PLS8001 Cultivating Collaboration

This course is part of the Roots & Wings 2.0 programme. It focuses on soft skills on the interpersonal level in terms of more effective working with other people and reaching for better outcomes jointly. Through various experiential activities (e.g., role-play, negotiation exercises), students learn to understand the importance of collaboration in various settings and to apply basic techniques to help resolve conflicts and to strive for win-win situations when collaborating with other people in task accomplishment.

Module Outline

• • Units: 1
  • Total workload: 0-9-0-3-3
  • Prerequisite(s): Nil
  • Preclusion(s): Nil
  • Cross-listing(s): Nil

Workload Components: A-B-C-D-E

• A: no. of lecture hours
• B: no. of tutorial/seminar hours (for 3 weeks)
• C: no. of lab hours
• D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc. (for 3 weeks)
• E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student (for 3 weeks)

PLS8002 Cultivating the Self

This course is designed to help students achieve better self-awareness through the understanding of basic psychological concepts such as self-esteem, social comparison, self-perception and self-handicapping. Students learn about how they acquire knowledge about themselves, how low self-esteem came about, and what psychologists learned about happiness.

The course consists of two lectures and two tutorials. After each lecture, students will meet in small groups to share their own experience in relation to the concepts covered during lecture. By responding to a set of questionnaires, students will also have the opportunity during small group discussion to achieve a better understanding of themselves.

Module Outline

• • Units: 1
  • Total workload: 4-4-0-3-3
  • Prerequisite(s): Nil
  • Preclusion(s): Nil
  • Cross-listing(s): Nil

Workload Components: A-B-C-D-E

• A: no. of lecture hours
• B: no. of tutorial/seminar hours (for 4 weeks)
• C: no. of lab hours
• D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc. (for 4 weeks)
• E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student (for 4 weeks)

PLS8003 Cultivating Resilience

This course is part of the Roots & Wings 2.0 programme. It focuses on helping students recognize potential self-defeating beliefs and biases, and to overcome those beliefs. Students will engage in experiential activities that foster positive emotions, engagement with the work they do and the people they interact with, and a positive narrative of their lives. The general aim of this course is to increase students’ awareness of self-limiting beliefs and to equip them with mindsets/behaviors that build psychological resilience.

Module Outline

• • Units: 1
  • Total workload: 0-9-0-3-3
  • Prerequisite(s): Nil
  • Preclusion(s): Nil
  • Cross-listing(s): Nil

Workload Components: A-B-C-D-E

• A: no. of lecture hours
• B: no. of tutorial/seminar hours (for 3 weeks)
• C: no. of lab hours
• D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc. (for 3 weeks)
• E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student (for 3 weeks)

PLS8004 Optimizing Performance

This 1 unit course is part of the Roots & Wings 2.0 programme. It focuses on soft skills derived from psychological research for students to better manage their performance level in tasks. Through various experiential activities (e.g., visualization, attention regulation), students learn to develop a set of skills that will be useful for them to optimize their work performance by setting up effective goals, enhancing productivity, and dealing with the challenges of working in demanding and multi-tasking situations.

Module Outline

• • Units: 1
  • Total workload: 0-9-0-3-3
  • Prerequisite(s): Nil
  • Preclusion(s): Nil
  • Cross-listing(s): Nil

Workload Components: A-B-C-D-E

• A: no. of lecture hours
• B: no. of tutorial/seminar hours (for 3 weeks)
• C: no. of lab hours
• D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc. (for 3 weeks)
• E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student (for 3 weeks)

PLS8005 Elevating Interpersonal Communication

This 1 unit course is part of the Roots & Wings 2.0 programme. It focuses on soft skills derived from psychological research for students to develop effective interpersonal communication in everyday social interactions. Through various experiential in-class activities (e.g., role play, conversation planning, speech practice), students learn about useful concepts and techniques for effective communication such as formulating an argument, asking effective questions, active listening, non-verbal communication, attempting a persuasion, and building relationships.

Module Outline

• • Units: 1
  • Workload: 0-9-0-3-3
  • Prerequisite(s): Nil
  • Preclusion(s): Nil
  • Cross-listing(s): Nil

Workload Components: A-B-C-D-E

• A: no. of lecture hours
• B: no. of tutorial/seminar hours (for 3 weeks)
• C: no. of lab hours
• D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc. (for 3 weeks)
• E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student (for 3 weeks)