Model Syllabus of Courses

Ability/Skill Enhancement
STATE MODEL SYLLABUS FOR UNDER
GRADUATE
COURSE IN
ABILITY/SKILL ENHANCEMENT
(+3 Arts, Science &Commerce Examination)

UNDER
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (AECC I)

SEMESTER – I
FOR UNDER GRADUATE ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE – 2019-20
FULL MARKS: 100

TIME: 3 HOURS END SEMESTER: 80

TIME: 1 HOUR MID SEMESTER: 20

Unit – I

The Environment: The Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Biosphere, Ecology, Ecosystem,

Biogeochemical Cycle (Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle), Environment Pollution: Air Pollution,
Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Radiation Pollution.

Unit – II
Population Ecology: Individuals, Species, Pollution, Community, Control Methods of
Population, Urbanization and its effects on Society, Communicable Diseases and its
Transmission, Non-Communicable Diseases.

Unit- III
Environmental Movements in India: Grass root Environmental movements in India, Role of
women, Environmental Movements in Odisha, State Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution
Control Board.

Unit –IV

Natural Resources: Conservation of Natural Resources, Management and Conservation of

Wildlife, Soil Erosion and Conservation, Environmental Laws: Water Act, 1974, Air Act, 1981,
The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Environment Protection, 1986, Natural Disasters and their
Management.

Books Recommended
1. Dash MC and Mishrs PC, Man and Environment, McMillan, London.
2. Mishra PC and Das MC, Environment and Society, McMillan, London.
3. Odeem EP, Fundamentals of Ecology, Natraj Publication.
4. Mishra DD, Fundamental Concept in Environmental Studies, S.Chand, New Delhi.
5. Asthana DK and Asthana Meera, A Testbook of Environmental Studies, S. Chand, New Delhi.
6. Bharucah Erach, Textbook for Environmental Studies, Universities Press India Pvt. Ltd.,
Hyderabad.
 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC II)
MIL / Alternative English **

** The Detailed course is available in the respective language courses. For Example, MIL
Odia is available in the Model Syllabus for Odia
 SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSES (SEC)

As per the CBCS regulation, the student registered under Honours course in any subject
has to opt for two SEC courses and a student registered under Pass stream has to opt for
four SEC courses. In this context, Some options are provided here. Syllabus of individual
subjects also have listed additional skill based papers at the end. In addition, the combined
board and Project OHEPEE has also formulated two skill papers in great detail keeping
requirements of spoken English and quantitative as well as logical thinking abilities in
mind. These two Special SEC papers are available as separate Model Syllabi.

Optional for SEC paper

Total Marks- 100

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC Option-I)

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION

Introduction: This paper intends to build up the four primary skills in students in the academic
as well as in the wider domains of use like public offices. The books recommended only provide
guidelines for what to teach, and the list is in no way exhaustive. Teachers must be free and
resourceful enough to collect teaching materials on their own, and even use newspaper clippings
as teaching materials.

This is an activity-based, goal-oriented, functional course in English Communication, which

aims to make the students able and efficient communicators by helping them to be self-reflexive
about English. This course has a pre-defined context of being supportive and complementary to
the core courses in various disciplines. Therefore, unlike most other courses in English
Communication on offer, it does not seek to build facile fluency that passes off as
communicative competence. Rather, it intends to equip the students with the relevant skills of
presentation and expression needed in the academic as well as in the professional domains of
communicative use. While reading skills exercises are meant to promote the acquisition of
analytical and comprehension skills, writing skills exercises are centered on sentence
construction, paragraph development and précis writing. Teachers must be free and flexible
enough in relation to teaching materials, using newspaper clippings, non-conventional and multi-
media resources in the classroom. There is ample scope to build the speaking and listening skills
of students in the way the course is planned with an emphasis on interactive learning and
articulation.
UNIT 1: Introduction
(i) What is communication?
(ii) Types of communication (Horizontal, Vertical, Interpersonal, Grapevine),
(iii) Uses of Communication, Inter-cultural communication, Communication today:
(iv)Distinct features of Indianisation, alternative texts of language learning, global English
and English in the print and electronic media in India.

