SiP Session Plan 2019

SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE (SiP) | SM6303 | CREDITS-3

Semester starting January 2019
Course Coordinators: Gurparkash Singh, Ms. Kangan Sayal

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a cross-year team based course and it is run for two semesters with a focus on
various interdisciplinary aspects related to sustainability. Themes related to sustainability such as
energy, environment, ethics, natural resources and economics are covered in course. This course
aims at exposing students to the challenges of human existence and develops opportunities and
solutions for sustainable development. In teams, students design and execute real-life projects
which are topical and relevant to businesses’ and society. Executing these projects enable
students to better understand the relationship between sustainability, Earth, human beings,
business and society.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

Upon successful completion of the course, the students should be able to:
CLO1: Understand the major challenges related to sustainable development. (PG1)
CLO2: Execute impactful sustainability projects that are of value to society. (PG2)

SESSION PLAN
Session Topic Content Deliverer

1 Designing projects & Group Dynamics Gurparkash Singh

2 Introduction to Ethics Gurparkash Singh

3 Utilitarian Ethics Gurparkash Singh

4 Deontological Ethics Gurparkash Singh

5 Moral & Ethical philosophies Gurparkash Singh

6 Environmental Ethics Gurparkash Singh

7 Theory of Commons Gurparkash Singh

8 Sustainability & Ethics Gurparkash Singh

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COURSE ASSESSMENTS

S.No. SIP Project Assessment Items Available % Due date CLOs

marks
1. SiP Project Details 10 marks 18 January CLO2
2019
2. 1ST Progress review 20 marks TBA CLO2
70%
3. Mid-Semester SIP “Mela” 20 marks TBA CLO2

4. Final Project Submissions: Individual 30 marks TBA CLO2

write-up & group poster

5. Mentor Feedback 20 marks TBA CLO2

6. Class Session Assessments CLO1
There will be evaluations worth 10 30%
marks after every session.
It is important to note that assessment items 1 to 5 are about student driven SiP projects.
Assessment item 6 will be in-class evaluations after every session.

S.No. SIP Project Available Guidelines

Assessment Items marks
1. SiP Project Details 10 marks Project plan: activities, time, roles, cost estimates, impact

2. 1ST Progress review 20 marks Status of project, work undertaken by individuals, impact
created (Refer “Performance Tracking Table”)
3. Mid-Semester 20 marks Status of Project, Creativity & innovation in presenting
Evaluation: SiP “Mela” work undertaken, Please refer session plan for details

4. Final Project 30 marks Individual write-up: Reflective description of progress as a

Submissions: Individual group, what was achieved.
write-up & group poster Poster: group submission about work done, impact created

5. Mentor Feedback 20 marks

DESCRIPTION of ASSESSMENT ITEMS

1. SiP Project Details: This assessment is about student groups informing us regarding
what they intend to do in the coming semester. The submission should be in a word
document and include following:

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I. Title page with project title, group members and roll number
II. Mission and Vision: It should detail what the intended objective is.
III. Scope of project (State and list the activities to be undertaken to achieve
objective)
IV. Who will do what? Roles and responsibilities of individual group member
V. Intended impact of the activities as part of the project
VI. Cost estimates (if any)
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2. 1 Progress review: In .PPT slide students will be required to present the work
undertaken by each member of the group and how the work contributed to the progress of
the group. The progress of the students will be monitored and feedback will be given
regarding further improving the project.
3. Mid-Semester SIP “Mela”: In this, groups have the liberty to use their imagination and
creativity to present what they have achieved by the middle of the semester. The focus
should be on communicating achievements, and impact.
Important to note is that, we welcome crazy ideas, & tasteful use of different
techniques which are available in the world to communicate what the groups
have achieved. For e.g. it can take the form of role-plays, “Nautankee”, satires,
short-plays, Parody, storytelling etc.).
4. Final Project Submissions: Groups will be required to make the following 2
submissions:
I. Individual Write-up: in this, every student will have to write a 2 page story of
their journey in the project. Students will be communicated of a date and time and
they will need to sit down in-class and prepare a write-up on the spot about:
a. what they achieved in the semester,
b. their assessment of the impact of their project and
c. reflections on how their group progressed; including an assessment of
their group members’ performance.
II. Poster presentation: Up-to 2 .ppt slides or a poster. This should clearly
communicate work done and professionally prepared. Professionally implies good
design techniques, innovative methods & proper use of graphics.
5. Mentor Feedback: Mentors will evaluate the students individually on their performance
and progress in the semester (Refer Mentors’ feedback rubric table).
6. Class Session Assessments: Every class session will have an assessment at the end.

