Course Outcomes (Cos):
Course Outcome |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
On completion of this course, the students will be able to; CO 154: Analyze the needs of understanding human values CO 155: Exploring various forms of human values for living in harmony CO 156: Assess their own human values and demonstrate knowledge towards meaningfully contributing to the development of an equitable and just society |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, field visit, workshops
Learning activities for the students: Presentations |
Viva and Presentation |
Methodology:
The students will learn and undertake various Universal Human Values in the semester. Various guest lectures, field visits, awareness drives, workshops and seminars will be organized to fulfil the objectives of this paper.
Students will have to undertake a project to assess their own human values and demonstrate knowledge of human values learned in different social settings for the semester. At the end of each semester students will be evaluated on the basis of the project report prepared related to the work done in the field of exploring universal human values.
Various activities for the semester are as follows:
CONTENT
Understanding the various forms of Universal Human Values: Renunciation (Sacrifice), Constitutional Values, Justice and Human Rights, Service, Integral Human Well-being, Gratitude, Relationship and Family, Role of individual in Society
Exploring different forms of Universal Human Values through; case studies, simulated situation, guest lectures, awareness programmes, workshops, real life examples of people who are remembered in history for practicing human values.
• R R Gaur, R Sangal, G P Bagaria, A Foundation Course in Human Values and Professional Ethics. Excel Books.
• Kumar Saroj, Nayyer Sheenu, Universal Human Values and Professional Ethics, Thakur Publications Pvt. Ltd.
• B P Banerjee, Foundations of Ethics and Management, Excel Books.
• A.N. Tripathy, Human Values, New Age International Publishers.
Suggested Readings
• M Govindrajran, S Natrajan & V.S. Senthil Kumar, Engineering Ethics (including Human Values), Eastern Economy Edition, Prentice Hall of India Ltd.
• B L Bajpai, 2004, Indian Ethos and Modern Management, New Royal Book Co., Lucknow. Reprinted 2008.
• PL Dhar, RR Gaur, Science and Humanism, Commonwealth Purblishers.
• Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, William W. Behrens III, limits to Growth, Club of Rome’s Report, Universe Books.
• A Nagraj, Jeevan Vidya ek Parichay, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak.
• E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered, Blond & Briggs, Britain.
E-Resource
• Kumar Saroj, Nayyer Sheenu Universal Human Values and Professional Ethics, Thakur Publications Pvt. Ltd. ( Kindle Version)
• Value Education Website http://uhv.ac.in, http://www.uptu.ac.in
• Story of Stuff, http://www.storyofstuff.com
• Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Paramount Classics, USA
• Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times, United Artists, USA
• IIT Delhi, Modern Technology – the Untold Story
• Gandhi A., Right Here Right Now, Cyclewala Productions
Journals
• Journal of Human Values