Career Ready Specialism
| Module title | Career Ready Specialism |
|---|---|
| Module code | MBAM967 |
| Academic year | 2021/2 |
| Credits | 10 |
| Module staff | Ms Jackie Bagnall (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 4-5 days |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 5 |
|---|
Module description
The purpose of this module is to enable you to broaden your academic knowledge, and personal development experience by studying one or more elective modules outside of the MBA, drawing from a masters (level 7) module offered by the University of Exeter. The additional module/s will be agreed and approved by the MBA Programme Director and may vary from each academic year. You will attend lectures as scheduled and complete formative and summative assessment as set by the module lead. Dependent on the credit bearing arrangements for the electives, credits will be counted as an MBA option and assessed by a combination of assessment set by the module lead of the chosen elective.
Expectations about prior knowledge and pre-requisites will depend on the individual modules offered.
Module aims - intentions of the module
The Career Ready Specialism module on the MBA enables you to:
- broaden your knowledge in specific subject areas.
- broaden your skills in a specific area of knowledge.
- network with international students from across other Masters programmes at the University of Exeter.
- promote the acquisition and application of team working with participants from other Masters programmes.
- align specific areas of knowledge towards an area of employability.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Adapt learning toward that required of the new area of knowledge and the accompanying pedagogy
- 2. Critically analyse the field of study in relation to operating at a strategic level
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 3. Assimilate specialist knowledge in a way that complements and extends studies on the Exeter MBA
- 4. Identify and evaluate the relevancy of theories, concepts and modules to work within a chosen career path
- 5. Demonstrate competency against the required standards of the chosen area of study, as determined by a successful pass of the chosen elective
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 6. present and defend strategic analyses in multiple forms (written, verbal, digital) based on case material, desk based and empirical research;
- 7. give and receive feedback at all levels, building confidence and developing trust that enables Self and others to take more assertive actions;
- 8. work effectively in multi-cultural groups to research, explore and prepare a persuasive and carefully considered argument against an assignment or client brief;
- 9. improve personal effectiveness through consciously and diligently developing own communication skills.
Syllabus plan
The modules on offer will consist (approximately 28 hours) of classroom-based/synchronous teaching and learning supported by asynchronous materials. You will need to review the specific module descriptor of those offered as electives to understand the module aims, ILOs and assessment as this will vary for each one.
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | 72 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching activity | 100 | The learning activities and teaching methods will depend on the students module choices but in all cases the final amount of accredits awarded will be 10 credits in order to align to the overall MBA credit structure of 180 credits. |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| as determined by module lead of chosen elective | as determined by module lead of chosen elective | as determined by module lead of chosen elective | as determined by module lead of chosen elective |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As determined by module descriptor of chosen elective | 100 | As determined by chosen elective | As determined by chosen elective | As determined by module descriptor of chosen elective |
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Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| As outlined by module descriptor of chosen elective | As outlined by module descriptor of chosen elective | As outlined by module descriptor of chosen elective | As outlined by module descriptor of chosen elective |
Re-assessment notes
The re-assessment of each assessment component will take the form of an improved version of the respective individual assignment (with the previous topic of the essay).
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
As identified in the module descriptor chosen
| Credit value | 10 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 5 |
| Module pre-requisites | None |
| Module co-requisites | None |
| NQF level (module) | 7 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 22/03/2021 |
| Last revision date | 22/03/2021 |