UNIT 2: The Four Skills and Prospect of new material in language learning
(i) Listening-Passive and active, Speaking effective, intelligibility and clarity
(ii) Methods and techniques of reading such as skimming, scanning and searching for
information; Reading to understand the literal, metaphorical and suggested meaning of a
passage,
(iii) Identifying the tone (admiring, accusatory, ironical, sympathetic, evasive,
indecisive, ambiguous, neutral etc.) of the writer and view-points.
(iv)Cohesive and Coherent writing

UNIT 3: Grammatical and Composition Skills

(i) Doing exercises like filling in the blanks, correcting errors, choosing correct forms out of
alternative choices, joining clauses, rewriting sentences as directed, and replacing
indicated sections with single words / opposites / synonyms, choosing to use correct
punctuation marks, getting to understand and use formal and informal styles, learning to
understand the usages of officialese, sexism, racism, jargon.
(ii) Learning to understand information structure of the sentence such as topic-focus
relationship; strategies of thematization, postponement, emphasis, structural compression
(deletion of redundant parts, nominalization, cleft and pseudo-cleft sentences, elliptical
structures etc.), Logical Connectors between sentences, Methods of developing a
paragraph, structure of an essay and methods of developing an essay

UNIT 4: Exercises in Written Communication

(i) Précis writing
(ii) Note-taking skills
(iii) Writing reports
(iv)Guidelines and essentials of official correspondence for making enquiries, complaints
and replies
(v) Making representations; writing letters of application for jobs; writing CV, writing
letters to the editor and social appeals in the form of letters/pamphlets.

Reference Books:
 Ways of Reading: Advanced reading Skills for Students of English Literature. Martin
Montgomery et al. London: Routledge, 2007.
 Applying Communication Theory for Professional Life: A Practical Introduction.
Dainton and Zelley, http://tsime.uz.ac.zw/claroline/backends/download.php?
url=L0ludHJvX3RvX2NvbW11bmljYXRpb25fVGhlb3J5LnBkZg%3D
%3D&cidReset=true&cidReq=MBA563
 Literature and the art of Communication, Cambridge University Press.
 Vistas and Visions. Orient Black Swan (writing and grammar exercises at the end of
lessons are recommended) From Remapping An Anthology for Degree Classes, (‘Writing
Skills’), Orient Black Swan.
 Indian English through Newspapers (Chapter 4,5 and 6), Concept, New Delhi,2008.
 Contemporary Communicative English, S Chand
 Technical Communication: A Reader Centred Approach. P.V. Anderson. Wadsworth,
Cengage.
 SEC Option II
MODERN OFFICE MANAGEMENT
Full marks – 100
Mid Term-20
End Term-80

Unit- I: Office

What is a Business Enterprise? What is an Office? Who are Office Staff? What are the most Common Forms
of Business Organization? What are the Advantages of Office Work? What are the Categories of Office Career
and Job Classifications under Each Category? What are the Specific Skill Requirements for Office Jobs?
Duties and Responsibilities of Office Staff
Unit-II: Records Management
Objectives of Record Keeping; What is Filing? What are the Different Kinds of Filing System? Steps in Filing;
Indexing; Selecting the Appropriate Filing System; How to handle Incoming & Outgoing Mails
Unit –III: Document/Report Writing
Key points to write a document: The 5w-h plan for writing; Steps in writing workplace documents; Important
things to remember when editing seven layout mistakes to avoid; Quick tips for report Writing; Basics of
Meetings
Unit-IV: Supervisory Skills
What are the Skills of the Supervisor and How to Acquire Them? Functions of Supervisor
Communication
Meaning; Process; Communicating Tools; Types, Barriers

Leadership & Motivation

Meaning and Concept; Importance of Leadership; Qualities of a Leader; Relationship & Differences
Leadership and Motivation; Organizational Leadership; Leadership Ethics - Traits of an Ethical Leader;
Leadership Styles - Important Leadership Styles- Situational Leadership – Emotional Intelligence of Leader;
Which Leadership Style to Follow? Influence of Situational Leadership Styles on Subordinate Development;
References:–

1. Office Management
By Ankita Bhatia 
  Dr. R. K. Chopra 
2. Office Management
By  Dr. P. Rizwan Ahmed
3. Office Management
By R S N Pillai  
 SEC OPTION III

Leadership and Personality Development

Full Mark:-100 (Mid Sem:-20 End Sem.:80) Credit Point-04 Credit Hour-40

Unit I: Leadership: Definition and meaning, Importance, Leadership and

Management, Leader vs Manager, Essential qualities of an effective leader

Unit II: Theories of Leadership: Trait theory, Behavioral theories, Contingency

theory

Unit III: Types of Leaders, Leadership styles: Traditional, Transactional,

Transformational, Inspirational and servant leadership and Emerging issues
in leadership: Emotional Intelligence and leadership, Trust as a factor,
Gender and Leadership

Unit IV: Personality: Concept and Definition, Determinants of personality,

Personality traits, Personality characteristics in organizations: Self
evaluation, Locus of control, Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, Self-monitoring:
Positive and negative Impact. Organizational Context of Leadership and
Personality, Contemporary Business Leaders.