MARKING RUBRICS

This section outlines the marking rubrics for all assessment items. Please read carefully as your
projects will be assessed based on these rubrics.

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Assessment item 1: SiP Project details

Project management (scope, intended impact, doable,
Student Student Total Marks (10
S.No Group No. roles, clarity of mission/vision professionally prepared)
Roll No. Name Marks)
(10 Marks)

Assessment item 2: 1ST Progress review

Impact Created By
Individual Work Total
Group Student Student the Individual to
S.No Completed Marks (20
No. Roll No. Name achieve group
(10 Marks) Marks)
objective (10 Marks)

Assessment item 3: SIP “MELA”

Output and Clarity of Work
Student Impact of Presented; Total
Group Student
S.No
No. Name project (10 Creativity (10 Marks (20
Roll No.
marks) marks) marks)

Assessment Item 4: FINAL SUBMISSION RUBRICS (30 marks)

INDIVIDUAL WRITE-UP RUBRIC (15 marks)

Group dynamics: Number of

Student Students Clarity of how the group impactful changes
Group
S.No write-up (5 progressed, internal brought by Total
No. Roll No. Name
marks) dynamics of team individual (5 Marks (15
members (5 marks) marks) marks)

POSTER RUBRIC (15 marks)

Poster readability, colors Content presented: quality, Total

Students Students used, graphics, use of easy to comprehend, Marks (15
Group
S.No
No. Roll No. Name white space, use of Description of future plans marks)
headings, graphics (5 & its feasibility (10 marks)

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marks)

Assessment item 5: MENTOR'S FEEDBACK EVALUATION CRITERIA

Contribution Willingness To Ability to

Regularity
Student Student to the final Work On work in Total
Group of meeting
S.No outcomes of Inputs/Feedback teams (20
No. Roll No. Name mentors
the project Provided (5 marks) Marks)
(5 Marks)
(5 Marks) (5 Marks)

READING LIST

 Weybrecht, Giselle., Future MBA: 100 Ideas for Making Sustainability the Business of Business
Education.
 Handbook of Sustainability in Management Education: In Search of a Multidisciplinary,
Innovative and Integrated Approach, Arevalo, Jorge A [Editor] | Mitchell, Shelley F [Editor].
 Werbach, Adam, Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto
 Sustainability in Higher Education: Stories and Strategies for Transformation, Barlett, Peggy F
[Editor] | Chase, Geoffrey W [Editor].
 Reddy, B.Sudhakara | Assenza, Dora | Assenza, Gaudenz B | Hasselmann, Franziska, Energy
efficiency and climate change : conserving power for a sustainable future.
 Smil, Vaclav, Energy: Beginners Guide
 Mulvaney, Dustin, Green energy : an A to Z guide.
 Handbook of energy audits, by Albert Thumann ; P E, C E M | Terry Niehus ; P E, C E M |
William j younger, C E M.
 Renewable energy sources and emerging technologies, by Kothari, D P | Ranjan , Rakesh | Singal,
K C.
 Sustainable development: environment, energy and water resources by Roy, M.K. Ghosh.
Disclaimer: The school reserves the right to alter the content of this session plan.

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