Career Management Skills for 'with Industrial Experience' Students

Module title	Career Management Skills for 'with Industrial Experience' Students
Module code	BSD2002
Academic year	2019/0
Credits
Module staff

Duration: Term	1	2	3
Duration: Weeks	1	3	4

Number students taking module (anticipated)	300

Module description

Summary:

The level two module, BSD2002 Career Management Skills for 'With Industrial Experience' students is a non-credit bearing module that aims to help students on 'with Industrial Experience' programmes prepare for the placement year that will take place in third year of their degree. The module aims to assist students in their job/placement search and to provide a general preparation for successful participation in the workforce.

Additional Information:

Internationalisation

Students can undertake their work placement in the UK or in any of the European Union countries and associate countries that participate in the Erasmus+ programme. Other countries will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

External Engagement

You will engage with leading graduate employers as part of optional events made available via the Business School Careers Team.

Module aims - intentions of the module

The level two module, BSD2002 Career Management Skills for ‘With Industrial Experience students is a non-credit bearing module that aims to help students on ‘with Industrial Experience’ programmes prepare for the placement year that will take place in third year of their degree. The module aims to assist students in their job/placement search and to provide a general preparation for successful participation in the workforce.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

1. Understand the impact of behavior, ethics and health and safety in the workplace
2. Understand the importance of continuing personal and professional development in the workplace
3. Understand the academic requirements that they are expected to fulfill during the placement year

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

4. Locate information sources that will help them identify: a) The skills ? discipline specific and transferable - that they should acquire by completing their degree b) Career options where a degree in their subject area is essential (where relevant), career options where a degree in their subject area is desirable, career options where a degree in their subject area would be useful.

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

5. Locate information sources that will help them to identify, critically reflect on and provide examples from their own experiences to demonstrate the personal and key skills that they have developed and that graduate employers value most highly

Syllabus plan

5 x timetabled 1 hour sessions, of which:

4 compulsory 1 hour lecture sessions:

Year 2 Securing your Placement – Review of expectations/responsibilities during the placement search and placement approval process (including how to seek approval for a placement, health and safety and risk assessment)

Health and Safety & what to do when you secure a placement
Professionalism in the Workplace: Ethics and Culture
Reflective Assignment techniques

1 X compulsory timetabled 2 hour pre-placement briefing session: The Placement Year – Student Responsibilities and Assessment Requirements

1 x compulsory 2 hour assessment centre workshop

Optional

There are also a range of optional extra-curricular careers fairs, employer presentations, skills sessions, mock interviews, alongside the ‘How to…’ skills sessions and YES pages (ex.ac.uk/yes)

1-1 appointments and careers cafe drop-ins available with Employability Advisers throughout the year to review student progress in securing an industrial placement and advise on CV, Applications and LinkedIn.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
9	0	0

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Contact hours	9	Presentations and workshops

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment	% of credit	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Placement search planner 1 (online)	35	1-5	Written feedback
Placement search planner 2 (online)	35	1-5	Written feedback
Placement search planner 3 (online)	30	1-5	Written feedback
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment notes

This module is not formally assessed and does not bear any credits, however it is possible to fail this module. Students are required to attend all compulsory sessions and complete the formative assignment. Those students who fail to meet the requirements of the course without due cause will be transferred back to the three year degree.

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

The Business School’s online careers management skills page on the ELE: ‘Your Employability Skills’ YES pages: ex.ac.uk/yes

Career Zone on-line careers resources:

Deciding: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/research/careerplanning/deciding/

Planning: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/research/careerplanning/planning/

Competing: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/research/careerplanning/competing/

Credit value
Module ECTS	0
Module pre-requisites	A BSD1002 mark of 50% or higher, and a minimum overall weighted average of 50% at level 1. (Please note this module is a pre-requisite for the level 3 Business School Industrial Experience module BUS3002).
Module co-requisites	None
NQF level (module)	N/A
Available as distance learning?	No
Origin date	01/11/2010
Last revision date	02/11/2018