foundation courses syllabus 01122015

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Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education :

Hyderabad

As a part of curriculum upgradations, the UG syllabus in modified. Besides languages

and core subjects of study, the following are the details proposed for Foundation / Sill

enhancement !ourses to be offered at UG le"el from #$%&'%(. )he Syllabus of

Foundation !ourse *!ommunication Sills and Soft Sills+ is gi"en separately.

1. Foundation Courses:

. Semester - uman alues and 0rofessional 1thics 2Syllabus appended3

.Semester - 1n"ironment Studies

.Semester- !iti4enship 1ducation

FOUNDATON COU!SE" HU#AN $A%UES AND P!OFESSONA% ETHCS

Co&&on for 'A('Co&('Sc(''A('CA Progra&&es Se&ester

Unit) : ntroduction to $alue Education

1. Value Education, Defnition, Concept and Need or Value Education2. The Content and Process o Value Education3. Basic Guidelines or Value Education. !el E"planation as a #eans o Value Education$. %appiness and Prosperit& as parts o Value Education

Unit) : Har&ony in the Hu&an 'eing

1. %u#an Bein' is #ore than (ust the Bod&

2. %ar#on& o the !el )*+- ith the Bod&3. /nderstandin' 0&sel as Coe"istence o the !el and the Bod&. /nderstandin' Needs o the !el and the Needs o the Bod&$. /nderstandin' the ctiities in the !el and ctiities in the Bod&

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Unit) : Har&ony in the Fa&ily and Society and Har&ony in theNature

1. 5a#il& as a 6asic unit o %u#an +nteraction and Values in 7elationships2. The Basics or respect and toda&s Crisis 8 9ection, Care, Guidance,

7eerence, Glor&, Gratitude and :oe

3. Co#prehensie %u#an Goal 8 The 5ie di#ensions o %u#anEndeaour. %ar#on& in Nature 8 The 5our orders in Nature$. The %olistic Perception o har#on& in E"istence

Unit)$ : Social Ethics

1. The Basics or Ethical %u#an conduct2. Deects in Ethical %u#an Conduct3. %olistic lternatie and /niersal order. /niersal %u#an ;rder and Ethical Conduct

$. %u#an 7i'hts iolation and !ocial Disparities

Unit)$ : Professional Ethics

1. Value Based :ie and Proession2. Proessional Ethics and 7i'ht /nderstandin'3. Co#petence in Proessional Ethics. +ssues in Proessional Ethics < The Current scenario$. Vision or %olistic Technolo'ies, Production !&ste# and 0ana'e#ent

0odels

7eerence Boo=s 8

1. .N.Tripat&, %u#an Values, Ne 'e +nternational Pu6lishers, 24432. Ba(pai.B.:., +ndian Ethos and 0odern 0ana'e#ent, Ne 7o&al Boo=

Co., :uc=no, 7eprinted, 2443. Bertrand 7ussell, %u#an !ociet& in Ethics and Politics. Corliss :a#ont, Philosoph& o %u#anis#$. Gaur.7.7., !an'al.7, Ba'aria.G.P., 5oundation Course in Value

Education, E"cel Boo=s, 244>?. Gaur.7.7., !an'al.7, Ba'aria.G.P., Teachers 0anual, E"cel Boo=s, 244>

@. +.C.!har#a, Ethical Philosoph& o +ndia, Na'in A Co., ulundhar. 0orti#er..dler, hat 0an has 0ade o 0an>. 7.!u6ra#anian, Proessional Ethics, ;"ord /niersit& Press14. Te"t Boo= or +nter#ediate Ethics and %u#an Values, Board o

+nter#ediate Education A Telu'u cade#&, %&dera6ad11. illia# :ill&, +ntroduction to Ethics, llied Pu6lishers

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FOUNDATON COU!SEEN$!ON#ENTA% STUDES


Unit) : Natural !esources

The 0ultidisciplinar& nature o Eniron#ental !tudies. Defnition, scope and

i#portance. Need or pu6lic aareness. 7enea6le and nonrenea6leresources8 Natural resources and associated pro6le#s

5orest recourses8 /se and oere"ploitation, deorestation, casestudies. Ti#6er e"traction, #inin', da#s and their e9ects on orestsand tri6al people

ater resources8 use and oer < utiliation o surace and 'roundater, Foods, drou'ht, conFicts oer ater, da#s 6enefts andpro6le#s

0ineral resources8 /se and e"ploitation, eniron#ental e9ects oe"tractin' and usin' #ineral resources, case studies

