Module SSI3999 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SSI3999: Year Abroad
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The module aims to introduce you to the experience of academic study in a different country, and, for some of you, a different language. It aims to challenge preconceptions and assumptions about higher education teaching by exposing you to a different approach to academic study.
You will be expected to develop resilience and flexibility as you adapt to different teaching styles and different administrative procedures, and to living in a new country. Regardless of your language of study, you are expected to develop your communication skills. You will be able to gain a perspective on your experiences of study in the UK by making a comparison with your experience abroad.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate critical awareness of different approaches to your academic discipline and the learning process between Exeter and the host University; 2. demonstrate module-specific skills specific to the modules taken at the host University, at an appropriate level and scope for the number of credits taken; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate discipline-specific skills specific to the modules taken at the host University, at an appropriate level and scope for the number of credits taken; |
Personal and Key Skills | 4. demonstrate personal and key skills specific to the modules taken at the host University, at an appropriate level and scope for the number of credits taken; 5. demonstrate an awareness of the complexities of living and working in a different culture, and 6. successfully negotiate the complexities of living and working in a different culture |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Kolb, D.A. (1984) Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Schön, D. (1991) The Reflective Practitioner. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.