EC650-6-FY-CO:
Placement Year
2023/24
Economics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
120
24 October 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA 0F66 Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC 0E45 Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNLA30 Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC L1G3 Economics with Mathematics (Including Placement Year),
BA 5A84 Financial Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC 0Q64 Financial Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNLB31 Financial Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA V1L1 History and Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA 9O47 International Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC 5H18 International Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNLC32 International Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA 9L11 Management Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC 5M00 Management Economics (Including Placement Year),
MECNL134 Management Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA L147 Financial Economics and Accounting (Including Placement Year),
BSC LG03 Economics with Data Science (Including Placement Year),
BA LN12 Business Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA C861 Economics with Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BSC C168 Economics with Psychology (Including Placement Year)
This is a full year module available only to students in the Department of Economics undertaking a placement year. Students will undertake their placement at a host organisation. The student is responsible for securing the placement, with support from the University.
The module enables students to undertake a full placement year with an external Placement Provider. During the placement, the student will complete a number of assessments which enable the student to utilise and develop the links between the knowledge and skills developed in their academic course and the work-based skills developed in carrying out their placement role.
The aims of this module are:
- To provide the student with the opportunity to apply their academic learning outcomes in a work-related context.
- To enable students to develop essential work-based skills throughout the placement.
- To provide students with the opportunity to analyse their practical work in a theoretical context.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Have an experience-based understanding of work roles.
- Have a capacity to connect subject-specific theory to practice in a work environment.
- Communicate with a range of colleagues and clients in a working environment.
Skills for your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
By the end of this module, students will be expected to have developed the following key skills:
- The capacity to work in a team within a work environment.
- Improved personal professional practice through a reflective approach within a work environment.
No additional information available.
The learning and teaching methods will be dependent on the placement and will be recorded for an individual student on the training agreement signed by the Placement Provider, the student, and the University.
Each student will be assigned to an Academic Supervisor in their Department, and a Placement Supervisor named by the Placement Provider.
Students will liaise with their Academic Supervisor and their Placement Supervisor on a regular basis throughout the period of their placement, and as necessary after the placement has ended in order to allow the student to complete the assessed work for the module.
The Academic Supervisor will be appointed prior to the student undertaking their placement, and will contact the student at defined points throughout the placement. The Academic Supervisor will be available via email and phone as necessary during the period the student is on placement.
Students will additionally be provided with the contact details of administrative staff in the Department who will be contactable throughout the placement; and with the details of the Placements Manager for Social Sciences who will be available to students throughout their placement to provide advice and support in relation to generic work-based learning issues.
Students will additionally be provided with the contact details of administrative staff in the Department who will be contactable throughout the placement; and with the details of the Placements Manager for Social Sciences who will be available to students throughout their placement to provide advice and support in relation to generic work-based learning issues.
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 |
Opening Review - Students should either provide a copy of the initial report email to their supervisor or a summary of their Skype conversation. |
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| Coursework |
Initial Report |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Monthly Learning Log - January |
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| Coursework |
Mid-point review |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Monthly Learning Log - March |
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| Coursework |
Monthly Learning Log - April |
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| Coursework |
Monthly Learning Log - May |
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| Coursework |
Final Report |
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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 Rejoice Frimpong, email: rejoice.frimpong@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Rejoice Frimpong
For further information please send an e-mail message to ueco@essex.ac.uk
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Travel costs for UK - based unpaid, approved work placements and live projects which are an integral part of a module may be covered by your department. (NB this will usually exclude field trips and site visits). Please check with your module supervisor to ensure that the activity is eligible.
Dr Giancarlo Ianulardo
University of Exeter Business School
Lecturer in Economics
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
Economics
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