2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS1980 Academic and Career Development for Economists

10 Credits Class Size: 114

Module manager: Ms Caroline Ramage
Email: C.S.A.Ramage@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2008/09

Mutually Exclusive

CSER1011 Career Planning 1
CSER1021 Career Planning 2
LLLC1102 Academic Skills I
LLLC1103 Academic Skills II
LLLC1105 PDP: Planning for Success
LLLC1112 Professional Development
LUBS1880 Foundations of Management

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

By the end of the module students should: have used a range of personal development planning techniques: (self-auditing and self-reflection, action planning, monitoring progress, gathering and responding to feedback, reviewing and critical summative reflection); have developed a greater self awareness; have developed a capacity for reflective writing; have developed a CV; have researched the range of opportunities available to them during the course of the university career for personal and academic skills development; have developed presentation skills; have worked in teams to develop ideas which support the above learning outcomes.

Syllabus

Introduction: Survival strategies for university life; introduction to academic and transferable skills at university level; and starting a personal log;

Skills development: Individual skills audit and strategies for personal skills development; Developing Self-Awareness: Using and extending your personal learning styles and developing team skills for group assignments; Skills for employability: Introducing the graduate labour market, employer priorities when recruiting graduates and feedback on informal assessment of personal log;

CV writing: CV writing skills and techniques and targeting applications (for part-time/vacation placement opportunities); Introduction to the task of creating a PDP process and documentation for use in levels 2 and 3; Effective Communication: Input on presentations; Group Presentations; and Action planning; Business Ethics; Business Case Study.

Teaching Methods

Delivery type Number Length hours Student hours
Workshop 11 2 22
Private study hours 78
Total Contact hours 22
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) 100

Private study

Students are expected to complete exercises begun in workshops and undertake research / preparation for forthcoming classes. For each 10 credits of study taken, the expectation is that the normal study time (including attendance at lectures and tutorials, self-study and revision) is 100 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

For each piece of assessed work students will have access to the marking criteria being used. The criteria will demonstrate what you need to do to achieve a first class, upper second class, etc. mark on this module.

Methods of Assessment

Coursework
Assessment type Notes % of formal assessment
In-course Assessment Formative and Summative CV and covering letter 40
Presentation Group 30
Reflective log Personal Development Plan. Resit is by 2 hour examination 30
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) 100

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading List

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 4/2/2009

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