5ood resources8 orld ood pro6le#s, chan'es caused 6& a'riculture

and oer'rain', e9ects o #odern a'riculture, ertilier pesticidepro6le#s, ater lo''in', salinit&, case studies

Ener'& resources Groin' ener'& needs, renea6le andnonrenea6le ener'& sources, use o alternate ener'& sources, casestudies

:and resources8 :and as resources, land de'radation, #an inducedlandslides, soil erosion and desertifcation

a. 7ole o an indiidual in conseration o natural resources6. Euita6le use o resources or sustaina6le liest&les

Unit) : Ecosyste&s* 'iodi+ersity and its conser+ation

Concept o an ecos&ste# !tructure and unction o an ecos&ste# Producers, consu#ers and deco#posers Ener'& Fo in the ecos&ste# Ecolo'ical succession 5ood chains, ood e6s and ecolo'ical p&ra#ids +ntroduction, t&pes, characteristic eatures, structure and unction o

the olloin' ecos&ste#8 5orest ecos&ste#, Grassland ecos&ste#,Desert ecos&ste#, uatic ecos&ste#s )ponds, strea#s, la=es, riers,oceans, estuaries-

+ntroduction < Defnition 'enetic, species and ecos&ste# diersit&

Bio'eo'raphicall& classifcation o +ndia Value o 6iodiersit&8 Consu#ptie use, productie use, social, ethical

aesthetic and option alues Biodiersit& at 'lo6al, National and local leels +ndia as a #e'a < diersit& nation %otspots o 6iodiersit& Threats to 6iodiersit& ha6its loss, poachin' o ildlie, #an ildlie

conFicts Endan'ered and ende#ic species o +ndia

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Conseration o 6iodiersit&8 +nsitu and E"situ conseration o6iodiersit&

Unit) : En+iron&ental Pollution Defnition Causes, e9ects and control #easures o 8

a. ir pollution6. ater pollutionc. !oil pollutiond. 0arine pollutione. Noise pollution. Ther#al pollution'. Nuclear pollution

!olid aste #ana'e#ent8 Causes, e9ects and control #easures our6an and industrial astes

7ole o indiidual in preention o pollution Disaster #ana'e#ent8 Foods, earthua=e, c&clone and landslidesUnit)$ : Social ssues and the En+iron&ent 5ro# /nsustaina6le to !ustaina6le deelop#ent /r6an pro6le#s related to ener'& ater conseration, rain ater harestin', atershed #ana'e#ent 7esettle#ent and reha6ilitation o peopleH its pro6le#s and concerns

Case studies Cli#ate chan'e, 'lo6al ar#in', acid rain, oone la&er depletion,

nuclear accidents and holocaust, case studies asteland recla#ation, Consu#eris# and aste products Eniron#ent protection ct ir )Preention and control o Pollution- ct ater )Preention and control o Pollution- ct ildlie Protection ct, 5orest Conseration ct +ssues inoled in enorce#ent o eniron#ental le'islation Pu6lic aarenessUnit)$ : Hu&an Po,ulation and the En+iron&ent

Population 'roth , ariation a#on' nations Population e"plosion 5a#il& elare Pro'ra##e Eniron#ent and hu#an health %u#an 7i'hts Value Education %+VI+D! o#en and Child elare 7ole o +nor#ation Technolo'& in Eniron#ent and hu#an healt

7eerence Boo=s 81. Eniron#ental !tudies )or NonEn'ineerin' !tudents- 6& Pro.

B.!udha=ara 7edd&, Pro. T.!hia(i 7ao, Pro. /.Tata(i and Pro.J.Purushotha# 7edd&, pu6lished 6& 0aruthi Pu6lications, Guntur.)prescri6ed 6& P!C%E-

2. Eniron#ental !tudies 6& Dr.0.!at&anara&ana,Dr.0.V.7.J.Narasi#hachar&ulu, Dr.G.7a#6a6u and Dr.V.Vie=aVardhani, Pu6lished 6& Telu'u cade#&, %&dera6ad.

3. Eniron#ental !tudies 6& 7.C.!har#a, Gur6ir !an'ha, pu6lished 6&Jal&ani Pu6lishers.

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. Eniron#ental !tudies 6& Purni#a !#arath, pu6lished 6& Jal&aniPu6lishers.

FOUNDATON COU!SE CT-ENSHP EDUCATON


Unit . :Citien and citienship < 7ole o the Citien in the !tate and!ociet&.

Unit . :+ndian Constitution and Citienship < !ocial Econo#ic andPolitical ustice < 7i'ht to +nor#ation ct < 5eatures pplications andBenefts ) supre#e E"pression o Popular !oerei'nt&-.

