BE901-4-AU-CO:
Research and Study Skills for Professional Development
2021/22
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 17 December 2021
0
14 September 2021
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),
MACCN440 Accounting and Finance,
MACCN441 Accounting and Finance (Including Placement Year),
MACCN442 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 N391 Banking and Finance (Including Foundation Year),
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 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,
BSC N344 Finance and Management,
BSC N345 Finance and Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N346 Finance and Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC N347 Finance and Management (Including Foundation Year),
MMANNN35 Marketing and Management,
MMANNN36 Marketing and Management (Including Placement Year),
MMANNN37 Marketing and Management (Including Year Abroad)
This module contributes 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 from research-led teaching.
The module is systematically linked to the Induction programme and the requirements of the first year modules. As the module is 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.
This module aims to support students in the transition to university. It contributes to students’ understanding of the requirements of academic study and aims to support students in developing the necessary skills to successfully undertake university studies.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Develop their knowledge and understanding of the importance of search engines and library resources for independent research and as an integral part of being an active learner.
2. Develop their knowledge and understanding of the nature and scope of referencing and its importance in developing professional skills.
3. Develop their knowledge and understanding of academic offences and their consequences.
4. Develop their knowledge and understanding of the importance of effective reading and writing skills for developing and organising arguments and narratives, including:
5. The importance of different reading techniques for understanding and critically evaluating a text
6. The importance of developing skills for writing and reading multiple forms of text (e.g. student essays, examination answers, CVs, job applications, journalistic articles, emails, etc.)
7. Develop their knowledge and understanding of how to use feedback effectively and how to reflect on previous coursework with a growth mindset.
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
The module aims to develop a variety of personal transferable skills by encouraging students to:
1. Identify and distil key features and arguments covered in texts and presentations.
2. Develop coherent and well-structured lines of argument supported by relevant analysis and concepts.
3. Become better equipped to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information for the purposes of decision-making.
4. Become better equipped to apply analytical skills and a critical judgement to handle business problems.
5. Develop the ethical awareness required in being professional.
6. Communicate effectively in writing and presentations.
This module will be delivered through a combination of live lectures early in the autumn and the beginning of the spring term and a series of pre-recorded lectures for students to work through in their own time during the autumn term so that they are well prepared before they need to submit their coursework for BE901 and for their main modules. The spring term lecture helps students make effective use of feedback from autumn modules and apply this to their work in the spring term. The topics will be delivered as one hour lectures in week 2 and week 18 and seven pre-recorded lectures which can be accessed via the module Moodle page, with supporting forms of assessment. There will also be four voluntary support classes for this module which will allow students to get more focused support with developing key academic skills covered in the module and applicable to all their other modules. The voluntary support classes will appear on your timetable. In academic year 2021-2022 the delivery is likely to involve online learning.
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 |
Overall Mark |
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| Coursework |
Online Test One |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Online Test Two |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Business Week Assignment |
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| Coursework |
Autumn Coursework |
|
50% |
Additional coursework information
Coursework / Exam
Assessment is by the 2 online tests and a short essay. The online tests are weighted at 15% each and the essay is 70%.
The module has to be passed with an aggregate of 40%.
Students will have a maximum of 5 opportunities to complete each of the online tests. Final outcomes will be shown as complete or not complete on student transcripts.
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
Dr Lorcan Whitehead, email: lorcan.whitehead@essex.ac.uk.
Lorcan Whitehead, Hugh Kilminster, Ai Gooch
lorcan.whitehead@essex.ac.uk
bjackson@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 5 hours, 5 (100%) hours available to students:
0 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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