CS711-4-FY-CO:
Skills for University Studies
2016/17
Interdisciplinary Studies Centre (ISC)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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Requisites for this module
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CS712
BA T700 American Studies (United States),
BA T708 American Studies (United States) (Including Year Abroad),
BA T7P3 American Studies (United States) with Film,
BA T7W6 American Studies (United States) with Film (Including Year Abroad),
BA MT27 Criminology and American Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA MT2R Criminology and American Studies,
BA R000 European Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA R9T9 European Studies and Modern Languages,
BA R9R1 European Studies with French,
BA R9R2 European Studies with German,
BA R9R3 European Studies with Italian,
BA R9R4 European Studies with Spanish,
BA T711 Latin American Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA T731 Latin American Studies,
BA T7N2 Latin American Studies with Business Management,
BA T7M9 Latin American Studies with Human Rights,
BA LQV0 Liberal Arts (Including Foundation Year),
BA QV00 Liberal Arts (Including Year Abroad),
BA V900 Liberal Arts,
BA V500 Philosophy,
BA V501 Philosophy (Including Year Abroad),
BA V502 Philosophy (Including Foundation Year),
BA VV15 Philosophy and History,
BA VV51 Philosophy and History (Including Foundation Year),
BA VV5C Philosophy and History (Including Year Abroad),
BA MVC5 Philosophy and Law,
BA VM51 Philosophy and Law (Including Year Abroad),
BA QV25 Philosophy and Literature,
BA VQ52 Philosophy and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA VQ5F Philosophy and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV25 Philosophy and Politics,
BA LV2M Philosophy and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV35 Philosophy and Sociology,
BA VL53 Philosophy and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA V5M9 Philosophy with Human Rights,
BA V5MX Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV56 Philosophy, Religion and Ethics,
BA VV5P Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L903 Global Studies,
BA L904 Global Studies (including year abroad)
CS711 is designed to prepare students for entering the graduate labour market and for their roles as active, engaged citizens. This co-curricular module orients students to future careers, the types of skills and experiences valued by employers, and encourages students to capitalise on opportunities available on campus and in the wider community during their undergraduate studies. CS711 aims to enable students to improve core skills, acquire relevant work and/ or volunteering experience, and develop their employability, citizenship, and life skills.
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Aims
- to give students a clear understanding of the employment and post-graduate studies and training opportunities available to SPAH graduates
- to encourage personal reflection on and planning of possible career paths, and the specific skills and capabilities required
- to facilitate understanding, access, and take-up of available work, volunteering, careers orientation, and other extra-curriculum opportunities
- to enable students to improve core skills and develop employability skills and competencies
- to encourage engagement with wider cultural, social, political trends and issues and enhance students sense of citizenship.
This is a portfolio-based module, which combines a range of teaching and learning methods. It is team-taught and makes intensive use of Moodle. Students are required to attend two compulsory sessions in the first year as well as a selection of relevant events and activities available in the university and elsewhere. It is primarily assessed on the basis of a Reflective essay. Students will have considerable choice and autonomy over how they construct their portfolio of relevant experiences, knowledge, and skills.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Reflective essay and CV |
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100% |
Additional coursework information
Your pass/fail will appear on your degree transcript
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
Professor Peter Dews, Professor Fabian Freyenhagen, Dr Jane Hindley, Lynn Jordan, Ann Ord
janeh, or Interdisciplinary Studies Centre Office, room 6.132, email istudies@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 38 hours, 35 (92.1%) hours available to students:
3 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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