Module manager: Dr Guy Ziv
Email: g.ziv@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2019/20
| CSER2201 | Career Development 2 |
GEOG2065 STRAND 4
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module strives to provide students with:
- awareness of how the diverse skills possessed by geographers can be most effectively presented to employers
- enhanced understanding of the range of employment and other opportunities available to geographers, and how geographical skills can be used effectively in a diversity of workplaces.
- knowledge of the range of skills possessed by graduate geographers;
- awareness of how these skills relate to a range of workplaces and other activities
B Cognitive skills
B1 Abstraction and synthesis of information from a variety of sources
B5 Solving problems and making reasoned decisions
D Key skills
D2 Communicate effectively (in writing, verbally and through graphical presentations)
D4 Use information technology effectively (including use of spreadsheet, database and word processing programmes; Internet and e-mail)
D5 Identify, retrieve, sort and exchange geographical information using a wide range of sources
This module consists of 8 x 1 hour lectures that are delivered by the Careers Service staff, 8 x one hour lectures given by a wide range of potential employers and Alumni, and a 1/2 hour assessment project pitch event. The module will address employment and career skills (CVs, interviews etc); career paths and opportunities within a range of organisations. Some sessions will include visits from external partners.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| presentation | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Lecture | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Private study hours | 86.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 13.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
86.5 private study hours (a combination of independent reading and completion of assessment tasks)
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Project | Group project pitch, 1500 word equivalent | 100 |
| In-course Assessment | Application: CV & Covering Letter | 0 |
| Assignment | Attendance at external speaker sessions (attendance is compulsory and pass-to-progress) | 0 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resit for non-attendance will comprise a 750 word reflective log on the content of the 8 talks given by external speakers
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 4/30/2019
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