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2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
LUBS2370 Career Management
10 creditsClass Size: 150
Module manager: Mr Howard Weston
Email: hw@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2008/09
This module is mutually exclusive with
| CSER2101 | Career Development 1 |
| CSER2201 | Career Development 2 |
| LEED2110 | Skill Build for Enterprise |
| LUBS2020 | From Study to Work |
This module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
Not sure where you are going? Hoping for an interesting and rewarding career? This module examines your goals and prospects in detail. Your whole life is included, both other interests you want to pursue, develop or even earn from and beyond your first job. In teams you will survey the likely situations facing you throughout your career. Against this background you will plot your own proposed career. By using several standard professional tools, such as skills analysis and performance evaluation, you equip yourself to manage the rest of your career.Objectives
On completion of this module, students will be able to:structure a review of their own objectives and goals;
develop and deploy continuing awareness of the personal and academic skills required in future careers, including relevant sources of career information and guidance;
critically assess the significance of their academic, personal and learning skills for future career patterns;
demonstrate the enhancement of key skills through both their specific academic programme and their University and external activities and experiences;
present their personal and academic qualities effectively against professional criteria;
and evaluate alternative strategies for job search and career management across different sectors.
Syllabus
The identification, development and use of personal skills as applicable to professional employment. Key elements are likely to include time management, team-working, negotiating and presentation skills. Mission statements and vision, action planning, self- and peer review and evaluation will be among the standard professional methodologies examined; the location of such individual competencies within a process of continuous re-evaluation, adjustment and new learning; and organisational changes and developing employment patterns will be explored, using field work and desk research. Models of career development to correlate personal skills with career progression will be examined.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Workshop | 9 | 1.50 | 13.50 |
| Group Project | 3 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Independent Learning | 1 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 2 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
| Group learning | 7 | 1.50 | 10.50 |
| Lecture | 2 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Private study hours | 48.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 52.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Group Project | 5,000 word - peer review | 30.00 |
| Reflective log | Reflective CV. Resit by 2 hour written paper | 70.00 |
| 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 websiteLast updated: 24/03/2009
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