Module SSI2001 for 2018/9
- 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 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to develop your personal management skills and experience of learning through work. You 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 module allows you to fully explore the links between the skills developed and the knowledge and understanding gained from their degree discipline. By practising specific skills for employment the module aims to prepare you for the world of work beyond university and to increase your knowledge and understanding of a range of professions.
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 understanding of the experiential learning process and some ability to reflect on and evaluate learning from the workplace |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Critically reflect on the relationship between the learning and skills developed in your discipline, with learning and skills developed through your work placement. 4. Systematically research the academic background to a key issue arising from your work placement |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Identify the skills needed in relation to particular job/career opportunities 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.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Description of a critical work incident and a plan for reflection | 500 words | 1,2,4,5 | Oral feedback in session |
Personal action plan | Equivalent to 500 words | 5-6 | Oral feedback in session |
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 logs | 60 | 2,250 words | 1-2, 4, 6 | Written feedback on assignment cover sheet |
Oral Presentation | 40 | 10 minutes | 1, 3-5, 7 | Written feedback on assignment 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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Reflective logs | Reflective logs (2,250 words) | 1-2, 4, 6 | August/September re-assessment period |
Oral presentation | Written script for an oral presentation | 1, 3-5, 7 | August/September re-assessment period |