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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Workplace Experience | |||
| Reference | CB3257 | Version | 2 |
| Created | March 2024 | SCQF Level | SCQF 9 |
| Approved | June 2018 | SCQF Points | 45 |
| Amended | April 2024 | ECTS Points | 22.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To provide the student with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and understanding, as well as the personal transferable skills, acquired in the programme in the real work environment. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Demonstrate skills, attitudes and behaviours appropriate to the workplace. |
| 2 | Recognise their own strengths and weaknesses as potential managers. |
| 3 | Develop an understanding of the organisation in which they are placed. |
| 4 | Apply the theories, models, concepts and principles acquired in the programme to the workplace. |
| 5 | Demonstrate evidence of, and reflect on, new learning with regard to knowledge, skills and abilities required for effective functioning in the workplace. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| The content of the workplace experience will vary. However each student will draw up an agreed learning contract with the host organisation and devise a programme which will enable the learning outcomes specified above to be achieved. To engage students with UNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development Systems Thinking, the following competencies are relevant; Anticipatory, Collaboration, Critical-thinking, System-thinking, Normative competency and Self-awareness - these competencies relate to students recognising and understanding relationships between disciplines, learning from others in a professional working environment and the sharing and transferal of acquired educational and professional skills, understanding the needs, perspectives and actions of others, reflecting on self-values and motivations, continued learning and facilitating collaborative actions and activities |
| Module Delivery |
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| Delivery is by means of on-the-job training and development. In addition, students may be required to attend specific staff development workshops as designated by their host organisation. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | 450 | N/A |
| TOTAL | 450 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body | 450 |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| 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: | Individual Portfolio Assessment | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| The calculation of the overall grade for this module is based on 100% weighting of C1. An overall minimum grade D is required to pass the module. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | The student needs to achieve an A in C1. |
| B | The student needs to achieve a B in C1. |
| C | The student needs to achieve a C in C1. |
| D | The student needs to achieve a D in C1. |
| E | The student needs to achieve an E in C1. |
| F | The student needs to achieve an F in C1. |
| 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 | |
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| 1 | FANTHOME, C., 2004. Work placements: a survival guide for students. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. |