Book Reference:

1. Organisational Behaviour , M.Parikh and R.Gupta , TataMcGraw Hill Education

Private Limited
2. Organisational Behavior, D. Nelson, J.C Quick and P. Khandelwal, Cengage
Publication.
 SEC OPTION IV

FINANCIAL LITERACY AND BANKING

Full Marks – 100
(Mid Sem-20 + End Sem-80)
Credit Points - 4
Objectives- To make the students aware of the benefits of financial planning

Unit: I – Basics of Savings and Investment: Why are investing and savings important? Savings Vs
Investment, Power of Compounding, What should be the investment objectives? Risk and Return,
Inflation effects on Investment, Investor’s Age and Assets Allocation. Tax saving Schemes-
Government Schemes-National Saving Certificates, Public Provident Fund, Post Office Schemes, Equity
Linked Savings Schemes, Retirement Benefits Schemes- NPS (New Pension System)

Unit:-II- Banking Activities: Deposits and Types of Deposits-Saving Bank Accounts, Fixed Deposit
Accounts, Recurring Deposit Account, Special Term Deposit Schemes, Loans and Types of loan
advanced by Banks and Other secondary functions of Bank. Banking structure in India and Role of
Reserve Bank of India

Unit: III- Financial Markets: Capital Market Vs Money Market, Securities and its types, i.e., Equity,
Debentures or Bonds, IPOs and FPOs, Mutual Funds, Types of Mutual Funds, Brokers, sub-brokers,
Process for becoming a capital market investor

Unit:IV- Protection Related products: Insurance Policies, Life Insurance, Term Life Insurance,
Endowment Policies, Pension Policies, ULIP, Health Insurance and its Plans, Understanding of Ponzi
Schemes

Output: It will make a more responsible individual with a disciplined approach to money and helps
people from overspending and inculcates a habit of savings and investments.

Books for References:

1. Investment Planning by SEBI

2. Indian financial System, by T. R. Jain and R. L .Sharma, VK Global Publisher
3. Money and Banking by T. R. Jain and R. K. Kaundal, VK Global Publisher
 SEC OPTION V

DATA ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER APPLICATION

Course Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce basic computer skills to students at UG
level in non technical subjects. After completion of this course, the students are expected to acquire
some basic knowledge about computers and to develop some basic skills in using computers for data
storage, compilation, analysis and presentation.

Module I:

Introduction to computer and Basic data types Introduction to computer- Characteristics and Basic
Applications of Computer, Components of Computer System, Central Processing Unit (CPU), VDU,
Keyboard and Mouse, Other input/output Devices, Memory, concepts of Hardware and Software,
Classifications of computers; Representation of data/Information concepts of data processing, Basic data
types, Storage of data/Information as files, operating system and The User Interface (windows, Linux),
Windows Setting- Control Panels, Accessories (windows)

Module II:

Basic Word Processing Introduction to Word Processing, Opening Word Processing Package, Opening
and closing documents, Using a Document/Help Wizard, Text Creation and Manipulation, Formatting the
Text, Handling Multiple Documents, Table Manipulation, Printing, saving documents in different
formats. Basic Presentations Basics- Difference between presentation and document, Using Power
Point, Creation of Presentation, Preparation of Slides, Selection of type of Slides, Importing text from
word documents, Providing aesthetics- Slide Designs, Slide Manipulation and Slide Show, Presentation
of the Slides

Module III:

Spreadsheets and Basic Data Analysis Spread Sheet, Elements of Electronics Spread Sheet,
Application/usage of Electronic Spread Sheet, Manipulation of cells, Formulas and functions; Spread
sheets for Small accountings maintaining invoices/budgets, basic practical data analysis works
(Maintaining daily and monthly sales reports)

Module IV:

Basic Computer Communication and Internet Basic of Computer networks- LAN and WAN, Internet,
Service on Internet; WWW and Web Browsers, Web Browsing software, Surfing the Internet, Chatting on
Internet, Email-Basic of electronic mail, Using Emails, Document handling in Email.

Reading List:

1. C.S. French "Data Processing and Information Technology", BPB Publications 1998

2. P.K Sinha, Computer Fundamentals, BPB Publications, 1992

3. Guy Hart-Davis "The ABCs of Microsoft Office 97 Professional edition", BPB Publications, 1998 4. Karl
Schwartz, "Microsoft Windows 98 Training Guide", 1998