Available courses

ACADEMIC WRITING &RESEARCH

The ability to communicate effectively in English is essential for a researcher. A course on Academic Writing & Research will help the learners on the academic writing skills to be prepared for an academic or professional world. Readings and assignments cover major components of academic writing, including genre-specific rhetorical organization and styles, data commentaries, paraphrasing, summarization, and citation.

COURSE DURATION

This course will be three months long and will be conducted in hybrid mode. The theory and practical sessions will receive equal weightage.

Course Specific Outcomes:

CO1: Craft texts in different genres (e.g., summary, problem statement, annotations, etc.).

CO2: Produce an original academic research paper in your field of studies.

CO3: Practice analysis in written form through synthesis of academic papers. 

CO4: Provide constructive feedback to peers on their written work, and address issues identified by the instructor and peers when revising one’s own written work.

CO5: Correctly use the preferred citation style (e.g., APA, MLA) in your field of studies.

CO6: Use standard written English’s conventions or grammar, spelling, and punctuation.


Social Gerontology

The course is designed to orient the students towards the changing age composition of different societies and its implications; and also to critically reflect on the methods and techniques to conduct research in gerontology.

Advocacy and Behaviour Change Communication

Learning Outcome:

  1. To learn about communication system, new information and technology and its application.
  2. To develop an insight on Behaviour Change Communication.
  3. To apply BCC approach in environment and health promotion and sustainable development activities.

 Course Outcome:

CO1: Demonstrate skills in using tools to assess human behaviour

CO2: To impart skills on carrying out research, design, development, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of C4D interventions

CO3: To facilitate on the field exposure to techniques of designing and developing effective C4D strategies, interventions for social transformation.

Course Instructor: Sithara Balan V

Programme Design and Evaluation

The course aims to:

1. Understand the key concepts and skills in effective programme design and evaluation.

2. Demonstrate the ability to develop, implement and constructively evaluate programme and evaluation plans.

3. Develop tools for monitoring and evaluation of extension programmes.

Course Coordinator: Dr. Sithara Balan V


Women and Gender Studies

This course is designed to:

1. appreciate gender as a socio-cultural constraint.

2. understand the concept, need, relevance and dimension's of women's empowerment, programmes and policies to empower women.

3. enable students to identify gender disparities, imbalances and problems of women.

4. gain an understanding of legal and other support systems aimed at women's empowerment.

5. develop gender concerns in students and work for creating a gender just society.

Population Studies

Objectives:

This course aims to-

1. Know the problems of population explosion

2. Understand various trends in population- India vs Global

Learning Outcome:

By the end of this course, the participant will be able to understand the changing trends in the population growth across the globe.

Mode of learning:  Online

Course Resources and Activities: Video Tutorials/ Lecture notes/ Activities/ Quiz/ Assignments

Course Instructor:  Dr.Sithara Balan V