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Course Name Life Skills
Program MSc Visual Communication (Digital Film Making & Media Production)
Semester 3
Credits P/F
Campus Mysuru

Syllabus

  • Soft skills and its importance: Pleasure and pains of transition from an academic environment to work – environment. Need for change. Fears, stress and competition in the professional world. Importance of positive attitude, self-motivation and continuous knowledge upgradation.
  • Attitude, Values, Motivation, Emotion Management, Steps to like yourself, Positive Mental Attitude, Assertiveness.
  • Resume writing Group discussion, Concepts, Mock Interviews, Presentation skills –

Guidelines.

  • Vocabulary: Synonyms; Antonyms; Analogy; one-word substitutes; idioms; phrasal verbs; Grammar: Article and preposition; SV agreement; tenses; voices; modifiers; parallelism. Reading and comprehension; para jumble.
  • Problem Solving: Problems on numbers; Percentages; Ratio, proportions and variations; Time and distance; Time, men and work.
  • Data interpretation: Numerical DataTables; Line Graphs; Bar Charts and Pie Charts; Case let Forms; Mix Diagrams; Geometrical Diagrams and other forms of Data
  • Logical Reasoning: Family Tree; Linear Arrangements; Circular and Complex Arrangement; Conditionalities and Grouping; Sequencing and Scheduling; Selections; Networks; Codes; Cubes; Venn Diagram in Logical Reasoning.

Objective and Outcomes

To bridge the gap between a student and a student becoming an employee or an entrepreneur. Aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to understand and participate in the modern business scenario and the world of economics so as to prepare them to achieve success in their career.

Course outcomes:

 

CO2 At the end of the course, the students shall learn to examine the context of a Group

Discussion topic and develop new perspectives and ideas through brainstorming and arrive at a consensus.
 

CO3

 At the end of the course, the students will have the ability to prepare a suitable resume. They

would also have acquired the necessary skills, abilities and knowledge to present themselves confidently. They would be sure-footed in introducing themselves and facing interviews.
 

CO4

 At the end of the course the students will have the ability to analyse every question asked by the interviewer, compose correct responses and respond in the right manner to justify and

convince the interviewer of one’s right candidature through displaying etiquette, positive attitude and courteous communication.
 

 

CO5

 Aptitude:

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the ability to analyse, understand and classify questions under arithmetic, algebra and logical reasoning and solve them employing the most suitable methods. They will be able to analyse, compare and arrive at conclusions

for data analysis questions.
 

CO6

 At the end of the course, students will be able to interpret, critically analyse and solve logical reasoning questions. They will have acquired the skills to manage time while applying methods to solve questions on arithmetic, algebra, logical reasoning, statistics and data

analysis and arrive at appropriate conclusions.
 

CO7

 Verbal:

At the end of the course, the students will have the ability to understand the nuances of English grammar and apply them effectively.
CO8 At the end of the course, the students will have the ability to relate, choose, conclude and determine the usage of right vocabulary.
CO9 At the end of the course, the students will have the ability to decide, conclude, identify and

choose the right grammatical construction.

 

Textbooks /Reference Books

Textbooks:

  1. Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik – A Communicative Grammar of English – Longman
  2. J – Effective Team Building: How to make a winning team – Pan Books
  3. S. – Corporate Soft Skills – Rupa & Co.
  4. Peggy Klaus – The Hard Truth about Soft Skills – Harper Business

Reference Books:

  1. R S Aggarwal – Quantitative Aptitude – Chand
  2. R S Aggarwal – Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning – Chand
  3. R S Aggarwal – Data Interpretation – Chand
  4. Quantitative Aptitude – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  5. Leslie Bendaly – More Games Teams Play – McGraw Hill
  6. The BBC and British Council online resources
  7. Owl Purdue University online teaching
  8. thegrammarbook.com online teaching resources
  9. englishpage.com online teaching resources and other useful websites.

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