MAVAC016 Soft Skill Development

BOARD OF STUDIES (BoS)

Chairman - Fr. Joseph Alancheril, Vice-Principal, (Asst. prof. Department of Management Studies)                  

Members -

Dr.Swapnesh Subramanian (External Resource Person, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, RIT Kottayam)

Mr. Abhilash V (HOD, Department of Electronics)

Mr. Wilson P. Victor (Department of English)

Mrs. Meera Elizabeth Augustine (Asst. prof. Department of Management Studies)

Mr. Siju Thomas (HOD, Department of Social Work)

Mrs. Asha Maria Paul (Asst. Prof. Department of Social Work)

Mr. Georgekutty Sebastian (Asst. Prof. Department of Commerce)

INTRODUCTION

Soft skills are personal attributes that influence how well you can work or interact with others. This Value-Added Course aims to identify and polish the Soft Skills of the student community along with their hard skills and thereby by making them empowered, confident and masters. Soft Skill training helps to communicate effectively with co-workers, employers, clients and customers, friends and family members

Aim of the programme

Leverage student’s career competency by developing soft skills.

Eligibility for admissions

All UG and PG students from various departments of the college. The number of intakes to the course is limited. The course can be offered only if there are at least 5 students opting for it.

Medium of Instruction: English.

Duration of the course

The duration of value-added course is 30 hours (including the hours of final examination) of which 15hrs theory and 15hrs for laboratory/demonstration/experimental activities and the course can have a maximum of three hours a day.

The value-added courses will be offered beyond the usual class hours and days of the college. The value-added course will be a blend of theory classes / experimental learning / project-based learning / assignments / activity-based learning.

Course objectives

Enable students to adjust to the frustrations and challenges they will encounter in their adult life, as well as the demands of work. Mastering soft skills help students learn, live and work better.

Course outcomes (Cos)

• It helps to improve your communication skills
• It helps to improve interpersonal relationships
• It helps to be a better team player
• It helps to improve your leadership quality
• It helps to manage your time
• It improves your presentation skills
• It helps to manage your stress
• It enhances your thinking and problem-solving skills

Evaluation

1. The value-added courses shall be evaluated through an examination at the end of the course.
2. The duration of examination is two hours.
3. The total marks of the examination shall be 100

Pattern of questions Paper

4. A committee consisting of the Head of the Department, the course coordinator and a senior faculty member nominated by the Head of the department shall monitor the evaluation process.
5. The list of students along with the marks and the grades earned may be forwarded to the Principal/Chief Superintendent of Examinations.
6. The Dept. course coordinator is responsible for maintaining and processing the record with regard to the course, assessment marks and results.
7. Certificates will be issued to those students with 75% attendance, timely submission of assignment and project and a minimum of 40% marks in the qualifying examination.

Grading Pattern

Grades are given on a 7-point scale based on the total percentage of marks, (ISA+ESA) as given below: -