Module manager: Joanna Ying Ye
Email: Y.Ye@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
| COMP1006 | Effective Personal Computing |
| CSER1011 | Career Planning |
| CSER1021 | Career Planning |
| LLLC1105 | PDP: Planning for Success |
| LUBS1060 | Personal Tutorials for Economics |
| LUBS1080 | Personal Tutorials for HRM |
| LUBS1086 | Exploring Your Potential |
| LUBS1095 | Personal Tutorials for Marketing |
| LUBS1100 | Personal Tutorials for International Business |
| LUBS1876 | Academic and Employability Connections |
| LUBS2055 | Academic and Management Skills |
| LUBS2130 | Contemporary Business Issues |
LUBS1045 Personal Tutorials for Accounting and Finance
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 demonstrate the following transferable skills:
- 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
And the following subject specific skills:
- Identify, evaluate and 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 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Lecture | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Lecture | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Lecture | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Lecture | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Seminar | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Tutorial | 3 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Private study hours | 168.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 31.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
- Preparation for seminars and tutorials
- Completion of assessed coursework
- Group work on project and presentation
Student progress will be monitored via personal tutorial meetings, contribution to group seminars and completion of and performance in assessed coursework. Students will receive feedback on the draft essay and the draft CV before they are required to submit for assessment.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Group Project | Group presentation on team project | 34 |
| Assignment | CV and mock internship application | 30 |
| Assignment | 1,500 word essay on an introductory topic requiring an evaluation of different source materials | 30 |
| Tutorial Performance | Completion of Leeds for Life forms and attendance at personal tutorials | 6 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
You are required to gain a mark of 40 or above in the essay to pass the module. You are not required to gain a mark of 40 or above in the other elements to pass the module, as long as your combined mark for the module is above 40. If you fail the module overall you are required to re-sit any failed element(s). This has been exceptionally agreed due to pedagogical reasons to meet the learning outcomes for this module.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 3/28/2018
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