Module manager: Rach Stevens
Email: r.stevens2@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
Your must be in the second year of your degree course to take this module
| CSER2206 | Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Caree |
CSER 2201
This module is approved as a discovery module
Are you always being told you have transferable skills but don’t know what they are or what jobs you can do with them? Do you want a career where you don’t have to leave your values at the door? Are you unsure what being “a professional” in the world of work even entails? This module takes a holistic approach to answering those questions, and more, with the aim of developing your professional identity. By the end of it you will have identified your skills, values and motivations that drive your career decisions and have gained awareness of a variety of careers you can do. You will have a clearer picture of what being a “professional” in your chosen sector will look like and what your future employers are looking for. No prior knowledge or skills are needed for this module, just a desire to raise your self-awareness and a curiosity about your future career. You will be able to contextualise the content to suit the sectors that you are most interested in. This is a practical and highly interactive module led by the University’s Professional Careers Consultants and requires attendance at all sessions. All assessments are coursework based, with some choice as to how you complete it, and there are no exams. To meet the learning outcomes no student will be permitted to join after the end of session three.
In order to make informed decisions to assist your future career choices, this module will support the development of self-awareness, motivations, values and skill-set. This can be applied to either further study or employment and future promotion.
Against this background, you will also study the current graduate labour market, including future trends, identifying methods to enhance your skillset in areas where you may lack experience or confidence.
The module will consider different ways of articulating your values, skills and attributes through creating a professional image that will appeal to a range of employers. These methods include different digital formats which will build your skills and profile for the future.
By the end of this module students will have:
1. Developed their level of self-awareness to gain a better understanding of their professional identity (including values, skills and attributes) in relation to the current graduate labour market.
2. Researched and analysed the current and future labour market in order to self-evaluate their current skillset for graduate employment including commercial awareness
3. Enhanced their digital capabilities in order to develop their confidence in presenting a professional image for the workplace
5. Reflected upon their learning to date in order to formulate an informed action plan for their future professional development
• Introduction of reflective models
• Self-awareness including values, motivations and skills
• Understanding your opportunities including commercial awareness and making connections
• Decision-making - what influences our career decisions and decision making models
• Action Planning - setting SMART goals and identifying steps towards them
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Independent online learning hours | 8 | ||
| Private study hours | 170 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
All students are expected to undertake a minimum of 2 hrs per week in private study preparing for their weekly taught sessions. This is in addition for the work to be undertaken to develop and create their assessed submissions which include a group presentation and an individual resource
Formative feedback will be available through:
1) Group discussions and peer review in sessions (supported by staff)
2) Minerva Discussion Board Chatroom for assessment queries
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | individual | 25 |
| Portfolio | Reflective Development workbook | 75 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The Individual assignment is a Digital Branding Resource in either a webpage, infographic/leaflet or a 4 minute video - you choose The Portfolio is a reflective development workbook
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 14/05/2025
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