Syllabus and Learning Objectives for MST

HUMAN VALUES

Topic: Values, Rokeach value survey

Source Material: SR P-62

Learning Objectives:

·    Understand the meaning of ‘values’ and ‘value system’.

·    Understand the meaning of instrumental and terminal values.

·    Have a basic idea of the values that fall under each type.

Topic: Value spectrum for a good life

Source Material: On blog

Learning Objectives: Broadly understand the meaning of different types of values such as Material, Societal, Psychological, Aesthetic, Ethical, Spiritual etc.

Topic: Maslow’s Hierarchy

Source Material: ANT Page 81-83

Learning Objectives: Understand each of the 7 need levels in the hierarchy.

Topic: Mental health

Source Material: ANT Page 88-91

Learning Objectives: Understand the meaning of mental health and each of its characteristics.

Topic: Johari’s window

Source Material: From class discussion

Learning Objectives: Understand the meaning of each of the four areas in Johari’s window.

Topic: Emotional Intelligence

Source Material: SR P-109, ANT Page 91-96

Learning Objectives: Understand the meaning and importance of EI, Understand the 5 dimensions of EI, Understand the meaning of personal and social competence.

Topic: Moral and Ethical Values

Source Material: ANT Pages 122-132, 151-153, 159-162

Learning Objectives:

·     Understand the 3 types of Morality.

·     Understand Emanuel Kant’s three principles of morality.

·     Understand factors to be considered in making ethical judgments.

(Books Titles, Abbreviated: 

SR= Organizational Behavior by Stephen Robbins, ANT = Human Values by A.N. Tripathi)

PSYCHOLOGY

Topic: Perspectives in psychology

Source Material: Class Slides and write-up on the blog

Learning Objectives: To understand the meaning of each of the following perspectives in Psychology:

Behavioural, cognitive, biological, psychodynamic, developmental, sociocultural, humanistic.

Topic: Perception

Source Material: Class slides and Write-up on the blog

Learning Objectives

Understand the Factors affecting perception: Perceiver, Target, Situation.

Understand the following phenomena regarding Perception: Attribution theory, Fundamental attribution error, Self serving bias, Selective perception, halo effect, contrast effect, stereotyping, projection, Pygmalion effect

Source Material: Class slides and Handout Notes, Write-up on the blog,

Topic: Learning

Source Material: Class slides and Handout Notes

Learning Objectives:

Understand the following Learning theories: Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning, Social learning theory.

Understand the different types of reinforcement schedules for behaviour modification.

ECONOMICS

Topic: Demand

Source Material: Class slides and Class Understanding

Learning Objectives: To understand the meaning of demand, Demand function, Law of demand, Determinants of demand, Shift and movement in the demand curve and reasons for it.

Topic: Supply

Source Material: Class slides and Class Understanding

Learning Objectives: To understand the meaning of Supply function, Law of supply, Determinants of supply, Shift and movement in the supply curve, Equilibrium point, Surplus and Shortage through demand and supply curves.

Topic: Production

Source Material: Class slides and Class Understanding

Learning Objectives: Understand the meaning of Production, Production function, Short run and Long Run, Law of Variable Proportion, Understand the concepts of TPL, MPL and APL and be able to calculate these from a simple (short run) production function. Understand basic idea of law of returns to scale and be able to calculate optimal input combination.

Topic: Cost

Source Material: Class slides and Class Understanding

Learning Objectives: Types of cost, short-run cost function, be able to calculate various types of costs.