Department of Human Excellence


In 2020, the Department of Human Excellence revamped the entire syllabi of the above Courses with the following orientations:
1. The courses should be outcome-based, students-focussed and participatory
2. The syllabus must include discussion on contemporary life-issues and problems.

The Department’s courses are framed in the following way with a set of Programme Objectives, specific to the Department for an easy grasp:


 »  To read a variety of texts proficiently to demonstrate skills in writing and speaking, in comprehending, analyzing, and interpreting texts correlating to one’s life and environment.
 » To know and to familiarize oneself with the multiple reasons for the problems among individuals, groups, and society and from various angles, like culturally, socially, economically, and politically.
 »  To understand the need and to care for nature and an eco-centric life, and thus promote respect and reverence for all forms of life, as necessary values for the generations to come.
 »  To understand various dimensions of life skills and discipline for self-improvement and growth of nation.
 » To enhance religious and ethical values in oneself and the neighbourhood for safe and harmonious living, devoid of hate, prejudice, and one-sided thinking, and which is governed by equality, justice, peace, and fellowship.

»  I Foundation Courses: (For UG Year 1 & II, One Hour per week, and 4 Credits totally)
Sem Course Title
Personality Development I
Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship II
Environmental Studies III
Religious Literacy and Peace Ethics Faith and Reason (for Philosophy students) IV
»  II Soft Skills: (For UG I, II, & III Year, One Hour per week, and 2 Credits totally)
Sem Course Title
Basic Professional Skills I
Self-Development Skills II
Emotional & Motivational Skills III
Stress & Time Management Skills IV
Interview & Group Discussion Skills V
Leadership & Teambuilding Skills VI
»  III Communication Skills: (For UG I Year, One Hour per week, and 2 Credits totally)
Sem Course Title
Communication Skills I I
Communication Skills II II
»  IV Life Skills: (For PG I year, 4 Hours per week, and 2 Credits totally)
Sem Course Title
Life Skills Training II

The above-mentioned courses have various subject matters to teach as well as to imbibe values and skills proper for students. They roughly cover the areas of discovery of themselves from the present log and to see themselves grown up to this day in emotional as well as intelligence maturity. The overall Teaching & Learning are done through instruction, online Dash Board, PPT & Visual presentations, individual and groups performances like debates and group discussions, stage-performances, field visits, and extra-curricular activities.

The methodology of evaluation is something special to these courses. It is left to the innovative and creative ways of the staff and students, combined. The staff ensure that the students imbibe the value objectives and skills development specific to each course. It is not easy for the staff to handle all these areas of knowledge and skills. The Library holds sufficient study materials on the above courses, plus through the Internet access. To facilitate knowledge management and skills, the Department offers periodical orientation programmes to the staff as well as students. On the whole, it is a learning and growth process to both the faculty, who are more than 50, and the students.

ICT is generally used as the common tool of instruction and communication. The methods vary with teachers' creativity and students' participation. The methods of teaching and evaluation border on each other. They could be group discussions and stage performances, individual's creative expressions on the subject matter through art-forms and the like, field visits and experience sharing, and other usual forms like assignments, etc. Depending on the subject matter, the communication methods vary. Students generally show attention and interest in the class dynamics, which indeed is satisfying to teachers and students.

The great challenge rests upon the teacher to equip oneself on various concepts, problems, and issues, their shades and shores, like personality, society, nation, and the globe. The second challenge is how to evince interest in students. Hence, Staff training becomes important.


In the year 2019-20 alone, the faculty and students had profited by the following programmes, either separately or combined, and much of these through online in the year 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All these programmes directly and indirectly have conveyed the necessary life-values and the way of tackling life-situations.

1.Foundational Values through Posters

2.Orientation programme to the Dept staff handling First UG students on Personality Tests

3.Orientation programme to the Dept staff handling Second UG students on Familiarity with Nature and Saving the Environment

4.Students’ literary acumen and skills exhibition Enhancing Personality

5.Short-skit performance and exhibit by students on World Environment Day

6.Human Solidarity Day was celebrated along with Part V students with a mega Signature Campaign to promote Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation in the context of Fundamentalism and Casteism.

7.Department seminar for the First UG students (both shift I and II together) on Human Rights: Contemporary Challenges

8.Department seminar for the Second UG students (both shift I and II together) on Religions: Ethics of Peace and Harmony

Syllabus

Undergraduate