2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CSER2101 Career Development 1

10 creditsClass Size: 14

Module manager: Caroline Shingles
Email: c.shingles@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is mutually exclusive with

ARTF2800	Careers Preparation for Arts and Culture
CSER2201	Career Development 2
GEOG2015	Career Skills in Geography
LUBS2020	From Study to Work
LUBS2055	Academic and Management Skills
LUBS2085	Developing Your Potential
MATH2900	Maths at Work
PDES3200	Professional, Portfolio and Industry Awareness
PIED2810	Career Planning for POLIS Students
PIED2811	Career Planning for POLIS Students
SOEE2032	Personal Development for Careers in the Environmental Sector
SOEE2700	Environmental Research and Career Skills

Module replaces

CSER2010/2011

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

- Do you want to improve your employability? - Increase your awareness of your own skills/interests and personal characteristics so that you can impress a future employer? This module will prepare you to compete in the graduate job market, whether you are applying for work placements or graduate jobs. This is a practical and highly participative module with employer involvement run by the University's Professional Career Consultants.Assessments are continual, relevant and useful with no exams. This is a highly participative module which requires attendance at all sessions.To do this module you don't need any previous experience or special skills. In order to meet the learning outcomes no student will be permitted to join the module after the end of sessjon three.

Objectives

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

- understand effective career decision making;
- have an understanding of the graduate marketplace;
- prepare to engage with the work place (i.e. work placements, applications, interviews etc);
- identify what is important to them in making a career decision;
- become aware of the resources, support & opportunities available to complete this.

Skills outcomes
- Written Communication
- Planning & Organisation
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal Communication
- Team Working
- Networking
- Decision Making
- Negotiation
- Initiative

Syllabus

This 10 credit module covers the following during the 11 week duration:

- Introduction to the module
- Putting the module in context
- Employability
- Looking at options after undergraduate degree
- Networking, employer input
- Applications and CVs
- Enterprise case study
- Psychometric tests
- Group processes and teamwork
- Interview preparation
- Mock interview
- Skills challenge

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			78.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

78 hours including:
- reading time
- lecture research time
- group work research and preparation for skills challenge
- individual research and analysis in preparation for individual assignments

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be encouraged to make full use of the Careers Centre facilities to aide their progress during the course of the module.

Any further issues would be addressed during the interactive workshop sessions.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	Skills challenge	40.00
Assignment	Employer Comparison sheets	20.00
Report	1 x 1,000 word Interview Critique	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 13/11/2018

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