Constitution of India, Professional Ethics & Human Rights Civil 3rd Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (General Elective)

Constitution of India, Professional Ethics & Human Rights detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CPH39/49), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other civil 3rd sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 3rd Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other General Elective subjects do refer to General Elective. The detail syllabus for constitution of india, professional ethics & human rights is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course (17CPH39/49) will enable the students

• To assimilate and get familiarized with basic information about Indian constitution and provide overall legal literacy to the young technograts to manage complex societal issues in the present scenario.
• To identify their individual roles and ethical responsibilities towards society.
• To understand engineering ethics & responsibilities, through the learning of these topics students will be able to understand human rights/ values and its implications in their life.

Module 1

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Module 2

Union Excutive and State Excutive

• Parliamentary System, Federal System, Centre-State Relations.
• Union Executive – President, Prime Minister, Union Cabinet, Parliament – LS and RS, Parliamentary Committees, Important Parliamentary Terminologies. Supreme Court of India, Judicial Reviews and Judicial Activism.
• State Executives – Governor , Chief Minister, State Cabinet, State Legislature, High Court and Subordinate Courts, Special Provisions (Article 370.371,371J) for some States.

Module 3

Elections, Amendments and Emergency Provisions

• Elections, Electoral Process, and Election Commission of India, Election Laws.
• Amendments – Methods in Constitutional Amendments (How and Why) and Important Constitutional Amendments. Amendments – 7,9,10,12,42,44, 61, 73,74, ,75, 86, and 91,94,95,100,101,118 and some important Case Studies. Recent Amendments with explanation. Important Judgements with Explanation and its impact on society (from the list of Supreme Court Judgements).
• Emergency Provisions, types of Emergencies and it’s consequences.

Module 4

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Module 5

Professional / Engineering Ethics

• Scope & Aims of Engineering & Professional Ethics – Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, Personal Ethics. Engineering and Professionalism, Positive and Negative Faces of Engineering Ethics, Code of Ethics as defined in the website of Institution of Engineers (India): Profession, Professionalism, Professional Responsibility. Clash of Ethics, Conflicts of Interest.

Responsibilities in Engineering

• Responsibilities in Engineering and Engineering Standards, the impediments to Responsibility.Trust and Reliability in Engineering, IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights),
• Risks, Safety and liability in Engineering.

Course Outcomes:

On completion of this course, students will be able to,

1. Have general knowledge and legal literacy about Indian Constitution and there by it helps to take up competitive examinations & to manage/face complex societal issues in society.
2. Understand state and central policies( Union and State Excutive), fundamental Rights & their duties.
3. Understand Electoral Process, Amendments and special provisions in Constitution.
4. Understand powers and functions of Municipalities, Panchayats and Co-operative Societies, with Human Rights and NHRC.
5. Understand Engineering & Professional ethics and responsibilities of Engineers.

Question paper pattern for SEE and CIE.

• The SEE question paper will be set for 30 marks and the pattern of the question paper will be objective type (MCQ).
• For the award of 20 CIE marks, refer the University Scheme and Syllabus book.

Text Books:

1. Durga Das Basu (DD Basu): Introduction to the Constitution on India, (Students Edition.) Prentice -Hall EEE, 19th / 20th Edn., (Latest Edition) or 2008.
2. Shubham Singles, Charles E. Haries, and Et al: Constitution of India and Professional Ethics by Cengage Learning India Private Limited, Latest Edition – 2018.

Reference Books:

1. M.Govindarajan, S.Natarajan, V.S.Senthilkumar, Engineering Ethics, Prentice -Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2004
2. M.V.Pylee, An Introduction to Constitution of India, Vikas Publishing, 2002.
3. Latest Publications of NHRC – Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi.

Web Links and Video Lectures

• www.unacademy.com/lesson/future-perfect-tense/YQ9NSNQZ
• https://successesacademy

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 3rd Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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