Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Professional and Academic Skills | |||
| Reference | BS2060 | Version | 4 |
| Created | September 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 8 |
| Approved | July 2019 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | March 2024 | ECTS Points | 15 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The aim of this module is to develop academic, professional, and sustainable leadership skills, emphasising the importance of career capital to support students as they progress. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Exercise the interpersonal skills of effective listening, emotional intelligence and persuasion. |
| 2 | Use academic and professional material to exercise appropriate judgement on organisational issues including meeting sustainability goals and the changing employment market. |
| 3 | Set up a professional online presence for promotional and development purposes. |
| 4 | Manage time, set goals and prioritise activities to meet objectives. |
| 5 | Predict and plan personal development needs, learning and performance. |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| Using the CareerEDGE model of employability (Dacre, Pool and Sewell, 2007) students will be required to evidence development appropriate to SCQF Level 8 in each of the five areas of: Career Development Learning, Experience (work and life), Degree Subject Knowledge, Generic Skills and Emotional Intelligence. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| This module is delivered in a supported online learning mode using a range of structured Materials, activities and directed study. This is facilitated by regular online tutor contact, allowing students to contextualise their learning to their own career where appropriate. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | 30 |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | 270 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | N/A | 300 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | eportfolio | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| Component 1 comprises 100% of the module grade. To pass the module, a D grade is required. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | A |
| B | B |
| C | C |
| D | D |
| E | E |
| F | F |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DACRE-POOL, L. and SEWELL, P., 2014. The key to employability: developing a practical model of graduate employability. Education+ Training, 49(4), pp.277-289. |
| 2 | CAMERON, S.,2016, The business student's handbook: skills for study and employment. 7th Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. |
| 3 | COTTRELL, S., 2020. Skills for success 4th edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. |
| 4 | BASSOT, B., 2017, The employability journal. London: Palgrave Macmillan |
| 5 | MCMILLAN, K. and WEYERS, J., 2021. The Study Skills Book 4th edition. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. |