This course will enable the students to –
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MTM 320 |
Universal Human Values-I |
CO 110Evaluating the significance of understanding human values for well-being CO 111Exploring various forms of human values for living in harmony CO 112Assess their own human values and demonstrate knowledge CO 113of human values learned in different social settings. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, field visit, workshops
Learning activities for the students: Presentations |
Viva and Presentation |
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Methodology:
The students will learn and explore 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:
Contents
Introduction to Universal Human Values: Meaning, Objectives, Significance of Universal Human Values for human well-being, Need for harmony and continuous happiness.
Understanding forms of Universal Human Values: Truth, Love, Peace, trust, Righteous conduct and Non-Violence 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 and contemporary for practicing human values.
Essential Readings
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.