Module manager: Joanne Y Ye
Email: Y.Ye@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2014/15
Mathematics of at least GCSE grade A standard.
| COMP1006 | Effective Personal Computing |
| CSER1011 | Career Planning |
| CSER1021 | Career Planning |
| 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 a discovery module
This module focuses on skills outcomes and is designed to enable students to make the most of the learning opportunities throughout their core programme of study. The module aims to enable students to cope with the expectations placed upon them as independent learners at levels 2 and 3. It supports students to develop skills and identify areas in need of further development.
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Identify and utilise strategies and techniques for managing their own learning in the upper degree levels
- Demonstrate an understanding of scholarship in the discipline
Upon completion of this module students will be able to
Transferable:
- Locate, analyse and critically evaluate information from multiple sources
- Work as part of a team
- Present coherently to an audience
- Communicate clearly and effectively in writing
- Acknowledge and reference appropriate sources
- Structure and communicate quantitative and qualitative information, analysis and commentary in the form of academic essays and professional quality business reports and presentations
- Assemble coherent arguments within a range of assessments
Subject specific:
- Use the opportunities available to them through their degree programme and Leeds for Life
Indicative content:
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
Advanced literacy: reading skills
Critical thinking
Advanced literacy: writing skills
Using and referencing sources in oral presentations and written assignments
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.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 2/25/2015
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