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University of the Punjab
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Personal Development & Communication Skills

This course is designed to introduce students to fundamental knowledge and skills of personal and professional growth. The course will help them increase self-awareness, set and pursue meaningful goals and develop positive personal qualities such as self-esteem, a positive attitude, self-discipline, and self-motivation. The course will provide participants with the strategies to understand and manage their emotions and build strong relationships. The course will help them adjust to transition from university to the world of work. Engaging in the lifelong process of personal growth can pay dividends in their inner lives and professional development.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce students to basic knowledge and skills of personal and professional growth. Engaging in the lifelong process of personal growth can pay dividends in their inner lives and professional development.
1. The course will help them increase self-awareness, set and pursue meaningful goals and develop positive personal qualities such as self-esteem, a positive attitude, self-discipline, and self-motivation.
2. It aims to provide students with the strategies to understand and manage their emotions and build strong relationships.
3. It aims to help them adjust to transition from university to the world of work.
Learning Outcomes
Students in this course will learn to:
1. Develop confidence and self-worth
2. Discover strengths of their personality
3. Identify their talents
4. Use their time most effectively
5. Apply different types of relief strategies to manage their stress
6. Build social and emotional skills and strategies
7. Prepare for and excel in any interview

Course Contents
• Mind Management: Be the Master of Your Mind
• Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs
• Exploration of Personality Type
• Personality and individual behavior
• Developing Imagination Skills
• Goal Setting: Personal and Professional Goals
• Positive Mental Attitude
• Living with Character
• Building Better Habits in Life and Work
• Time Management
• Study Skills
• Emotional Intelligence and Mind Mapping
• Basics of organizational behavior
• Motivation through work and reward in an organization
• Managing stress and the work-life balance
• Decision making and problem solving
Credit hours/ Marks:- 3

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