2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
LUBS1086 Exploring Your Potential
20 creditsClass Size: 188
Module manager: Larissa Bdzola
Email: l.h.bdzola@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
This module is mutually exclusive with
| LLLC0002 | Introduction to Undergraduate Studies |
| LLLC0100 | Integrated Skills for Business Studies |
| LLLC0119 | Academic and Personal Development |
| LLLC1341 | Study Skills for Management |
| LLLC1396 | Employability in a Changing World |
| LLLC1413 | Academic Skills for Learning and Teaching |
| LUBS1046 | Personal Tutorials for Studies in Finance |
| LUBS1060 | Personal Tutorials for Economics |
| LUBS1080 | Personal Tutorials for HRM |
| LUBS1095 | Personal Tutorials for Marketing |
| LUBS1100 | Personal Tutorials for International Business |
| LUBS1876 | Academic and Employability Connections |
| LUBS2055 | Academic and Management Skills |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
This module supports students to manage their transition into higher education and provides opportunities for them to develop academic and professional skills to help them succeed on LUBS undergraduate Management programmes. There are three main aims:To enable students to explore their academic potential, and to provide opportunities for them to develop strategies for academic success on the programme.
To encourage students to explore their personal identity and to articulate how their identity contributes towards their personal development planning
To support students in their career research and decision making so that they are prepared to start competing for opportunities.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Access a range of sources of information and writing in the Management discipline and be able to distinguish between a range of different scholarly and non-scholarly sources.
- Recognise and appreciate the importance of scholarship in Management, assemble coherent arguments within their academic work and develop their critical thinking.
- Develop strategies and techniques for managing their own learning in the upper degree levels.
- Identify how they will use the opportunities available to them through their degree programme, Leeds for Life and other co-curricular activities to enhance their employability.
- Articulate their personal identity, and evidence the skills and knowledge they have developed from academic study and co-curricular engagement
- Reflect and explain how their knowledge, skills and interests inform their career decision making
- Identify areas for further development and put in place their own personal development plan
Skills outcomes
Transferable:
- Critical thinking , academic writing and scholarly research
- Self-management and independent learning
- Reflective thinking and writing
- Career and personal development planning
Syllabus
Indicative content:
Exploring your academic potential in the Management discipline
- Developing independent, self-managed and reflective learning
- Understanding University assessment and using your feedback effectively
- Using the University’s systems/databases for research and reflection
- Academic integrity and referencing
- Sourcing and presenting verbal & written information
- Critical thinking, reading and writing
Exploring your personal identity
- Developing confidence, self-management and time management and reflecting on personal values and attributes
- Reflecting on the Leeds for Life skills and attributes and University values
- Developing interpersonal skills and reflecting on contribution as a group member
Exploring employability and career decision making
- Exploring the terms ‘employability’ and ‘commercial awareness’
- Researching and exploring different types of organisations, sectors and roles
- Identifying and reflecting on career drivers
- Searching for, and making the most of co-curricular opportunities e.g. internships
- Presenting yourself effectively in a CV and letter of application
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Induction Session | 2 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| Lectures | 2 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Mini Conference | 1 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Seminars | 21 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| Tutorial | 3 | 0.50 | 1.50 |
| Independent online learning hours | 3.50 | ||
| Private study hours | 164.50 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 32.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
Preparation for seminars and tutorials. Completion of Employability portfolio and assessed coursework. Group work for presentation. Use of databases.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Portfolio | 3,500 words | 60.00 |
| Essay | 1,500 words | 40.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
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 portfolio 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], either essay, portfolio or both. This has been exceptionally agreed due to pedagogical reasons to meet the learning outcomes for this module.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 27/06/2017
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