Unit . :%u#an 7i'hts and 5unda#ental 7i'hts < Consu#er 7i'hts andProtection < )Consu#er Protection ct 1>?-

Unit . $ :5unda#ental Duties o a Citien.

Unit . $ :%u#anitarianis# and Citienship < !ocial Eualit& oach, ane

Setter, and ohn 1sling

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Euir, >andolph and Sydney Greenbaum 2%;53 A ni!ersity "rammar of English.

arlow- oberts, >achael, oanne Gaonga, and Andrew 0reshous 2#$$83)E#&S *oundation+

Student,s Book. @:ford- 9acmillan

1ducation

>oberts, >achael, oanne Gaonga, and Andrew 0reshous 2#$$83)E#&S *oundation+

Study Skills. @:ford- 9acmillan1ducation

S)M)ST)* + &

COMMUNICATION SKIS AN! SOFT SKIS+2 "CSS ,2(

!uration: A minimum o- , /ours "includin0 #ractice(

)amination: As mentioned a7o$e

COU*S) CONT)NT

Unit I: 5oca7ular8 9uildin0 ",6 /ours(

%a. 0refi:es and Suffi:es

%b. !on"ersion

%c. !ompounding#. @ne'=ord Substitutes

5. =ords @ften !onfused

8. Synonyms and Antonyms

&. dioms and 0hrases

(. Using the ?ictionary 2Ad"anced


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%. !on"ersation Sills

#. 0resentation Sills

5. nter"iew Sills

8. 0ublic Speaing

Unit III: ritin0 Skills+1 ",6 /ours(

%. Spelling

#. 0unctuation5. nformation )ransfer

o )ables

o Bar !harts

o esume and !

Unit 5: So-t Skills "12 /ours(

%. 0ositi"e Attitude

#. Body


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Euir, >andolph and Sydney Greenbaum 2%;53 A ni!ersity "rammar of English.

arlow- osalind, 1d. 2%#3Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms. 0enguin

Cam/ridge )nternational Dictionary of Phrasal 0er/s

Cam/ridge )nternational Dictionary of )dioms

=yatt, >awdon 2#$$D3 Check 1our 0oca/ulary for )E#&S. @:ford- 9acmillan 1ducationCageshwar >ao and >ajendra 0. ?as 2#$$3 Communication Skills. 9umbai- imalaya

0ublishing ouse

Seely, ohn 2%D 23ford "uide to Effecti!e riting and Speaking. @U0Baer, Alan 2#$$;3)mpro!e 1our Communication Skills. Cew ?elhi- ogan 0age

9andal S..Effecti!e Communication and Pu/lic Speaking. 9umbai- aico 0ublishing

ouseBailey, S. 2#$%%3Academic riting+ A 4and/ook for )nternational Students. outledge- %.& HFinding ey points and note'maingI

>oberts, >achael, oanne Gaonga, and Andrew 0reshous 2#$$83 )E#&S *oundation+

Student,s Book. @:ford- 9acmillan

1ducation

>oberts, >achael, oanne Gaonga, and Andrew 0reshous 2#$$83 )E#&S *oundation+

Study Skills. @:ford- 9acmillan1ducation

edge, )ricia 2%DD3 riting, >esource Boos for )eachers Series. @U0

=ithrow, ean 2%D;3 Effecti!e riting+ riting Skills for )ntermediate Students of

American English.

!U0Booher, ?ianna 2#$$;3E-riting. 9acmillan ndia amesh Gopalaswamy, and 9ahade"an >amesh 2#$%$3 &he ACE of Soft Skills. 0earson

0ease, Allan, and Barbara 0ease 2#$$&3 &he Definiti!e Book of Body #anguage. Bhopal-

9anjul 0ublishing ouse

S)M)ST)* + '

COMMUNICATION SKIS AN! SOFT SKIS+&"CSS ,&(

ACA!)MIC *ITIN4

!uration: A minimum o- , /ours "includin0 #ractice(

)amination: As mentioned a7o$e

Course !escri#tion

)he course is designed to enable undergraduate learners to cope with academic tass tobe carried out in 1nglish across the curriculum. )he course proceeds from organi4ing

paragraphs to writing essays. t intends to e7uip learners with the sills of paraphrasing

and summari4ing. t also aims at maing them understand and produce written te:ts in

1nglish for different functions in academic settings. Since most of the students at the UG

le"el are e:pected to write assignments and essays, the course also aims at de"eloping

1nglish language sills for writing essays.

