UC25A03 Life Skills for Engineers II Syllabus:

UC25A03 Life Skills for Engineers II Syllabus – Anna University UG Syllabus Regulation 2025

Course Objectives:

• To impart and cultivate analytical reasoning, innovative thinking, effective collaboration, and ethical leadership to prepare students for complex challenges in professional and personal environments.

Critical Thinking: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Imagination, Intuition, Experience, Sources of Creativity, Lateral Thinking, Myths of creativity, Critical thinking Vs Creative thinking, Convergent & Divergent Thinking, Critical reading & Multiple Intelligence.
Activities: Two-Brainstorm Method, “30 Circles” Challenge, “Desert Survival” Simulation, Lateral thinking riddles and puzzles, “What If?” Scenario Writing, Fast vs. Slow Thinking Game, Creativity Myth Busters

Problem Solving: Techniques, Six Thinking Hats, Mind Mapping, Forced Connections. Analytical Thinking, Numeric, symbolic, and graphic reasoning. Scientific temperament and Logical thinking.
Activities: Case study analysis, Escape Room challenge.

Leadership: Leadership Styles & Self-Assessment, Communication & Active Listening, Decision-Making & Responsibility, Teamwork & Delegation, Empathy, Integrity & Conflict Management, Vision, Motivation & Goal-Setting.
Activities: Crisis Leadership Simulation, Tower Challenge, Leadership Dilemmas RolePlay, Team Vision Board

Weightage: Continuous Assessment: 100%
Assessment Methodology: Assignments (20%), Flipped Class & Worksheets (10%), Practical (30%), Internal Examinations (40%)

References:

1. De Bono, E. (2017). Six thinking hats, Little, Brown Book Group.
2. Facione, P. A. (2015). Critical thinking: What it is and why it counts. Insight Assessment.
3. Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
4. Whetten, D. A., & Cameron, K. S. (2016). Developing management skills. Pearson