BE901-4-AU-CO:
Research and Study Skills for Professional Development
2015/16
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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20 March 2013
Requisites for this module
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BSC N400 Accounting,
BSC N401 Accounting (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N402 Accounting (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N404 Accounting (Including Placement Year),
BSC N420 Accounting and Finance,
BSC N422 Accounting and Finance (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN43 Accounting and Finance (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NNK3 Accounting and Finance (Including Year Abroad),
BSC NN24 Accounting and Management,
BSC NN27 Accounting and Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN42 Accounting and Management (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NNK2 Accounting and Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N4L1 Accounting with Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NKL1 Accounting with Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC NL41 Accounting with Economics,
BSC NL44 Accounting with Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC N390 Banking and Finance,
BSC N392 Banking and Finance (Including Placement Year),
BSC NH90 Banking and Finance (Including Year Abroad),
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 N300 Finance,
BSC N301 Finance (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N302 Finance (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N304 Finance (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN25 Management and Marketing,
BSC NN2M Management and Marketing (Including Placement Year),
BSC NNF5 Management and Marketing (Including Year Abroad)
This module aims to contribute to enhancing students' overall learning experience and performance. It forms part of the School's objective of developing students as active learners with the reflective ability to form holistic views on business and to benefit form research-led teaching. The module also contributes to the School's objectives of implementing a 'Numerical/Quantitative Proficiency Infrastructure' across all year of our undergraduate degree courses. The module is systematically linked to the Induction programme. As the module will be compulsory for all EBS first year students, the aim is that the skills learned will benefit student learning and performance in all other modules as well.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this module students will have developed their:
KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING
The importance of search engines and library resources for independent research and as an integral part of being an active learner
The nature and scope of referencing, why it is important and necessary in developing professional skills
What an academic offence is and its consequences
The importance of good rhetorical and reading skills for developing and organising arguments and narratives, including:
How different ways of organising an argument can have different effects on your readers/audience
The importance of different techniques of reading for understanding and critically evaluating a text
The importance of developing both sets of skills for writing and reading multiple forms of text (e.g. student essays, examination answers, CVs, job applications, journalistic articles, emails, etc.)
SKILLS & ABILITIES
The technical, analytical and evaluation skills required in:
Being able to use search engines and library resources in intelligent and effective ways to support their learning experience and performance across subject areas
Using best-practice referencing to support written essays and arguments, and as part of developing ethical and professional judgment (e.g. through avoiding plagiarism).
Becoming proficient in both written and oral forms of communication for analysing business issues of all the types covered in their studies at EBS.
DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
The module aims to develop a variety of personal transferable skills by encouraging students to:
Identify and distil key features and arguments covered in texts and presentations.
Develop coherent and well-structured lines of argument supported by relevant analysis and concepts.
Become better equipped to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information for the purposes of decision-making.
Become better equipped to apply analytical skills and a critical judgement to handle business problems.
Develop the ethical awareness required in being professional.
Communicate effectively in writing and presentations
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LECTURE PROGRAMME: The lectures specified below are to be delivered early in the autumn term so that students are well prepared before they need to write their coursework. The following topics will be delivered as one hour lectures in week 2 when no seminars are scheduled, with supporting forms of assessment.
LECTURE 1: week 2
Search and Library skills (on-line test)
LECTURE 2: week 2
Logic and organising of arguments (short essay)
How to read an academic text
How to write an academic text
LECTURE 3: week 2
Referencing and academic offences (on-line test)
LECTURE 4: week 17
Using feedback effectively
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Coursework 1 |
|
33.33% |
| Written Exam |
Moodle Quiz Library |
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33.33% |
| Written Exam |
Moodle Quiz - Referencing |
|
33.33% |
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
Module is either passed or marked as not completed.
Reassessment
Module is either passed or marked as not completed.
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Bev Jackson
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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