Course O7;ecti$es

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By the end of the course, the students should be able to

write coherent paragraphs with both e:plicit and implicit cohesi"e de"icesJ

paraphrase and summari4e ideas from other sources to build into their te:tsJ

write different types of te:ts based on the purpose of writingJ

de"elop outlines for essays before de"eloping them into essaysJ

write cogent essays based on the purpose.

COU*S) CONT)NT

Unit I: Or0ani


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)ypes of essays

=riting introductions to essays

o Uni"erse, Gala:y, and Star

o =riting thesis statements and o"er"iews

?e"eloping ideas in essays

=riting conclusions to essays

1ssay specific "ocabulary and )ransitional words for achie"ing

cohesion in essays

Sources

Bailey, S. 2#$%%3Academic riting+ A 4and/ook for )nternational Students. outledge

ordan, >. 2%3Academic riting Course.


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M 9emory ?e"ices M Software, ardware, Firmware and 0eople ware M ?efinition and

)ypes of @perating System M Functions of an @perating System M 9S'?@S M 9S'

=indows M ?estop, !omputer, ?ocuments, 0ictures, 9usic, ideos, >ecycle Bin, )as

Bar M !ontrol 0ane

Unit+II : MS+ord 1, /ours

Features of 9S'=ord M 9S'=ord =indow !omponents M !reating, 1diting, Formatting and

0rinting of ?ocuments M eaders and Footers M nsert/?raw )ables, )able Auto format M

0age Borders and Shading M nserting Symbols, Shapes, =ord Art, 0age Cumbers,

17uations M Spelling and Grammar M )hesaurus M 9ail 9erge

Unit+III : MS+o=eroint 1, /ours

Features of 0ower0oint M !reating a Blan 0resentation ' !reating a 0resentation using a

)emplate ' nserting and ?eleting Slides in a 0resentation M Adding !lip Art/0ictures '

nserting @ther @bjects, Audio, ideo ' >esi4ing and Scaling of an @bject M Slide

)ransition M !ustom Animation

Unit+I5 : MS+)cel 1,

/ours

@"er"iew of 1:cel features M !reating a new worsheet, Selecting cells, 1ntering and editing

)e:t, Cumbers, Formulae, >eferencing cells M nserting >ows/!olumns M!hanging column

widths and row heights, auto format, changing font si4es, colors, shading and attributes M

?ata Sorting and Filters M Functions M Functions re7uiring Add'ins, Functions by category

M !reating different types of !harts M nstant charts with the !hart wi4ard M 0rinting,

?eleting charts

Unit+5 : MS+Access 1, /ours

@"er"iew of 9S'Access M !reating a Simple ?atabase and )ables M )he Access )able =i4ard

M !reating ?atabase )ables without the wi4ard M Field Cames, ?ata )ypes and 0roperties M

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1ntering and 1diting ?ata- Adding >ecords, Finding, Sorting and ?isplaying ?ata- Eueries

and ?ynasets M !reating and using select Eueries M >elational ?atabases- )ypes of

>elationships, !reating and ?eleting >elationships M 0rinting >eports- Simple table, Form

and ?atabase printing

>eference Boos -

%. Fundamentals of !omputers by .>aja >aman, 0ublishers - 0

#. Fundamentals of !omputers by >eema )hareja, 0ublishers - @:ford Uni"ersity 0ress,

ndia

5. 9icrosoft @ffice #$%$ Bible by ohn =alenbach, erb )yson, 9ichael >.Groh and

Faithe =empen, 0ublishers - =iley

S/%% ENHANCE#ENT COU!SENFO!#ATON 1 CO##UNCATON TECHNO%O02

Pa,er Title : nternet Funda&entals and 4eb ToolsCo&&on for 'A('Co&('Sc(''A('CA Progra&&es

$ Se&ester

Unit+I : Fundamentals o- Internet and its A##lications 1, /ours

Cetworing !oncepts, ?ata !ommunication M )ypes of Cetworing, nternet and its Ser"ices,

nternet Addressing M nternet Applications M !omputer iruses and its types M Browser M

)ypes of Browsers M Using nternet 1:plorer, Standard nternet 1:plorer Buttons, 1ntering

a =eb Site Address, Searching the nternet M ntroduction to Social Cetworing- twitter,

tumblr,


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Basic )9< M =eb )erminology M Structure of a )9< ?ocument M )9, eading, Font, mage and Anchor )ags M

?ifferent types of aymond Greenlaw and 1llen epp, 0ublishers - )9

#. ?reamwea"er !S( in 1asy Steps - speedy path to Grasp the eytools, %/e ' by Cic

andone, 0ublishers - 9cGraw ill

5. Sams )each yourself ?reamwea"er !S& in #8 ours M By Bruce, 0ublishers- 0earson

ndia

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C( 'thSemester 2i3 1ntrepreneurship 1ducation

2ii3 Analytical Sills

P2iii3 Subject specific course.

