2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW2660 Preparation for the Year Abroad

5 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Dr Chloe Wallace
Email: C.J.Wallace@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Pre-requisite qualifications

A-C A level grade or equivalent

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

The objective of this module is to engage students intending to spend a year abroad in year 3 in two key processes: personal goal setting; and reflection on the environment to which they are planning to travel.

Learning outcomes
By the end of this module students will:
- have heard first-hand about the student experience in the country they are planning to visit;
- have reflected on what they have heard and how it affects their planning;
- have a set of clear personal goals for the year abroad, with an idea of how to achieve them and how they will know they are achieved.

Syllabus

Students will learn about the organisation of legal education in the country they are visiting, and the organisation, culture and student experience in the university they are visiting.

Students will learn about SMART goal setting, and will set their own goals for the year abroad.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	2	2.00	4.00
Private study hours			46.00
Total Contact hours			4.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			50.00

Private study

Students will:
- Complete a Year Abroad pre-plan. This will involve researching information about the country and university they are planning to study in, reflecting on cultural adaptation and safety issues, and setting a series of personal SMART goals for their year abroad
- Complete interviews with at least two other students (either exchange students from their host institution, 4th year returners or, preferably, both) about their experience of the cultural and pedagogic leap between Leeds and the host institution.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	1 x 1,000-word reflective report on student interviews	50.00
Project	Approximately 1,000-word Year Abroad pre-plan	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 30/04/2019

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