2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CSER2206 Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Jason Law
Email: j.law2@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

None

This module is mutually exclusive with

CSER2208

Developing Your Professional Identity: Reflective Practice f

Module replaces

ARTF2800

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Interested in working in Arts, Culture, Heritage or Creative Industries? Want to know how to develop and prepare yourself for each stage of the recruitment process? This module aims to prepare you for this growing and competitive sector by giving you an opportunity to work with an external organisation to make a difference, create change and have a positive impact. You will also have the opportunity to develop your self-awareness including what skills you are developing in your course. You will also be able to reflect on how you fit within the workplacesThis is a very practical and interactive module. It will be delivered by specialist career consultants and professionals who work in the sector giving a ‘real’ view of what it means to work and thrive in this sector. There is no exam as assessment is through coursework. You will undertake a range of written and practical activities including a project with an organisation.

Objectives

This module is intended to support AHC students with regards to raising their awareness of and suitability for a career within the Creative Industries (including Arts, Culture and Heritage). It aims to enhance students' ability to reflect upon the breadth of subject specific and transferable skills gained both through their current degree and extra-curricular experience and crucially how they can then apply these within the Creative Industries. This will be further enhanced through the opportunity to work directly with an appropriate external organisation in order to identify current sector issues and to subsequently provide a practical, creative solution.

Learning outcomes
By the end of this module students will be able to:

Demonstrate the principles of commercial awareness by analysing complex business problems in order to develop effective solutions.

Explain the importance of your skill development and the transferability of your skills to different contexts.

Demonstrate a heightened awareness of your own learning process, strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

Communicate effectively to a diverse audience using digital methods.

Critically analyse and evaluate appropriate solutions to a current business challenge.

Reflect upon your own development in order to identify professional needs and plan for future development.

Syllabus

Students will study and experience the following elements both in and outside the classroom:
• Reflective practice
• Skills auditing and mapping
• Sector landscape and employment needs
• Enterprise and entrepreneurship
• Consultancy, freelancing and portfolio development
• Digital capabilities and self image
• Successful teamwork
• Presentation skills
• Developing practical solutions to real-life issues

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	12	2.00	22.00
Independent online learning hours			8.00
Private study hours			170.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

All students are expected to undertake a minimum of 2 hrs per week in private study preparing for their weekly taught sessions. This is in addition for the work to be undertaken to develop and create their assessed submissions which include a group presentation, build personal networks and an individual resource.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback will be available through:
- Group discussions and peer review in sessions
- Students encouraged to make use of the Careers Centre
- Minerva Discussion Board

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Group	35.00
Portfolio	reflective learning and planning	65.00
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: 13/06/2024

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