1. Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary:
Multidisciplinary education at Siena College of Professional Studies promotes holistic education which encourages community engagements and finally leads to value based education. The College is offering 8 under graduate programs, 1 post graduate program. The college follows the curriculum set forth by Mahatma Gandhi University. The curriculum of all UG programs follows the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and PG program follows Credit and Semester System (CSS). Under CBCS, all the students from first to four semesters will undergo different courses offered by other departments as common course I & II and complementary course. In the fifth semester, students have the option of selecting an open course from a variety of disciplines across science, commerce and humanities. There shall be one Choice Based course (Elective Course) in the sixth semester, in the case of B.Com Program there shall be an elective stream from third semester onwards. All PG programs follow the Credit and Semester System with electives in the third and fourth semesters. A number of skill based certificate courses are introduced into the curriculum. There is a MOOC course -Organic farming is implemented by affiliated University is a mandatory course for all first year students. A number of inter departmental competitions and activities are carried out throughout the academic year, all the above promotes holistic education.
2. Academic bank of credits (ABC):
Siena College of Professional Studies, Edakochi is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, so it follows the curriculum developed by the affiliated university. According to the CBCS Regulation 2017 of university’s Credit Transfer and Accumulation system is adopted in the programme. Transfer of Credit consists of acknowledging, recognizing and accepting credits by an institution for programmes or courses completed at another institution. The Credit Transfer Scheme shall allow students pursuing a programme in one University to continue their education in another University without break. Academic bank of credit in its full-fledged version as per the New Economic policy of 2020 is not implemented in the university as well as its affiliated colleges.
3. Skill development:
The college has made tremendous efforts to develop the skills of the students. Various clubs of the college conducts various activities for developing hard and soft skills to the students. Communicative skills, ICT skills, Life skills, Yoga skills are being provided.
4. Appropriate integration of Indian Knowledge system (teaching in Indian Language, culture, using online course):
Language education has been considered to be integral part of the education system. In the context of Indian Knowledge System based education, Indian Languages play a very crucial role. College has three language departments, out of these three; two of them are dealing with Indian languages, ie, Department of Malayalam & Department of Hindi. all the UG students have second language course ie Malayalam/Hindi in two semesters. Students are taught Indian history, culture, literature, heritage, patriotism and nationalism through common, complementary, and core courses. Despite the restriction in the syllabus, the college always try to incorporate the Indian knowledge system into co-curricular activities in the best possible manner. College celebrate various days related to Indian languages and culture through conducting quiz competition, reading competitions, essay competition, cultural fest, conducting seminars etc.
5. Focus on Outcome based education (OBE):
Outcome-Based Education (OBE) is a student-centric teaching and learning methodology in which the course delivery, assessment are planned to achieve stated objectives and outcomes. It focuses on measuring student performance i.e. outcomes at different levels. Students are given clear objectives and regular evaluations of progress, and they receive personalized feedback on how well they have achieved those goals. The college follows the syllabus framed by Mahatma Gandhi University which is affiliated. The syllabus of the program itself explains the Course Outcome (CO). The college and departments formulate Program Outcome (PO), and Program Specific Outcome (PSO), and the same is shared with students and posted in the college website. The assessment and evaluation system determines the success of outcome-based education. College implemented OBE based evaluation during the academic year 2022-2023. IQAC organised Faculty Training Programme on “Moving towards NEP Implementation of OBE in Higher Education” for the smooth implementation of OBE in college. The sessions helps to Understand what is Outcome Based Education, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Question Paper setting based on OBE and Blooms Taxonomy, Understand to write Course Outcome to meet the selected subset of the programme Outcome and programme Specific outcome, Compute the attainment of POs, PSOs & COs. The assessment is designed to check whether the student attained learning outcome not merely memorising facts but also to achieve competencies and desired outcome.
6. Distance education/online education:
Due to covid-19 pandemic situation, the institution mostly prefer online learning platforms to met the requirements for graduation.