EC123-6-FY-CO:
Career Skills in Economics

The details
2025/26
Economics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 26 June 2026
0
01 August 2024

 

Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
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Key module for

BA 0F66 Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA L100 Economics,
BA L102 Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L106 Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC 0E45 Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC L101 Economics,
BSC L103 Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC L107 Economics (Including Year Abroad),
MECNL130 Economics,
MECNLA30 Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNLA31 Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC L1G1 Economics with Mathematics,
BSC L1G3 Economics with Mathematics (Including Placement Year),
BSC L1GC Economics with Mathematics (Including Year Abroad),
BA 5A84 Financial Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA L111 Financial Economics,
BA L118 Financial Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L195 Financial Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC 0Q64 Financial Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC L114 Financial Economics,
BSC L117 Financial Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC L194 Financial Economics (Including Year Abroad),
MECNL131 Financial Economics,
MECNLB31 Financial Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNLB32 Financial Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV11 History and Economics,
BA V1L1 History and Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA VL11 History and Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BA 9O47 International Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA L115 International Economics,
BA L163 International Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC 5H18 International Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC L116 International Economics,
BSC L162 International Economics (Including Year Abroad),
MECNL132 International Economics,
MECNLC32 International Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNLC33 International Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BA 9L11 Management Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA L108 Management Economics,
BA L190 Management Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BA L192 Management Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC 5M00 Management Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC L109 Management Economics,
BSC L191 Management Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC L193 Management Economics (Including Year Abroad),
MECNL133 Management Economics,
MECNL134 Management Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNL135 Management Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L147 Financial Economics and Accounting (Including Placement Year),
BA L148 Financial Economics and Accounting,
BA L149 Financial Economics and Accounting (Including Year Abroad),
BA LX14 Financial Economics and Accounting (Including Foundation Year),
BSC LG01 Economics with Data Science,
BSC LG02 Economics with Data Science (Including Year Abroad),
BSC LG03 Economics with Data Science (Including Placement Year),
BSC LG04 Economics with Data Science (Including Foundation Year),
BA LN10 Business Economics,
BA LN11 Business Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LN12 Business Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA LX10 Business Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BA C841 Economics with Psychology,
BA C851 Economics with Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BA C861 Economics with Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BSC C148 Economics with Psychology,
BSC C158 Economics with Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C168 Economics with Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BA R112 Economics with Language Studies,
BA R113 Economics with Language Studies (Including Foundation Year)

Module description

EC123 is a compulsory module for all students in economics. It is different from other Economics modules in the sense that there is no exam and it runs over the whole of the three years of undergraduate studies. Upon the completion of the module students will have developed an understanding of the working world and skills necessary to successfully compete in the graduate labour market after graduation.

Module aims

The aims of this module are:



  • To develop a wider range of employability skills.

  • To provide a comprehensive understanding of employment and post-graduate opportunities available to Economics students after graduation.

  • To encourage personal reflection on and planning of a career path to ensure students are adequately prepared to access future labour market opportunities.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:



  1. Have a clear understanding of their own interests, skills and competencies, relevant to their future career choice.

  2. Identify and understand the graduate-level roles and career paths available to economics students.

  3. Locate resources for finding jobs and postgraduate courses that interest them, and have experience of using these resources.

  4. Locate resources for preparing effective job/postgraduate applications, and have experience of using these resources.

  5. Identify appropriate summer placement/internship/work experience opportunities, and to prepare effective applications for these opportunities.

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

The module will be delivered via:

  • A series of CORE 2-hour lectures.

These are spread across 3 years of study with:

  • 2 in the first year
  • 2 in the second year
  • 1 in the 3rd year

Attendance at lectures is Compulsory. Attendance will be taken and absences will be noted.

All the resources for this module will be available in Moodle and you can contact the Employability and Careers Centre for further support.

Bibliography

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   16/11/2020 - 9am Moodle Quiz     
Coursework   Logged Attendance to Student Development Events or to an Employability Event     

Additional coursework information

The module is assessed on a Pass/Fail basis and it is 100% coursework. The assessment consists of: completion of a Moodle quiz and a CV submission (via the University’s CV360 tool) in year 1; participation in one Student Development or Department of Economics Employability event, and completion of a Moodle quiz in year 2; and participation in one Student Development or Department of Economics Employability event, and completion of a Moodle quiz in the final year.

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

Contact your department for more information.

Reassessment

Contact your department for more information.

Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Marco Francesconi, email: mfranc@essex.ac.uk.
Miss Chloe Lambert
ueco@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
No
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External examiner

Mr Pedro David Matos Serodio
Mr Teng Ge
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 10 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
10 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).

 

Further information
Economics

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