2.2.1 Special Programs For Advanced Learners And Slow Learners

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Bridge Course:

Sri GVG Visalakshi College is located in a rural area and the students enrolled are mostly

first generation learners, hailing from remote villages. They complete their Higher Secondary

School of Education from the nearby government schools under vernacular medium. To bridge

the gap between higher secondary and tertiary levels of education, a bridge course is being

organized for one week and meticulous training in English is provided for the fresher’s. A

structured plan is sort out for seven days. Every day the faculty members train the students for

four hours as per schedule and one hour is allotted for discussion.

The Tamil Medium students are able to shun their fear and easily plunge into the pattern

of collegiate education wherein the medium of instruction is English. The students are motivated

to speak in English and improve their Language proficiency. Basic English Grammar is taught

and tasks are given to develop their LSRW skills. Audio and video are played in order to teach

them right pronunciation.

Books Prescribed:

Wren & Martin , Ed , High School English Grammar & Composition, S.Chand &

Company, New Delhi, 2016.

English and Soft Skills (Bridge Intensive Course), Department of English, Sri G.V.G

Visalakshi College for Women, Udumalpet.

Communicative English, Department of English, Ennes Publications, Udumalpet, 2005.

Bridge Course Plan Day 9.30-10.30 10.30-11.30 1.30-2.30 2.30-3.30

1 Introduction Basics on

Communication

Article and

Prepositions

Word

Building

2 Listening Skills Team building Assertive Skills Activity

3 Assertive Skills Learning Skills Phrases and

Clauses

Reading

Exercises

4 Emotional Intelligence

Skills

Problem Solving

Skills

Hints

Development

Formal

Speech

5 Interview Skills Types of Interviews Presentation in

Interviews

Self

Introduction

6 Adaptability Skills Group Discussion Report Writing Activity

7 Non-Verbal

Communication Posture and Gesture Movie Movie

Academic Year No. of Beneficiaries

2017-2018 837

2016-2017 838

2015-2016 882

2014-2015 933

2013-2014 935

FOR SLOW LEARNERS:

Remedial Coaching – Students with learning difficulties is provided additional help to bring them

back into the mainstream classes. With proper remedial help, closer supervision, more individual

attention and the use of stimulating teaching strategies, these low academic achievers interest in

learning is aroused and they make better progress.

Attendance and Test Marks of Slow Learners

2016-2017 – Department of Mathematics

2015-16 – Department of Economics Allied I – Principles of Management

PTA Meetings

Parent Teacher Association convenes meetings on various occasions: initially for

Orientation Programme about the college and it’s functioning; and later to discuss about their

ward’s academic performance. PTA meetings are a forum which enables the parents to have a

voice, and also allows the faculty to communicate the progress of their ward and the

improvements expected. The parents can walk into the department anytime to discuss about their

child.

FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS

ADVANCED LEARNER’S COURSE (ALC)

ALC is a specially designed self-study course for the students who aspire to earn

additional credits. The candidates should have a clean pass in all the papers of previous

semesters in Part I, Part II, and Part III & Part IV at the time of applying for ALC. A student can

opt for one ALC in the II and one in the III year and appear for the ESE conducted during even

semesters only if she secures the following Grade Point Average in the previous odd semesters in

Part III. For

a. Economics, History, Literature, (English and Tamil),

Commerce (Aided & SF) & Economics with Logistics

and Freight Management

6 & above

b. Mathematics (Aided & SF), Physics, Chemistry,

Zoology, Statistics, B.Sc (CS), B.Sc (IT), BCA,

BBA(CA), B.Com(CA) and B.Com(e-commerce)

7 & above

1. The credits earned in ALC would be marked as Additional Credits in the mark statement.

2. If a student fails, she is neither eligible to reappear nor opt for the subsequent Advanced

Learner’s Course.

3. No tuition fees will be collected from a student who opts for ALC provided no Laboratory

work is involved, but she has to pay the examination fee.

