SC199-4-FY-CO:
Career Development and Making a Difference
2024/25
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
0
26 May 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA LCJ8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA LJ8C Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA LJC8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies,
BA LL37 Social Anthropology with Human Rights,
BA LL38 Social Anthropology with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL39 Social Anthropology with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L332 Sociology with Counselling Skills
This is a compulsory module for all students in Sociology entering from 2022/23. It is a co-curricular module carrying zero credits but is compulsory. It is different from any other Sociology 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, each Sociology student will have developed an understanding of their skills, interests, and goals and how these can be implemented to address the societal challenges of the future.
Students will have to complete activities to fulfil the module assignment requirements at the end of Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 from any point after the final compulsory lecture in their year of study, up to the final submission deadline.
Some of the activities will be based on content delivered in the lectures, and others will require attendance at other events outside of SC199.
The module is assessed on a Pass/Fail basis and it is 100% coursework. The assessment requirements are detailed below.
All the resources for this module will be available on Moodle.
1. To develop a comprehensive understanding of employment and post-graduate opportunities available to Sociology students after graduation.
2. To encourage personal reflection on and planning of career path.
3. To develop wider employability skills
4. To ensure students are adequately prepared to access future career opportunities
5. To develop a comprehensive understanding of how sociologists can contribute towards solving key societal challenges for a sustainable future.
1. Have a clear understanding of their own interests, skills and competencies, relevant to their future career choice.
2. Be able to identify and research the graduate-level roles and career paths available to sociology students.
3. Be able to locate resources for finding jobs and postgraduate courses that interest them, and to make applications.
4. Be able to identify appropriate summer placement/internship/work experience opportunities, and to prepare effective applications for these opportunities.
5. Understand how our personal trajectories relate to wider society and a sustainable future.
The module will cover 15 core elements as outlined below:
Self-Awareness
1. Understanding the self (interests, skills, values, motivations)
2. Learning and practicing how to generate personal development plans (reflecting on relation between features of self, university opportunities, and life beyond the university)
Opportunity Awareness
3. Understanding degree-based career landscape (careers directly or indirectly related to degree)
4. Understanding graduate labour market (trends at national and international levels)
5. Understanding employer requirements (what are the sorts of skills, attitudes, etc. that employers are looking for?) and developing selected skills
6. Understanding the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of work experience and volunteering
Decision-making
7. Learning and practicing pro-active, reactive, and creative ways of constructing relevant career options
8. Learning and practicing how to generate career action plans
Transition
9. Understanding processes of graduate recruitment and selection in different sectors and how to maximise success
10. Acquiring skills/techniques for CV and cover letter writing
11. Acquiring skills/techniques for filling in application forms effectively
12. Acquiring skills/techniques for researching & finding vacancies
13. Acquiring skills/techniques for interviews
14. Acquiring skills/techniques for doing well at assessment centres
Subject Specific Awareness
15. Using skills/knowledge acquired in course modules to reflect on how sociologists can address societal challenges and contribute to a sustainable future. Sociology related themes will be embedded in as many of the lectures as possible.
The module will be delivered through a series of CORE Zoom webinars, as outlined in the table above. These are spread across 3 years of study with 3 in the first year, 2 in the second year and 1 in the third year.
Attendance at lectures is compulsory. Attendance will be taken and absences will be noted.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Moodle Quiz (Week 30) |
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| Coursework |
CV360 Feedback Report ( Week 30) |
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| Coursework |
Self-awareness Certificate ( Week 30) |
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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 not taken for marks.
Reassessment
Module is not taken for marks.
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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