POs, PSOs & Cos

PO 1.Critical Thinking:

1.1. Acquire the ability to apply the basic tenets of logic and science to thoughts, actions and interventions.
1.2. Develop the ability to chart out a progressive direction for actions and interventions bylearning to recognize the presence of hegemonic ideology within certain dominant notions.
1.3. Develop self-critical abilities and the ability to view positions, problems and socialissues from plural perspectives.

PO 2.Effective Citizenship:

2.1. Learn to participate in nation building by adhering to the principles of sovereignty of thenation, socialism, secularism, democracy and the values that guide a republic.
2.2. Develop and practice gender sensitive attitudes, environmental awareness, empathetic social awareness about various kinds of marginalisation and the ability to understand and resist various kinds of discriminations.
2.3. Internalise certain highlights of the nation’s and region’s history. Especially of the freedommovement, the renaissance within native societies and the project of modernisation of the postcolonialsociety.

PO 3.Effective Communication:

3.1. Acquire the ability to speak, write, read and listen clearly in person and through electronicmedia in both English and in one Modern Indian Language
3.2. Learn to articulate, analyse, synthesise, and evaluate ideas and situations in a well- informed manner.
3.3. Generate hypotheses and articulate assent or dissent by employing both reason and creativethinking.

PO 4.Interdisciplinarity:

4.1. Perceive knowledge as an organic, comprehensive, interrelated and integrated faculty of the human mind.
4.2. Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development as a basicinterdisciplinary concern of all disciplines.
4.3. Develop aesthetic, social, humanistic and artistic sensibilities for problem solving andevolving a comprehensive perspective.

COMMON COURSE I Communicative English

CO 1: Understand and apply the rubrics of English grammar
CO 2: Recognize and apply the basic patterns in English vocabulary
CO 3: Read and elicit data, information, inferences and interpretations based on a given material in English
CO 4: Develop the ability to speak in English in real life situations
CO 5: Elicit necessary information after listening to an audio material in English
CO 6: Compose academic and non-academic writings including letters, paragraphs and essays on a given topic and CV’s for specific purposes.

COMMON COURSE 2. Readings on Kerala

CO 1: Understand the basic facts and patterns regarding the cultural evolution of Kerala through articles, poems, stories, life writings and historical narratives.
CO 2: Acquaint with the life and works of the illustrious leaders of Kerala Renaissance and the major events.
CO 3: Assimilate the notion of Kerala as an emerging society and critically examine the salient features of its evolution.
CO 4: Understand the evolution and contemporary state of the concept of “gender” with reference to Kerala
CO 5: Understand the form and content of Kerala’s struggle against “casteism” and for “secularism”
CO 6: Develop an awareness about the ecological problems and issues in Kerala

COMMON COURSE 3. Readings on Life and Nature

CO 1: Understand the basic themes and issues related to ecology through articles, poems, stories, life writings and historical narratives.
CO 2: Assume ecologically friendly attitudes in events related to everyday life.
CO 3: Identify the specific ecological problems related to Kerala.
CO 4: Identify the major ecological movements around the world and within the country.
CO 5: Ability to express specific opinions when confronted with ecology/development binary.
CO 6: Identify the major or minor ecological issues happening around the student’s native place.

COMMON COURSE 4. Readings on Gender

CO 1: Understand the basic themes and issues related to gender through articles, poems, stories, life writings and historical narratives.
CO 2: Understand the basic topics related to gender studies.
CO 3: Understand gender as a social construct and also as a site of struggle.
CO 4: Critically engage with certain seminal topics that have become a part of gender studies.
CO 5: Understand the basic gender issues faced by Kerala.
CO 6: Appreciate and use gender sensitive and politically right terms and usages in everyday life.

COMMON COURSE 5. Readings on Democracy and Secularism

CO 1: Understand the relationship between higher education and nation building.
CO 2: Understand the basic Constitutional values and themes through articles, poems, stories, life writings and historical narratives.
CO 3: Evolve a deeper understanding and appreciation of the meaning of the words sovereignty, socialism, secularism and democracy in the Indian context.
CO 4: Appreciate the relationship between higher education and the Constitutional directives regarding “scientific temper” and “the spirit of enquiry”.
CO 5: Appreciate the prevalence of “human rights” as a prerequisite for democratic living.

COMMON COURSE 6. Readings on Philosophy of Knowledge Course Outcomes

CO 1: Understand the basic issues related to construction and acquisition of knowledge through articles, poems, stories, life writings and historical narratives.
CO 2: Understand the relationship between higher education and nation building.
CO 3: Evolve a deeper understanding of disciplines, multi-disciplinary approaches, interdisciplinary approaches and the various systems of knowledge.
CO 4: Understand knowledge as a social construct and the dynamics of paradigm shifts.
CO 5: Understand the epistemological and ontological factors within higher education
CO 6: 6.Understand logical fallacies and apply critical thinking.