COURSE
COURSE MODULES
With India as a study model, the International Summer School (ISS) offers undergraduate course modules which introduce the students to a range of issues and debates that are shaping contemporary developing societies. As such, the academic syllabus at the ISS provides an Indian perspective of the following:
B
Sustainability, Growth & development
SGD - 6 units, 45 hours - 20-25 lectures/seminars during
Weeks 1-4
D
Innovation, Technology & the Future of Work
ITF - 6 units, 45 hours - 20-25 lectures/seminars during
Weeks 1-4
E
Service Learning (Optional)
SLV - 4 units, 45 hours - Volunteer & fieldwork during
Weeks 5-6
Horizontal linkages across these three modules have been identified to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to learning. Additionally, students are engaged with individual research/study and group activities that complement the academic syllabus.
ASSESSMENT
To facilitate the international mobility of students, the ISS issues an e-transcript to those who successfully complete the program.
Each of the compulsory first two modules mentioned above is assessed, subject to the fulfilment of attendance requirements, through essays that cover the following:
(i) Literature review; and
(ii.a) Comparative research between India and their own country (overseas nationals); or
(ii.b) Comparative research between India and another country being represented at the ISS (Indian nationals).
Assessment for the optional third module -- Service Learning -- is carried out through the evaluation of research work that is submitted in the form of journal entries and/or blogs as well as group project submissions.