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Community Engagement Services
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Course Outcomes |
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On completion of this course, the students will be able to;
CO 1: Analyze the needs and problems of the community in which they live and work. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, field visit |
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CO 2: Investigate for finding practical solutions to community problems. |
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CO 3:Create awareness about various issues facing society. |
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Methodology: The students will undertake Community Engagement Services in the semester. Various guest lectures, field visits, campaigns, workshops and seminars will be organized to fulfill the objectives of this paper. Students have to undertake a project related to the areas specified for the semester. At the end of each semester students will be evaluated on the basis of the project report related to the work done in the field of Community Engagement. Various community engagement activities for the semester are as follows:
CONTENT
- Community Welfare Drive: Traffic Regulation, Road safety awareness program, Blood Donation, Organic Farming, Consumer awareness, Visit of special home, Skill Development, Energy Conservation, Literacy Program.
- Health, Hygiene & Sanitation Drive: Food and Nutrition, Concept of Balance Diet, Safe drinking water, Water borne diseases, Home Nursing and First Aid.
- Women Empowerment Drive: Self-Defense training, Vocational Training, Role of financial and support service Institutions, Women Entrepreneurship, Family Planning, Self-Employment Programs.
- Cleanliness Drive: Volunteering in Swatch Bharat Abhiyan, Awareness program, rallies, Waste Management.
E Resources:
- Fostering Social Responsibility & Community Engagement in Higher Educational Institutions in India, University Grants Commission, January 2020, https://www.ugc.ac.in/e- book/UNNAT%20BHARAT%20ABHIYAN.pdf
- Martha A. Walker, Community Engagement , https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/community_engagement_handout.pdf, Virginia Cooperative Extension,
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (June 2011). Principles of community engagement. Second edition. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pdf/PCE_Report_508_FINAL.pdf
Journals:
- Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education
- Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
- International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
