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Stella Maris - Star of the Sea
 
Part 5
Stella Maris
Academics

Autonomous Status

Credit System

Programmes

UG Programme Structure

PG Programme Structure

Vocational Courses

Self-Financing Programmes

Attendance

Testing and Evaluation

Undergraduate Programme - Courses offered under Part IV

(a) Common Core: All students should take a Common Core course in Environmental Studies that will carry 4 credits.

(b) General electives: Students are expected to take a minimum of 2 courses of 1 credit each.

1. Time Management 2. International Relations 3. Indian Constitution
4. Current Affairs 5. Legal Literacy 6. Communication
7. Economics for Business 8. Women's Studies 9. The Indian Economy
10 . Eco Feminism 11. Statistical Applications 12. Consumer Affairs

13. Fabric Art

14. Popular Fiction 15. Basic Theatre Skills
16. Journalism 17. Career Planning and Decision Making 18. Human Behaviour - Personal Growth

19. Leadership Effectiveness

20. Practical Banking 21. Principles of Advertising
22. Popular Astronomy 23. Fundamentals of Operations Research 24. Everyday Physics

25. Basics of Photography

26. Chemistry and Society 27. Fruit Preservation

28. Herbal Therapy

29. Everyday Microbiology 30. Human Health and Genetics

31. Haematology

32. Computer Basics 33. Immunology
34. Tourism 35. Folklore of Tamil Nadu 36. Creative Writing
37. Public Speaking (Tamil) 38. Tamil Dramatics 39. Current Affairs (Tamil)
40. Spoken Hindi for Beginners 41. Hindi for Advertisement 42. Paintings and Literature of France

43. French for Beginners

44. French for Tourism 45. Abinaya Darpanam

46. Pauranic Myths

47. Upanishads 48. Privileges of Women in Dharmasastras

49. Public Speaking

50. Media Education 51. FEEL Employable
52. Science and Sanskrit 53. French Fables through Miniature Paintings 54. Principles of Accounting

(c) Value Education: Catholic Doctrine/Ethics/Scripture. Students are expected to earn 3 credits over three years.

Social Awareness Programme

(d) Social Awareness Programme (SAP) / Service Learning: Students may opt for SAP programme or Service Learning. Students are expected to earn 1 credit in the third year by completing any one of the following options (Optional for students of NSS / NCC / Games / Functional Literacy Programme)

  • Care of the Handicapped
  • Rural Realities
  • Welfare of the Aged
  • Health Education
  • Child Welfare

Service Learning: Students may opt for Service Learning in the III year and earn 1 credit. Service learning enables students as growing individuals to look at themselves in all their capacities and the roles they play in society. It is based on a mutual relationship where learning reinforces and strengthens service and service enriches and expands the boundaries of learning.

Service learning aims at:

  • Bridging the gap between education, knowledge and its relevance.
  • Application of classroom learning to real life.

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