St. Mira's College For Girls, Pune

The course, especially designed for English special students of the Third year, is entitled ‘An Introduction to the Study of the English Language’. Through regular lectures conducted over the span of roughly 8 months, the course aims to familiarize students with different aspects of communication and the distinctive nature of human language as a means of communication. In Semester VI, Students are not just introduced to basic concepts in Modern Linguistics (like Phonological, Morphological and Syntactic systems of the English language), but are also introduced to advanced areas of English language study. It will attempt to greatly enhance the existing grammatical competence of students along with gaining information regarding the situational, contextual, social and cultural appropriateness of English. These broad areas help provide a solid foundation in the subject. Besides these, the course shifts its traditional approach and acquires modern dimensions by equipping learners with skills in academic writing and editing. Consequently, it helps prepare, through a healthy mixture of the traditional and the modern, a well-rounded student of the English language and Linguistics.

Course Outcomes-

At the end of the course, the student will be equipped

·       Apply psychological insights and principles of adjustment to their own lives.

·       Understand the concept of self and the factors shaping it

·       Understand and apply the concepts of self-esteem, self efficacy and self presentation

·       Explain motivation, types of motivation ,how it is influenced, and major theories about motivation

·       Describe hunger and eating in relation to motivation, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia

·       Describe social motives

·       Explain elements  of emotion and how we express ,recognize  and manage emotions

·      Understand the process of interpersonal communication

·      Apply the principles of effective communication and overcome barriers to communication

·      Describe stress , types of stressors and coping mechanisms to deal with stress

The Course would cover the Concepts in Public Finance and the Scope of Public Finance in detail.  

To begin with an introduction on Public Finance, differentiating it with Private Finance;

Clarity on the Concept of Private Goods and Public Goods, Merit Goods and Externalities;

Detailed discussion on Public Revenue, Public Expenditure, Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Budget and its Composition and Deficit Financing;

Finally, a discussion on concept of Gender Budget and Gender Budgeting in India

• concepts of digital electronics
• learning number systems and their representations
• understanding logic gates, Boolean algebra and K-Maps
• studying arithmetic circuits

The syllabus aims in equipping students with

• concepts of digital electronics
• studying combinational circuits and sequential circuits
• case study on different digital circuits

Objectives:

• To study the applications of logic gates.
• To use K-Maps for digital circuit design
• To study computer organization
• To study and understand basics of microprocessors.

Objectives:

• To study the basics of PIC micro-controller
• To study the programming and interfacing techniques of PIC 
• To apply knowledge of PIC to design different application circuits
• To introduce the basic concepts of Arduino, Raspberry Pi