Module manager: Ms Joanne Y Ye
Email: yy@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2013/14
Mathematics of at least GCSE grade A standard.
| COMP1006 | Effective Personal Computing |
| CSER1011 | Career Planning 1 |
| CSER1021 | Career Planning 2 |
| LLLC1105 | PDP: Planning for Success |
| LUBS1060 | Personal Tutorials for Economics |
| LUBS1070 | Personal Tutorials for Economics and Management |
| LUBS1080 | Personal Tutorials for HRM |
| LUBS1085 | Exploring Your Potential |
| LUBS1095 | Personal Tutorials for Marketing |
| LUBS1100 | Personal Tutorials for International Business |
| LUBS1150 | Information Technology and Communication Skills I |
| LUBS1885 | Business Practice |
| LUBS1890 | Starting Your Own Business |
| LUBS2055 | Academic and Management Skills |
| LUBS2130 | Contemporary Business Issues |
This module is not approved as an Elective
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- access a range of sources of information and writing in the discipline area and be able to distinguish between a range of different scholarly and non-scholarly sources;
- start to appreciate and understand scholarship in the discipline and be able to assemble coherent arguments within a range of assessments: essays (both timed and untimed), reports, oral presentations and online;
- identify how they will use the opportunities available to them through their degree programme and Leeds for Life;
- have strategies and techniques for managing own learning in the upper degree levels;
- demonstrate their skills development through their first year at University, identify areas for further development and put in place their own personal development plan.
This module focuses on skills outcomes rather than knowledge outcomes and is designed to enable students to make the most of the learning opportunities throughout their core programme of study.
The module provides students with comprehensive study skills for the programme of study and opportunities to develop broader transferable skills and use personal development planning techniques.
The module aims to enable students to make the most of the learning opportunities offered through their degree and to help them integrate their university experience into your longer term personal and career planning.
The module will use key concepts, issues and learning from core modules on the programme (LUBS1915 Introduction to Financial Accounting and LUBS1925 Introduction to Management Accounting and LUBS1030 Understanding Finance).
The module aims to enable students to cope with the expectations placed upon them as independent learners at levels 2 and 3.
The module aims to build a sense of community and identity amongst Accounting and Finance students.
A
The University's Values
B
The university learning environment
Self-managed learning
Assessment & the effective use of feedback
Jobs, professions and careers; portfolios of careers and multiple careers; work, life and balance
C
Finding things out: library skills, web skills, interrogating databases
Advanced literacy: reading skills
Critical thinking
Advanced literacy: writing skills
Using and referencing sources in oral presentations, written assignments and online
Intellectual property and plagiarism
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Induction Session | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Induction Session | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Peer Discussion | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lecture | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Lecture | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Tutorial | 3 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Private study hours | 163 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 37 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
- Preparation for seminars and tutorials
- Completion of assessed coursework
- Group work on report and presentation
- Contribution to PASS sessions
Student progress will be monitored via personal tutorial meetings, contribution to group seminars and completion of and performance in assessed coursework.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Group Project | Powerpoint presentation on an agreed topical issue | 24 |
| Assignment | CV and mock internship application | 20 |
| Assignment | 1,500 word essay on an introductory topic requiring an evaluation of different source materials | 20 |
| Assignment | A business report on a core module topic | 25 |
| Tutorial Performance | Completion of Leeds for Life forms and attendance at personal tutorials | 6 |
| In-course MCQ | MCQ test on process of creating a web page | 5 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resit by 2 hour written paper.
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 3/26/2014
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