"i( )ntre#reneurshi# )ducation

Unit+I: )ntre#reneur% )nter#rise and )ntre#reneurshi#:

Functions, !haracteristics, )ypes, 1thics and social responsibilities of an entrepreneur,

1ntrepreneur "ersus 0rofessional manager, 1ntrepreneurial culture, !oncept of

entrepreneurship, >ole of 1ntrepreneurship in economic de"elopment, 1ntrepreneurship

training, 1?0+s, =omen entrepreneurship, >ural entrepreneurship, )ourism

entrepreneurship, Agri'preneurship.

Unit+II: )ntre#reneurial moti$ation and com#etencies:

9eaning of entrepreneurial moti"ation, theories, factors, achie"ement moti"ation, meaning

of entrepreneurial competency, major entrepreneurial competencies.

Unit+III: Micro and small enter#rises:

?efinition of 9icro and Small 1nterprises, !haracteristics, Scope of 9icro and Small

1nterprises, >ole of 9icro and Small 1nterprises in economic de"elopment, 0roblems of

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Unit+5: 4o$ernment #olic8 -or Micro and Small )nter#rises:

)a:ation policy and benefits, ncenti"e policy program, ndustrial policy resolutions, new

small enterprise policy %%, 9icro small and medium enterprise de"elopment 29S91?3

Act'#$$(, Go"ernment support to small scale industries during plan period.

*e-erences:

%. ?r.S.S.hana - )ntre#reneurial !e$elo#ment2S. !hand3

#. asant ?esai- The !8namics o- )ntre#reneurial !e$elo#ment and Mana0ement

2imalaya 0ublishing ouse35. >obert ? isrich, 9ichael 0 0eters, ?ean A Shepherd- )ntre#reneurshi# 2)A)A

9cG>A= . ?uane reland- )ntre#reneurshi#20earson3&. )homas = Qimmerer, Corman 9 Scarborough- )ssentials o- )ntre#reneurshi# and

small 7usiness mana0ement20rentice'all ndia3

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"ii( Anal8tical Skills

IndeSection+1 Arithmetic

Sl.No. To#ic a0e

Unit+I

% %.% B@?9AS 5# %.# Fractions and ?ecimals '% &

5 %.# Fractions and ?ecimals '# D

8 %.5 Algebraic Formulae %$

& %.8 ?i"isibility >ules %5

( %.&

Unit+2

D #.% >atios L 0roportions ##

#.# 0ercentages'%

#(%$ #.# 0ercentages'#

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# &.# )ime L wor'%

(;'(5$ &.# )ime L wor'#

5% &.5 0roblems on )rains ;$';%

Unit+3

5# (.% 0ermutations and !ombinations'%

;5';&

55 (.% 0ermutations and !ombinations'#

58 (.% 0ermutations and !ombinations'5

5& )est'#

5( (.# 0robability'%

;('D#5; (.# 0robability'#

Unit+?

5D ;.% Areas

D8'D;5 ;.# olumes

8$ Surface Areas

Secction+2 *easonin0

i( 5er7al *easonin0

Unit 6

8% D.% Cumber Series

$'88# )est'5

85 D.# Cumber Analogy &'D

88 D.5 @dd 9an @ut

'%$%8& !oding L ?ecoding'%

8( !oding L ?ecoding'#

Unit+@

8; .% Blood >elations'%

%$5'%%$8D .% Blood >elations'#

8 .% Blood >elations'5

&$ .# ?irection Sense )est'%

%%%'%#%&% .# ?irection Sense )est'#

.5 Seating Arrangement

%##'%#(&5 .5 Seating ArrangementUnit 1,

&8 %$.% 0roblems sol"ing )echni7ues and easoning %#D'%#

&& %$.# >aning and )ime Se7uence )est'%

%5$'%5(&( )est'8

&; %$.# >aning and )ime Se7uence )est'#

&D %$.5 9athematical @perations

& %$.5 9athematical @perations

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%5;'%5($ %$.5 9athematical @perations

Unit 11

(% %%.% !locs %8%'%85

(# %%.# !alendars %88'%8;

ii( Non 5er7al *easonin0

Unit 12

(5 %#.% Series'%

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(( %#.5 ncomplete Figure 0atterns(; %#.8 Figure matri:

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