BE909-4-FY-CO:
Professional and Academic Development (Management and Marketing)
2022/23
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 06 October 2022
Friday 30 June 2023
15
22 February 2022
Requisites for this module
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BSC N200 Business Management,
BSC N201 Business Management (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N202 Business Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N204 Business Management (Including Placement Year),
BA NR19 Business Management and Modern Languages,
BA N1R9 Business Management with a Modern Language,
BSC N2N5 Management and Marketing (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NN25 Management and Marketing,
BSC NN2M Management and Marketing (Including Placement Year),
BSC NNF5 Management and Marketing (Including Year Abroad),
BA N19R Business Management and Language Studies,
MMANNN35 Marketing and Management,
MMANNN36 Marketing and Management (Including Placement Year),
MMANNN37 Marketing and Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N260 Business and Human Resource Management,
BSC N261 Business and Human Resource Management (including Placement Year),
BSC N262 Business and Human Resource Management (including Year Abroad),
BSC N263 Business and Human Resource Management (Including Foundation Year)
This module will provide our students with a foundation in core academic skill requirements with the intention of improving the standard of work across all first-year modules. The module will also enable students to begin to focus on career planning and employability skills and establishing a career path. In addition, the module ensures that students have adequate access to their personal tutor on a regular basis.
The primary aim of this module is to deliver a range of study skills and introduce professional development at the start of EBS students’ undergraduate programmes.
1. To develop a knowledge and understanding of study skills in relation to the requirements of a first-year undergraduate programme.
2.To prepare students for career planning and identifying future employers, that will include:
a) To identify and understand the graduate-level roles and career paths available to business students.
b) To be able to identify their own interests, skills and competencies, relevant to their future career choice
c) To be able to identify appropriate opportunities to gain relevant work experience while at university, and to prepare effective applications for these opportunities
3.To enable students to reflect on their professional and learning development.
Week
1 Business Week presentations
2 Introducing the module – content and assessment. Introducing personal tutoring and setting expectations and planning your first year of study.
3 Transition to university
4 Navigating your programme of study
5 Note-taking in lectures
6 Reading for your assessments
7 The Graduate labour market
8 What do employers want?
9 Getting work experience and how to apply
10 Practical session: networking and social media
16 Question analysis and introducing the essay/report
17 Critical reading for your essay/report
18 Critical writing for your essay/report
19 Referencing and plagiarism
20 Pathway for a managerial profession
21 Leadership and entrepreneurship skills presentation
22 Business communication and presentation skills
23 Managing projects
30 Essay feedback
19 mainly one-hour lectures (some careers work will be 90 minutes) that comprise of teaching, interactive activities, discussion and group work.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Learning Journal |
19/01/2023 |
25% |
| Coursework |
Career Reflective Assignment |
16/02/2023 |
25% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
16/03/2023 |
50% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Hugh Kilmister, email: h.kilmister@essex.ac.uk.
Teaching will be undertaken by staff from the Business School, the Library and the Careers team.
h.kilmister@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 37 hours, 36 (97.3%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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