Life Skills Syllabus - Asesssment Pattern

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Year 2020/Version
Course Year of
Course Name Category L T P Credit
Code Introduction
HS0U10A LIFE SKILLS HSC 2 0 2 - 2020
i) COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course is designed to enhance the employability and maximize the potential of
the students by introducing them to the principles that underly personal and
professional success, and help them acquire the skills needed to apply these principles
in their lives and careers.
ii) COURSE OUTCOMES
After the completion of the course, the student will be able to:
CO 1 Identify different skills required in personal and professional life. Understand

Apply well defined techniques to cope with emotions and stress
CO 2 Apply
and to provide an awareness of the self.
Apply appropriate thinking tools and techniques for creative
CO 3 Apply
problem solving.
Explain the importance of teamwork, team performance and team
CO 4 Understand
conflicts.
Explain the basic mechanics of effective communication and
CO 5 Understand
demonstrate these through presentations.
iii) SYLLABUS
Overview of Life Skills: Meaning and significance of life skills, Life skills identified by WHO,
Life skills for professionals, personality development, IQ, EQ, and SQ.
Self-awareness & Stress Management: Definition and need for self-awareness; Tools and
techniques of SA, Stress, reasons and effects, the four A's of stress management, Techniques
and Approaches, PATH method and relaxation techniques.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving: Creativity, Lateral thinking, Critical thinking,
Multiple Intelligence, Problem Solving, Six thinking hats, Mind Mapping & Analytical
Thinking.
Teamwork: Groups, Teams, Group Vs Teams, Team formation process, Stages of Group,
Group Dynamics, Managing Team Performance & Team Conflicts.
Leadership Skills: Leadership, Levels of Leadership, Making of a leader, Types of leadership,
Transactions Vs Transformational Leadership, VUCA Leaders, Leadership Grid & leadership
Formulation.
iv) (a) TEXT BOOKS
1. Remesh S., Vishnu R. G., Life Skills for Engineers, Ridhima Publications,
1stEdition,2016.
2. Life Skills for Engineers, Complied by ICT Academy of Kerala, McGraw Hill
Education (India) Private Ltd., 2016.
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(b) REFERENCES
1. Shiv Khera, You Can Win, Macmillan Books, NewYork,2003.
2. Barun K. Mitra, Personality Development & Soft Skills, Oxford Publishers, Third
impression, 2017.
3. Caruso, D. R. and Salovey P, The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to
Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership, John Wiley &
Sons,2004.
4. Larry James, The First Book of Life Skills; Embassy Books, 1stEdition,2016.
v) COURSE PLAN
No. of
Module Contents
hours
Overview of Life Skills: Meaning and significance of life skills
Life skills identified by WHO: Self- awareness, Empathy, Critical
thinking, Creative thinking, Decision making, problem solving,
Effective communication, interpersonal relationship, coping with 6
stress, coping with emotion.
I Life skills for professionals: positive thinking, right attitude,
attention to detail, having the big picture, learning skills, research
skills, perseverance, setting goals and achieving them, helping
others, leadership, motivation, self-motivation, and motivating
others, personality development, IQ, EQ, and SQ.
Activities based on Creative thinking tools
Self-awareness: Definition, need for self-awareness; Coping With
Stress and Emotions, Human Values, tools and techniques of SA:
questionnaires, journaling, reflective questions, meditation,
mindfulness, psychometric tests, feedback.
Stress Management: Stress, reasons and effects, identifying stress,
stress diaries, the four A's of stress management, techniques,
Approaches: action-oriented, emotion-oriented, acceptance- oriented,
resilience, Gratitude Training,
6
II Coping with emotions: Identifying and managing emotions, harmful
ways of dealing with emotions, PATH method and relaxation
techniques.
Morals, Values and Ethics: Integrity, Civic Virtue, Respect for
Others, Living Peacefully. Caring, Sharing, Honesty, Courage,
Valuing Time, Time management, Cooperation, Commitment,
Empathy, Self-Confidence, Character, Spirituality, Avoiding
Procrastination, Sense of Engineering Ethics.
Case studies on Morals and Ethics
21st century skills: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration,
Problem Solving, Decision Making, Need for Creativity in the 21st
century, Imagination, Intuition, Experience, Sources of Creativity,
III
Lateral Thinking, Myths of creativity, Critical thinking Vs Creative
thinking, Functions of Left Brain & Right brain, Convergent & 6
Divergent Thinking, Critical reading & Multiple Intelligence.

Steps in problem solving: Problem Solving Techniques, Six

Thinking Hats, Mind Mapping, Forced Connections. Analytical
Thinking, Numeric, symbolic, and graphic reasoning. Scientific
temperament and Logical thinking Thinking Hats, Mind Mapping,
Forced Connections.
Problem solving using Mind map/Six Thinking Hats
Group and Team Dynamics: Introduction to Groups: Composition,
formation, Cycle, thinking, clarifying expectations, Problem Solving,
Consensus, Dynamics techniques, Group vs Team, Team Dynamics,
6
IV Virtual Teams. Managing team performance and managing conflicts,
Intrapreneurship.
Group Discussion: Differences between group discussion and
debate; Ensuring success in group discussions.
Leadership: Leadership framework, entrepreneurial and moral
leadership, vision, cultural dimensions. Growing as a leader,
turnaround leadership, managing diverse stakeholders, crisis
6
management. Types of Leadership, Traits, Styles, VUCA
V Leadership, Levels of Leadership, Transactional vs Transformational
Leaders, Leadership Grid, Effective Leaders.
Presentation
Presentation Skills: Oral presentation and public speaking skills;
business presentations
Total hours 30
Life skills- Practical part- Total 15 hours

1. Activities based on Creative thinking tools - 3 hours
2. Case studies on Morals and Ethics - 3 hours
3. Problem solving using Mind map/Six Thinking Hats - 3 hours
4. Group Discussion: Differences between group discussion and debate;
Ensuring success in group discussions - 3 hours
5. Oral presentation and public speaking skills; business presentations - 3 hours
vi) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EVALUATION PATTERN
Mark distribution
Total ESE
CIE ESE
Marks Duration
100 50 50 2 hrs
Continuous Internal Evaluation : 50 marks
Attendance : 10 marks
Regular assessment : 15 marks
Series test (one test only, should include first three modules) : 25 marks

vii) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION PATTERN

Group Discussion (Marks: 9)
Create groups of about 6 students each and engage them on a GD on a suitable topic
for about 20 minutes. Parameters to be used for evaluation are as follows:
 Communication Skills : 3 marks
 Subject Clarity : 2marks
 Group Dynamics : 2 marks
 Behaviours & Mannerisms :2 marks
Presentation Skills (Marks: 6)
Identify a suitable topic and ask the students to prepare a presentation (preferably a
power point presentation) for about 10 minutes. Parameters to be used for
evaluation are as follows:
 Communication Skills : 2 marks
 Platform skills : 2 marks
 Subject Clarity/Knowledge : 2 marks
viii) END SEMESTER EXAMINATION PATTERN
Evaluation
Total Marks: 50 Time: 2 hrs

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Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Year 2020/Version

HS0U10A LIFE SKILLS HSC 2 0 2 - 2020

CO 1 Identify different skills required in personal and professional life. Understand

B. Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering Syllabus (Autonomous) 2020 1

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Steps in problem solving: Problem Solving Techniques, Six

Life skills- Practical part- Total 15 hours

Continuous Internal Evaluation : 50 marks

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vii) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION PATTERN

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