St. Michael’s College, Cherthala

Graduate Attributes
Graduate attributes bridge the gap between academia and the real world, fostering lifelong learning and meaningful contributions. They denote the skills, competencies and high-level qualities that a student should acquire during their university education. Apart from gathering content knowledge, these attributes go beyond the assimilation of information to its application in various contexts throughout a graduate’s life. It aims in inculcating the art of critical thinking, problem solving, professionalism, leadership readiness, teamwork, communication skills and intellectual breadth of knowledge. The University of Kerala envisages to pave the path in guiding the student’s journey to shape these attributes uniquely, making them integral to personal growth and success in various spheres of life. The University strives to ensure that these graduate attributes are not just checkboxes, but they play a pivotal role in shaping the students into capable, compassionate and responsible individuals with a high degree of social responsibility.

Programme Outcomes (PO)

No.	Programme Outcomes (POs)
PO-1	Critical thinking analyze information objectively and make a reasoned judgment draw reasonable conclusions from a set of information, and discriminate between useful and less useful details to solve problems or make decisions identify logical flaws in the arguments of others evaluate data, facts, observable phenomena, and research findings to draw valid and relevant results that are domain-specific
PO-2	Complex problem-solving solve different kinds of problems in familiar and no-familiar contexts and apply the learning to real-life situations analyze a problem, generate and implement a solution and to assess the success of the plan understand how the solution will affect both the people involved and the surrounding environment
PO-3	Creativity produce or develop original work, theories and techniques think in multiple ways for making connections between seemingly unrelated concepts or phenomena add a unique perspective or improve existing ideas or solutions generate, develop and express original ideas that are useful or have values
PO-4	Communication skills convey or share ideas or feelings effectively use words in delivering the intended message with utmost clarity engage the audience effectively be a good listener who are able to understand, respond and empathize with the speaker confidently share views and express himself/herself
PO-5	Leadership qualities work effectively and lead respectfully with diverse teams build a team working towards a common goal motivate a group of people and make them achieve the best possible solution. help and support others in their difficult times to tide over the adverse situations with courage
PO-6	Learning ‘how to learn’ skills acquire new knowledge and skills, including ‘learning how to learn skills, that are necessary for pursuing learning activities throughout life, through self-paced and self-directed learning work independently, identify appropriate resources required for further learning acquire organizational skills and time management to set self-defined goals and targets with timelines inculcate a healthy attitude to be a lifelong learner
PO-7	Digital and technological skills use ICT in a variety of learning and work situations, access, evaluate, and use a variety of relevant information sources use appropriate software for analysis of data understand the pitfalls in the digital world and keep safe from them
PO-8	Value inculcation embrace and practice constitutional, humanistic, ethical, and moral values in life including universal human values of truth, righteous conduct, peace, love, nonviolence, scientific temper, citizenship values formulate a position/argument about an ethical issue from multiple perspectives identify ethical issues related to work, and follow ethical practices, including avoiding unethical behaviour such as fabrication, falsification or misrepresentation of data, or committing plagiarism, and adhering to intellectual property rights adopt an objective, unbiased, and truthful actions in all aspects of work

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSO)

No.	Upon completion of the programme the graduate will be able to	PO No.
PSO-1	The curriculum creates an all-around conceptual awareness in the students about the overall diversity of plants, structure, genetics, reproduction, functioning, ecology, and economic importance of various plant groups.	1, 6
PSO-2	Students will be able to understand the diversity of plants from lower to higher groups with details in structure, function, reproduction, and life cycle of selected groups and generate enthusiasm and inquisitiveness to learn more about the plant world.	1, 2
PSO-3	Students will understand the concepts of Morphology, Taxonomy, Anatomy, Ecology, physiology, metabolism, Chemistry of molecules, Cellular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They will also get concepts in advanced areas of plant science like Plant Biotechnology, Molecular level Plant Pathogen interaction, and Developmental Botany.	2, 6
PSO-4	Students will get exposed to the opportunities and the nitty-gritty of professionally oriented applied branches like Landscaping, Gardening, Floriculture, Organic farming, Biofertilizers, Herbal technology, Mushroom cultivation, Ecotourism, Forensic Botany, and can become future entrepreneurs.	3, 6, 7
PSO-5	Students will be familiar with the use of various analytical techniques and tools in plant biology for both basic and applied research and also understand the intellectual and ethical issues of biological discoveries.	6, 7
PSO-6	Students will be able to understand the contribution of plant kingdom to human existence and develop skills for their documentation, conservation and sustainable development in the face of climate change.	6, 7, 8
PSO-7	Project work and research activities taken up by the students will necessitates the students to apply the various concepts they have generated from various fields of biology through critical thinking and develop problem solving abilities and creativity for new knowledge creation.	3, 6, 7
PSO-8	Acquiring hands-on training in various fields will develop practical skills, handling equipment and laboratory use along with collection, analysis, and interpretation of biological data.	4, 5, 6
PSO-9	Laboratory work and field studies help the students in development of teamwork and leadership qualities. Also through experiential learning in the field work, they will understand one of the methods of ‘how to learn’ skills.	5, 6, 7
PSO-10	Assignments and presentations that the student has to take up, and develop communication skills and ICT skills among them. Also, the activities covered in courses of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics give experiential learning of software and tools employed in these areas of biology.	7
PSO-11	The flexibility the curriculum offers, enables the teachers to give the students activities on inquiry based learning that prompt students to ask questions, investigate, and draw conclusions on their own. This promotes curiosity, self-directed learning, and a deeper understanding of scientific principles. Also, platforms given by teachers for debates and discussion on controversial scientific topics help students develop argumentation skills, learn to support their claims with evidence, and consider different viewpoints	5, 6, 8

Courses Offered

SEMESTER	COURSES
SEMESTER	DSC(MINOR)	MDC	VAC	SEC
I	MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS (UK1DSCBOT105)	FLORICULTURE (UK1MDCBOT102)
II	REPRODUCTIVE BOTANY AND MICROTECHNIQUE (UK2DSCBOT103)	ECOTOURISM (UK2MDCBOT102)
III	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (UK3DSCBOT204)		GREEN INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY (UK3VACBOT201)
IV				MUSHROOM CULTIVATION (UK4SECBOT201)
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VI				HYDROPONICS AND AQUAPONICS (UK6SECBOT303)

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