LT700-4-SP-CO:
Understanding Employability: Preparing for Your Future
2016/17
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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Requisites for this module
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BA W800 Creative Writing,
BA W801 Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA W803 Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA W401 Drama,
BA W402 Drama (Including Year Abroad),
BA W403 Drama (Including Placement Year),
BA QW24 Drama and Literature,
BA QW25 Drama and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA WQ42 Drama and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA QT37 English and United States Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA T720 English and United States Literature,
BA T723 English and United States Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA Q300 English Literature,
BA Q303 English Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA Q320 English Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q321 English Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA PW38 Film and Creative Writing,
BA PW39 Film and Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA PW88 Film and Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
BA PWH8 Film and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA P303 Film Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA W620 Film Studies,
BA W623 Film Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA PQ32 Film Studies and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW26 Film Studies and Literature,
BA QW27 Film Studies and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA LQ32 Literature and Sociology,
BA LQ33 Literature and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA QL23 Literature and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW30 Literature and Creative Writing,
BA QW31 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW33 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Placement Year)
This compulsory module is taught by staff from the Employability and Careers Centre together with input from external employers and peers. The module has been designed to guide you in the development of employability skills and capabilities that you need to compete successfully in the increasingly competitive 21st century graduate labour market.
Level of module
Upon successful completion of the module students will be awarded 15 credits at NQF Level 4 (first year of under-graduate study). There are no pre-requisites in respect of prior knowledge or experience.
Aims
The aim of the module is to increase the likelihood that you will be able to secure your chosen career. By interacting with a range of perspectives and concepts, as well as considering your own practical experience, you will be able to reflect on and refine your own thinking about employability. You will develop narrative capital and a greater sense of agency and be better placed to relate your current self-identity to possible future selves. Furthermore, where relevant, you will apply degree subject knowledge to employability understanding. The module will also enable you to understand the structure of the graduate labour market, to identify relevant opportunities and to practise the strategies needed to apply.
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Teaching is carried out through a combination of lectures and seminars. There will also be talks by outside speakers: representatives from the graduate employer community; alumni; careers centre staff; other students and organisations offering work experience.
The module will be delivered by the Employability and Careers Centre, University of Essex; students will attend 20 hours of seminars and lectures over 10 weeks.
Learning outcomes
Through successful completion of this module, you will gain:
1) Knowledge of current employability theory and research.
2) An appreciation of the relevance of degree subject knowledge to employability.
3) A deeper understanding of the graduate labour market.
4) Mastery of the practice and principles of personal development planning.
5) An ability to critically reflect on your own knowledge and experience to inform career making decisions.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Career Research Project: Report or Presentation |
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50% |
| Coursework |
CV & Covering Letter |
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45% |
| Practical |
Attendance and Participation |
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5% |
Additional coursework information
All students will be expected to share in class discussions and undertake group learning activities. The module will create a safe space for students to share their personal thoughts and feelings about employability issues. However, privacy and the right to manage personal disclosure will be fully respected.
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
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Carol Faiers, Dr Helen Standage, Dr James Rodwell, Lynne Jordan
hjstan (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 76 hours, 50 (65.8%) hours available to students:
26 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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