The resolution has also introduced 24 similar courses that are aimed at developing critical thinking and has been approved in a recently held DU academic council meeting.
DU to begin value-added courses on emotional intelligence, art of being happy from AY 2022-23
Delhi University has announced that it will begin value-addition courses on topics like emotional intelligence, the art of being happy and Indian fiction from the 2022-23 academic year as part of the Undergraduate Curriculum Framework-2022 (UGCF). The resolution has also introduced 24 similar courses that are aimed at developing critical thinking and has been approved in a recently held DU academic council meeting.
The matter will now be presented in front of the higher decision-making body of the varsity, its executive council. Students can take one or more such value-addition courses per semester. Some of these courses are Emotional Intelligence, Art of Being Happy, Financial Literary and Ethics, Vedic Mathematics and Value of Indian Tradition System. These courses have been developed by the value addition course committee headed by professor Niranjan Kumar.
"The value addition courses have been designed keeping in mind the National Education Policy 2022. They have various components like critical thinking, compassion, teamwork, scientific temperamentIndian knowledge systems, ethical, cultural and constitutional values, and creative writing," Kumar said as reported by NDTV.
"This is the first time a prestigious university like the DU has introduced such courses. They will act as a game-changer in terms of social-building," he added. Whatever credits will be gained by the students through these courses will be added to the student's Academic Bank of Credits.
Among the courses are those inspired by prominent campaigns initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi such as Fit India and Swacch Bharat. Under the Art of Being Happy, students will be taught differnt ways to cope with stress, the physiological and hormonal basis of happiness, factors of happiness and interpersonal relationship towards self-actualisation. Students will be able to earn two-credits through this course.
In the Emotional Intelligence course, students will gain insights into establishing positive relationships and discover personal competence and technique for building emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management.
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