Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru-56

Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

Scheme and Syllabus OBE - CBCS 2023 -2024
Course Title INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Course Code 22CIT107/207

Category Humanities & Social Sciences (HS)

Scheme and No. of Hours/Week Total Credits

Credits Hrs./semester
L T P SS Total

0 1 0 - 01 13 01

CIE Marks: 50 SEE Marks: 50 Total Max. Marks: 100 Duration of SEE: 02 Hours

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To know the fundamental political structure & codes, procedures, powers, and duties of Indian
government institutions, fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens.

UNIT I 4 hours

Introduction: Framing of Indian Constitution, Salient features of Indian Constitution, Preamble of the
Constitution.
UNIT II 2 hours

Fundamental Rights and its Restriction and limitations in different complex situations. Directive principles
of State policy and its present relevance in Indian society, Fundamental Duties.

UNIT III 2 hours

Union Government: Executive President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Parliament Lok Sabha
& Rajya Sabha. Supreme Court.

UNIT IV 2 hours

State Government: Executive Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Legislature-
Legislative Assembly & Legislative Council, High Court.

UNIT V 3 hours

Election Commission. Positive and Negative aspects of Engineering Ethics, Professional Risks and Safety.

TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS:

 Direct instructional method ( Low /Old Technology), Flipped classrooms (High/advanced Technological
tools), Blended learning ( combination of both), Enquiry and evaluation based learning, Personalized
learning, Problems based learning through discussion, Following the method of expeditionary learning
Tools and techniques

COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course the student should:
CO 1: Have constitutional knowledge and legal literacy.
CO 2: the functioning of various government institutions.

TEXT BOOKS
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA by DURGA DAS BASU. (Students
Edition) Prentice Hall EEE, 19th/20th Edn., 2001.
2. ENGINEERING ETHICS by CHARLES E. HARIES, MICHAEL.S.PRITCHARD AND
MICHAEL J. ROBINS THOMPSON ASIA, 2003-08-05

REFERENCE BOOKS
1 An Introduction to Constitution of India by M.V.Pylee, Vikas Publishing, 2002.
2. Constitution of India by B S Raman
2 Engineering Ethics by M.Govindarajan, S. Natarajan, V.S.Sendilkumar, Prentice Hall of India
Private Ltd, New Delhi, 2004.
3 Constitution of India and Professional Ethics K R Phaneesh
4 Introduction to the Constitution of India Brij Kishore Sharma

SCHEME FOR EXAMINATIONS

Theory Question Paper Pattern:

CIE- Objective type (Max. marks: 25 marks)
SEE- Objective type (Max. marks: 50 marks)

MAPPING of COs with POs

Ss PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 3
CO2 3
CO3 3
CO4 3
CO5 3 3
Strength of correlation: Low-1, Medium- 2, High-3