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LOs from Core Courses
100

You are planning to try and win the ping-pong championship. You have almost no experience in ping-pong, and you know that the other competitors might overlook you, but you also know that this means they will want to battle other people who are more competitive. Given this SWOT analysis to understand the situation, you decide to stay in the background and watch the other competitors to find someone with an obvious weakness and play them and win, to keep your win rate at 100% and win the competition.

What is #strategize

100

You are giving a pitch for a new product you designed for a company. You assess that there will be people at the pitch including engineers who will execute the project, high level managers who will oversee the project, and investors who will be considering investing in the project! You understand that these people will have some background in the product genre and thus your explanation should be comprehensive but above introductory. You determine personal factors like the appropriate level of confidence to present, good attire, and ensure to adapt your proposal to be tailored to suit each group in the crowd. 

What it #audience

100

The objective function is the shortest amount of time needed to go to Waltair. Decision variables exist such as road to travel, mode of transport, constraints are speed of transport, roads available, road obstructions, etc.

What is #optimization

100

Hanna loves sushi and ramen. On the weekends, she spends her time watching anime. From this description, one may assume Hanna is Japanese, but this is an example of the representativeness _______.

What is #heuristics

100

NS112 - She was the all beloved Hannah Montana before she came in like a wrecking ball. Miley Cyrus took her career to… unexpected heights. What core NS LO did she apply?

What is #evolutionoutsidethebox?

200

You are on exploration day with your legacy, and you notice that group members are becoming less interested and moody. This is making it difficult to complete the tasks and you notice that this is only happening later in the day, so you think about what could have changed people’s moods! You call a group meeting and ask how everyone is feeling. You remember the SLT mentioned it gets very hot later in the day, so you make a plan to stop at cafes along the routes to recharge in cooler air.

What is #emotionaliq

200

You are analyzing your favorite bollywood song. You wonder what element of pop culture does this represent, and look at it through different perspectives, such as how was it produced, who was the author, what was the intended audience, and what kind of genre the music is in. Placing it in this analysis lets you uncover the more complex elements of the music!

What is #context

200

Jenny told me that I should not eat fish if I want to avoid consuming microplastics, but Jenny does not use non-BPA plastic Tupperware. Jenny is obviously a hypocrite. Therefore eating fish won't give you microplastics.

What is #fallacies

200

Break-ups are hard, and it can be easy to see the entire relationship through a negative lens immediately after such an event. Knowing this, you use reappraisal to mitigate feeling badly. For example, you write gratitudes for the time you spent with the person.

What is #biasmitigation

200

AH112 - The clothes we wear can say a lot about us, whether we recognize it or not. Elle Woods, an aspiring lawyer, wears mostly pink to represent herself in university as a proud femme-presenting individual who understands the implications of being a female in a male-dominated sphere

What is #AH112-bodiestheories

300

You are working with your CCP group, and surprise! The partner asks if it’s possible to add another component to the project, using graphic design. You have no idea about graphic design because the project was originally about moderating the number of squirrels in the botanical gardens (none) and so you meet with the team. Bob is great with organizing, so he is assigned redoing the deliverable schedule. Robert is good with tech so you assign him role of PowerPoint presentation theme picking out. Roberto, is a wonderful writer so he is given the task of written portions. The personal characteristics and unique skills allow for allocating roles.

What is #differences

300

You go to a local market to experience the culture, but you notice that you haven’t eaten lunch yet and that is affecting your impression of the market is being tainted by your hangry emotions. You don’t pay as much attention to the market because you can’t take you mind off of lunch and the feelings you are having because of this. Walking around only makes you hungrier and because of this you leave the market because you recognize you are biased want to have a good impression of the market and see it from a more positive lens to remember it.

What is #interpretivelens

300

What is a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or achieving a specific goal?

What is #algorithms

300

Finding a way to take revenge on your ex is difficult, because there are so many different options. You could scratch their car with keys, TP their house, or even release their favorite iguana in the wild. You need to carefully consider each of those options, analyze their pros and cons to identify the most suitable one for your goal. If you think that one does not apply, you could also come up with something novel. This is an example of _____ .

What is #gapanalysis

300

CS110 - Considering the scaling growth of five nested for loops may show you that the runtime will grow exponentially and that such an approach may not be the smartest

What is #CS110-ComplexityAnalysis

400

You found an amazing local organization to work with in Hyderabad! They are a startup aimed at helping to increase the amount of adopted puppies in the city. They want to build a website, and are struggling to write their mission and vision statements in English. You talk about their core guiding value, which is the notion that all puppies deserve to be safe in a loving family and home, which guides their actions of connection 200 puppies a month to homes. You also discuss their constraints, and together devise a statement reflecting their core values, guiding purpose, and vision/mission.  

What it #purpose

400

You are doing a research project on Golconda Fort, and are discussing amongst friends what sort of materials you think the fort might be made of. You one friend Bob says he think’s it’s just whatever rocks people could find at the time, and while that sounds plausible, he cites a wikipedia page. Your other friend mentions an article they read a JSTOR article that the fort is mostly made out of granite. You consider all their sources and do some research by yourself and find they are both right, also both sources are appropriate given the conversation is casual and not academic!

What is #sourcequality

400

The past several times that Angelica has eaten cheese, yogurt, and paneer, she has experienced digestive discomfort. Based on these instances of discomfort Angelica uses _____ reasoning to conclude that she may have lactose intolerance.

What is #induction

400

You live in India and you want to do a trip to the Golden Triangle. You are also a broke college student and you have $150 to spend, along with, realistically, about 2 hours per day to visit monuments, because it is assignment season. Those are all ____ you have to work within.

What is #constraints

400

an LO explaining why suddenly everyone wants to buy/invest in a type of flowers.

What is #maniasbubblesandcrises?

500

Batman is dealing with a hostage situation a bank robber. They have different priorities, Batman wants to ensure the safety of those held hostage while the robber wants money. Batman may consider BATNAs and should consider what are the non-negotiables (people's lives) and what may be sacrificed (money, time?).

What is #negotiation

500

You are writing a campaign advertisement about this amazing new vegan ice cream in Hyderabad. You are trying to decide between the words “delicious” and “delectable” to describe the ice cream. The denotation of the words are similar enough that they could be substituted for each other in principle, however in practice, people’s perceptions about them are quite different, and “delectable” seems very fancy and “delicious” seems very classic but a bit overused. Because you are trying to explain how truly wonderful the ice cream is to a city where veganism is less common, you decide to go with “yumyum”.

What is #connotation

500

Cohen's d is a statistical measure used to determine the standardized difference between two means. It is often used to quantify the effect size of the difference between two groups in a study. For example, if a researcher wants to compare the mean height of male and female students in a school, they can calculate Cohen's d to determine the magnitude of the difference between the means. A large Cohen's d value indicates a large effect size, while a small value indicates a small effect size.

What is #significance

500

Imagine you are a scientist and you want to test out how a new type of virus would behave when introduced in a suburban neighborhood. You have to consider some relevant parameters - size of the neighborhood, population density, and infectiousness of the virus. You make a couple of assumptions for the lethality of the virus. Doing so will help you understand the possible consequences of the lab leak your government was planning.

What is #modeling

500

B112 - You're on your way to get a banh mi in a busy street of Bangkok when you suddenly hear your name being called out. You turn around, and it's, obviously, one of your classmates. ____, you laugh, and go say hello to yet another Minervan met in a random place on Earth.

What is #flatWorld