4. Credits earned in ALC are not considered for the calculation of GPA and CGPA.

5. A student can earn a maximum of 8 credits in the UG Programme as additional credits from

ALC.

Example:

B.Sc. Physics

Semester IV

Advanced Learner’s Course I 417ALP

Space Physics

(For the students admitted from the academic year 2017 - 2018 onwards)

Credits: 4

The main objectives of this course are

To provide an understanding about the universe, celestial bodies and gravity existing

among them.

To acquaint oneself with the informations regarding the planets and moon.

To instill an awareness regarding the planetary probes and SLVs.

To provide a learning in the areas of developments in satellite communication.

To inculcate a curiosity and interest to probe into the space.

Unit I

Atmosphere and beyond – Gravity – Escape velocity – Rockets – Artificial satellites

– Geostationary orbit – Polar orbits.

Unit II

Lunar probes and planetary probes – Expedition to the moon – Conquest of moon –

Moon probes, Asteroids – Mars – Jupiter – Venus – Mercury –Saturn – Distant planets.

Unit III

Planetary probes and Indian launch vehicle – Genesis – Aryabhatta – Bhaskara –

SLV3 – Apple.

Unit IV

ASLV – PSLV – GSLV – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – Geosynchronous Satellite

Launch Vehicle – Indian National Satellite Systems – Chandhrayan –Mangalyan.

Unit V

Satellite Application – Introduction – Satellite television – Telephone service via

satellite – Data communication satellite – Satellite for earth observation.

Satellite for weather forecast – Satellite for scientific studies – Satellite for military

applications.

Books for study:

Unit No. Name of the Book Authors Publishers Year &

Edition

I to IV Space research Prof. S. Kumaravelu,

Prof. N. Suseela

Kumaravelu

Senthil Art

Printers, Sivakasi,

2002

V Satellite

Communications

Dr. D.C.A.Agarwal,

A.K. Mani

Khanna Publishers 4th ed. 2000

B .Sc Computer Science

Semester IV

Advanced Learners Course I – Client/Server Technologies 417ALS

(For the students admitted from the academic year 2017-2018 onwards)

Course Objective:

To make the students to know about the of client and server concepts.

This paper describes the client/server with distributing object.

The client/server characteristic describes the relationship ofcooperating programs in an

application

Unit I: What is client/server? – File servers – Database servers – Transaction servers –

Groupware servers – object servers – Web servers – Fat servers or fat clients – client/server

building blocks : Inside the building blocks – The road to bandwidth heaven : Bridges, Routers

and Gateways.

Unit II:

Client, servers and operating systems : The anatomy of a server program – Server

scalability – The OS wars: Client OS: OS/2 warp connect – windows 95 – Windows NT

workstation – Mac OS – Server OS: Netware 4.1 – NT server – OS/2 warp server – UNIX.

Unit III:

SQL Database servers: SQL Database server architecture – stored procedure, triggers

and rules – SQL middleware and federated databases: SQL middleware options – single vendor

options – multi vendor option – open SQL gateways: IBI EDA/SQL – ISO/SAG RDA – IBM

DRDA.

Unit IV:

Client/server transaction processing: The ACID properties – transaction models:

client/server groupware: What is groupware – components of groupware: Electronic imaging

client/server architecture –groupware multimedia document management – workflow –

workflow models – workflow routes – workflow split & joins – electronic mail component –

electronic mail infrastructure – scheduling & calendaring – conferencing –client/server with

distributed objects: distributed objects & components.

Unit V:

Client/server and the internet: Web client/server the hypertext era: What is URL? –

HTTP – 3-tier client/server, web style – JAVA client and CORBA ORBs – The DCOM/OLE

object web – CORBA object web.

Book for Study:

1. Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey, Jery Edwards, “The Essential Client/server Survival Guide”, II

edition, Golgotia Publication Pvt ltd, 2004.

Book for Reference:

1. Dawna Travis Dewire, “Client/Server Computing”, Tata Mc.Graw-Hill edition, 2003.

[It is a self study portion]

Paper Presentation in Seminars/Workshops by the Students: (Sample)