JSS MAHAVIDHYAPEETHA
JSS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
• Constituent College of JSS Science and Technology University
• Approved by A.I.C.T.E
• Governed by the Grant-in-Aid Rules of Government of Karnataka
• Identified as lead Institution for World Bank Assistance under TEQIP Scheme
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
SCHEME & SYLLABUS
First Semester
(From the Academic Year 2024-25)
DEPARTMENT Humanities
Course Code 24HU120 Total 1 Course Engineering Science Course –
/24HU220 Credits Type ESC
Course Title INNOVATION & DESIGN THINKING
Contact Credits Assessment in
Hours/week Weightage and marks
Lecture 2 1 CIE SEE Total
Teaching
Tutorial 0 - Weightage % 40 60 ----
Learning Process
Practical 0 - Maximum 20 30 50
Marks
Total 2 1 Minimum 10 13 23
Marks *
*Note: For passing, the student has to score a minimum of 23 marks (CIE + SEE = 10+13 or 11 +12).
Course Overview: This course provides an introduction to the need of Innovations and design
thinking with necessary basic concepts, types, tools and techniques involved in practice to cater to
the engineering needs.
Course Objective:
• To explain the concept of innovations and its types, needs, implementation and protection.
• To apprise the importance of design thinking for strategic innovations.
Course Outcome:
CO# Course Outcome Highest Level of
Cognitive Domain
CO1 Comprehensively classify, compare, discuss and illustrate the L2
types of innovations with examples.
CO2 Explain the models of innovations with examples and illustrate L2
applications related to past, present and quantify future needs.
CO3 Describe methods of protection to innovations and develop conceptual L3
design of products/services relevant to respective branch of engineering.
CO4 Illustrate the need, types, tools and implementation of design L2
thinking and elucidate the collaborated design thinking.
CO5 Explain the impact of design thinking for strategic innovations. L2
L1 – Remember, L2 – Understand, L3 – Apply, L4 – Analyze, L5 – Evaluate, L6 - Create
Course Articulation:
POs →
PO10
PO11
PO12
PO1
PO2
PO3
PO4
PO5
PO6
PO7
PO8
PO9
COs ↓
CO1 - - 3 - - - - - - - - 1
- - 3 - - - - - - - - 1
CO2
- - 3 - - - - - - - - 1
CO3
- - 3 - - - - - - - - 1
CO4
- - 3 - - - - - - - - 1
CO5
High – 3, Medium – 2, Low – 1
Course Content:
UNIT No. Content Hours
UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO INNOVATION:
Innovation – Introduction, Definition, Inventions, discovery and Innovations,
Historical developments of inventions leading to innovations, Classification 7
Of Innovation – Based On Category - Product Innovation, Process
Innovation, Service Innovation, Marketing Innovation, Organizational
Innovation, Based On Overall Global Needs – Technological Innovation,
Social Innovation, Based On the Degree Of Novelty - Incremental
Innovations, Radical Innovations, Systemic /Systematic Innovations,
Breakthrough Innovation. Creativity and innovation
UNIT 2 INNOVATION NEEDS AND MODELLING:
Need for innovation - Importance of innovation- business Needs, Societal
Needs, Technological, Scientific and other needs, Innovations of the past,
present and the future. Process of Brainstorming. Advantages and 7
disadvantages of innovation.
Types and Importance of models, TEDOC and SCAMPER - models of
Innovation.
UNIT 3 PROTECTION OF INNOVATION:
Safeguarding innovation, methods of protection and IPR - Patent, Trademark, 4
Industrial design, Geographical Indication, Copyright. WIPO
UNIT 4 DESIGN THINKING & ITS TOOLS:
Introduction to design thinking, Theory and practice in Design thinking, 4
Implementation, MVP & Prototyping, Scenario based Prototyping.
Tools for Design thinking, Collaboration in distributed Design.
UNIT 5 DESIGN THINKING FOR STRATEGIC INNOVATIONS:
Growth – Story telling representation – Strategic Foresight - Change – Sense 4
Making - Maintenance Relevance – Value redefinition - Extreme
Competition – experience design - Standardization – Humanization -
Creative Culture – Rapid prototyping, Strategy and Organization – Business
Model design.
Text Books:
1. “The Houdini Solution. Put Creativity and Innovation to Work by Thinking INSIDE THE
BOX”, By Ernie Schenck, McGraw Hill, New York 2007.
2. Idris Mootee, "Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at
Business or Design School", John Wiley & Sons 2013.
3. The Little Black Book of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It? - Scott D. Anthony,
Harvard Business School Press – 2011.
4. John.R.Karsnitz, Stephen O’Brien and John P. Hutchinson, “Engineering Design”, Cengage
learning (International edition), Second Edition, 2013.
Reference Books:
1. Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere - Vijay Govindarajan, Chris
Trimble and Indra K. Nooyi - Harvard Business Press Books – 2012.
2. Innovation. - Growth Engine for Nation -. Nice Buzzword but Often Misunderstood. Compiled
By. Dr. Rajiv V. Dharaskar. Ph.D.
3. Hasso Plattner, Christoph Meinel and Larry Leifer (eds), "Design Thinking: Understand –
Improve – Apply", Springer, 2011.
Web/Digital resources:
1. www.mindtools.com
2. www.quicksprout.com
3. www.mindtools.com
Evaluation Scheme:
Continuous Internal Evaluation – CIE
Event Event Type Marks Allotted
CIE – 1 Written Test – 1 15
CIE – 2 Event 10
CIE – 3 Written Test – 2 15
Note:
1. The written test 1 & 2 (CIE – 1 & 3) both will be conducted for 15 marks each in 1 hour
duration.
2. The Event (CIE – 2) will be conducted for 10 marks.
3. The Event (CIE – 2) will be skill based assessment such as Seminars / Technical talks / Case
study / hands-on activity / Mini projects / Sci-tech activity / Data analysis.
4. A student must score on an average of 50% i.e., 20 marks out of 40 from all the events (CIE - 1,
2, 3) to gain the eligibility to appear for SEE.
5. The final CIE (40 Marks) will be reduced proportionately to 20 marks.
6. The eligibility mark is 10 to appear for SEE.
Semester End Examination – SEE
Event Event Type Marks Allotted Duration
SEE Written Examination 60 2 Hours
Note:
1. The SEE will be conducted for 60 marks and the marks. A student must score a minimum of 24
marks out of 60 in the SEE to pass.
2. SEE Question paper will be set for 60 marks and will have two parts (Part-A & Part-B) with
equal weightage / marks distribution of 30 marks for each PART A and PART B. Questions
under Part-A are compulsory and questions under Part-B will have internal choices.
3. The final SEE will be reduced to 30 marks.
4. The passing marks in SEE is 12 marks out of 30 marks.
5. To pass the course, the student has to score a minimum of 23 marks (CIE + SEE = 10+13 or 11
+12).
