSE301
Program B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Semester 5
Credits 2
Campus Amritapuri ,Coimbatore,Bengaluru, Amaravati, Chennai

Syllabus

Soft Skills

Professional Grooming and Practices: Basics of corporate culture, key pillars of business etiquette – online and offline: socially acceptable ways of behavior, 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 evaluated in a group discussion. Initiation techniques and maintaining the flow of the discussion, how to perform well in a group discussion. Summarization/conclusion.

 

Aptitude

Problem Solving III

Geometry: 2D, 3D, Coordinate Geometry, and Heights & Distance.

Permutations & Combinations: Basics, Fundamental Counting Principle, Circular Arrangements, and Derangements.

Probability: Basics, Addition & Multiplication Theorems, Conditional Probability and Bayes’ Theorem.

Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Variance, Quartile Deviation and Standard Deviation.

Logical Reasoning: Blood Relations, Direction Test, Syllogisms, Series, Odd man out, Coding

\& Decoding, Cryptarithmetic Problems and Input – Output Reasoning.

 

Verbal

Vocabulary: Create an awareness of using refined language through idioms and phrasal verbs. Grammar (Upper Intermediate-Advanced): Train Students to comprehend the nuances of Grammar and empower them to spot errors in sentences and correct them.

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.

Writing Skills: Practice closet tests that assess basic knowledge and skills in usage and mechanics of writing such as punctuation, basic grammar and usage, sentence structure and rhetorical skills such as writing strategy, organization, and style.

Objectives and Outcomes

Pre-requisite(s): Willingness to learn, communication skills, basic English language skills, knowledge of high school level mathematics.

Course Objectives

  • Help students understand corporate culture, develop leadership qualities and become good team players
  • Assist them in improving group discussion skills
  • Help students to sharpen their problem solving and reasoning skills
  • Empower students to communicate effectively

Course Outcomes

CO1 – Soft Skills: To improve the inter-personal communication 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 better impact in a Group Discussions through examination, participation, perspective-sharing, ideation, listening, brainstorming and consensus.

CO3 – Aptitude: To identify, investigate and arrive at appropriate strategies to solve questions on geometry, statistics, probability and combinatorics.

CO4 – Aptitude: To analyze, understand and apply suitable methods to solve questions on logical reasoning.

CO5 – Verbal: To be able to use diction that is more refined and appropriate 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.

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

*CA – Can be presentations, speaking activities and tests.

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. Public Sector – Engineer Management Trainee Recruitment Exam (General English)
  9. Nova’s GRE Prep Course, Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg & Kathleen Pierce
  10. Student Workbook: Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa
  11. Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examinations, Abhijit
  12. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT, Arun
  13. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT, Arun
  14. How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT, Arun
  15. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, R S
  16. A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning, R S
  17. A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning, R S

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