Module SSI2001 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SSI2001: Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to develop students’ personal management skills and experience of learning through work. Students will be encouraged to research and reflect on a range of work-related ‘explorations’ - from the nature of an organisation and their role within it, to the employment practices of induction, health and safety procedures, self-appraisal and continuing professional development, linking this with their own personal development planning. The flexibility of the module allows students to fully explore the links between the skills developed and the discipline of their study. By practising specific skills for employment – including the writing of CVs, application forms and supporting statements – the module aims to prepare students for the world of work beyond university.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate understanding of what your placement organisation does; how it is managed, the culture within the organisation and what influences this. 2. Demonstrate an awareness of the experiential learning process and some ability to reflect on and evaluate learning from the workplace |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Demonstrate an ability to reflect on the relationship between learning law and legal skills developed, with learning and skills developed through your work placement. 4. Demonstrate an ability to systematically research the academic background to and legal or law-related issues arising from your work placement |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Identify the skills needed in relation to particular job/career opportunities, and with reference to the work placement in particular; 6. Analyse your own personal management skills, identifying ways to improve through personal development planning; 7. Present yourself effectively in CVs, applications, oral presentations and interviews. |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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60 | 0 | 40 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Reflective log x 2 | 60 | 2,125 words x 2 | 1-3, 6 | Oral and written feedback |
Oral Presentation | 40 | 10 minutes (equivalent to 1,500 words) | 1-7 | Written feedback on presentation cover sheet. |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Critical Reflective log x2 | Critical Reflective log x 2 | 1-3, 6 | August/September re-assessment period |
Oral presentation | Oral presentation | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |