Semester:

3/5

Course Code:

EF3080

Course Name:

Mindfulness for Engineers

Credit Value:

2 (Notional hours:100)

Pre-requisites:

None

Core/Optional

Optional (General Elective)

Hourly Breakdown

Lecture hrs.

Tutorial hrs.

Practical hrs.

Assignment hrs.

Independent Learning & Assessment hrs.

11

4

30

-

55

Course Aim: To develop mindfulness as a lifestyle among young engineers.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;

➢    identify basics of mindfulness, advantageous and different stages of it;

➢    describe medical, physiological backgrounds of mindfulness and recent developments;

➢    relate the use of basic tools of mindfulness;

➢    apply knowledge of mindfulness for solving problems.

Course Content:

➢    Introduction to mindfulness: What is mindfulness, definitions, advantageous of being mindful; creative thinking ability, problem solving skills, clear and quick decision making, improved interpersonal-skills, stress and anger control, be happy etc. and different stages of mindfulness.

➢    Basic tools to develop mindfulness: Mind-body-friendship, mindful-sitting, mindful-walking, mindfulness in day-to-day activities.

➢    Medical and physiological background of mindfulness: How brain and nerve system function, mindfulness practice and consequent structural/functional changes in brain and nerve system, immune system etc.

➢    Recent developments in mindfulness practice: Recent developments in mindfulness practice, mindfulness as a preventive method to the society in general, prevention of alcohol usage, prevention of drug addiction and living with epidemic or any other illness.

➢    Lifelong development of mindfulness practice: Appreciation of mindfulness practice and how to develop it as a life style.

Teaching /Learning Methods:

Classroom lectures, practical and discussions

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

60%

Final Assessment

40%

Details:

Tutorials       20%

Practical       40%

Theory (%)

40

Practical (%)

-

Other (%)

-

Recommended Reading:

➢    Zinn, J. K. (2010). Where you go There you are. 10th anniversary edition, Hachette Books, New York, USA.

➢    Williams, M, Penman, D. (2011). Mindfulness: An Eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world. Rodale Inc., NY.

➢    Zinn, J. K. (2013). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. 2nd edition, Bantam Books, NY.

➢    Nyanaponika Thera. (2001). The Power of Mindfulness. BPS Inc, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

➢    Shapiro, S. L., &Carlson, L. E. (2017). The Art and Science of Mindfulness. 2nd edition, American Psychological Association, Washington DC.