2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS1065 Academic and Professional Development for Studies in Economics

10 Credits Class Size: 255

Module manager: Cathy Dolan
Email: c.dolan@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

Pre-requisite qualifications

Mathematics of at least GCSE grade A standard.

Mutually Exclusive

LUBS1055 Academic and Professional Development for Studies in Finance
LUBS1080 Personal Tutorials for HRM
LUBS1086 Exploring Your Potential
LUBS1096 Academic and Professional Development for Studies in Marketi
LUBS1105 Academic and Professional Development for Studies in Interna
LUBS1876 Academic and Employability Connections
LUBS2055 Academic and Management Skills

Module replaces

LUBS1060 Personal Tutorials for Economics

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

i. 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;
ii. start to appreciate and understand scholarship in the discipline and be able to assemble coherent arguments within a range of assessments: essays, reports and oral presentations;
iii. identify how they will use the opportunities available to them through their degree programme and Leeds for Life
iv. have strategies and techniques for managing own learning in the upper degree levels;
v. demonstrate their skills development through their first year at University, identify areas for further development and put in place their own personal development plan.

Learning outcomes

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.

Skills outcomes

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 a core module on the Economics programme, LUBS1950 Economic Theory and Applications.

The module aims to enable students to cope with the expectations placed upon them as independent learners at levels 2 and 3.

Syllabus

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
- Reading non-verbal texts: diagrams, maps, pictures, photographs, videos
- Critical thinking
- Advanced literacy: writing skills
- Using and referencing sources
- Intellectual property and plagiarism.

Teaching Methods

Delivery type Number Length hours Student hours
Lecture 3 1 3
Lecture 5 2 10
Seminar 15 1 15
Tutorial 3 0.3 1
Private study hours 71
Total Contact hours 29
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) 100

Private study

- Preparation for seminars and tutorials
- Completion of PDP and assessed coursework
- Group work on report and presentation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored via personal tutorial meetings, contribution to group seminars and completion of and performance in assessed coursework.

Methods of Assessment

Coursework
Assessment type Notes % of formal assessment
Group Project Powerpoint presentation on an agreed topical issue 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 not required to pass each component individually 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) during the August resit period. This has been exceptionally agreed due to pedagogical reasons to meet the learning outcomes for this module.

Reading List

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 12/12/2018

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