Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SSI2001: Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Finding and applying for a work placement: Preparing CVs, applications and personal statements (Careers Adviser)
• Preparing for your work placement (Work Placement Co-ordinator & Careers Adviser)
• Personal development planning and learning from experience (Module Leader)
• Reflective writing and preparing to write critical logs (workshop) (Module Leader and student skills team)
• Work Experience and the study and practice of Law (Law Tutor)
• An introduction to employment policies, practices. Values and professionalism in the workplace (Work Placement Co-ordinator)
• Personal Development and Academic skills review (workshop/tutorial) (Module Leader)
• Preparing for your presentation (Student Skills team)
• Deciding on a topic for the presentation (individual tutorials) (Module Leader)

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
9	101	40

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	7	7 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	2	2 x 1 hour workshops
Placement	40	Work Placement
Guided Independent Study	101	Independent Study

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Useful materials on many aspects of learning from experience are also available online at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/employability/

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
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
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.
	0
	0
	0
	0

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
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