SSCI20020 Career Develop Social Sciences

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module is designed for Social Science students to facilitate their personal and professional development. Students will develop an understanding of what it is that motivates them and their own unique strengths so that they can find fulfilment in the workplace. Students will learn about career options available to social science graduates and approaches they can utilise to independently research these possibilities. The benefits of gaining experience through internships and volunteering will be explored and ways to source an internship will be examined. Students will create a career action plan and will learn how to navigate recruitment processes, gaining practical experience of CV preparation and interviews. Throughout this module students will develop their employability skills including team work and collaboration, effective communication, and commercial awareness.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

This module will provide students with the opportunity to:
* Develop self-awareness
* Gain insight into a range of career paths
* Enhance their understanding of employability skills
* Identify their career goals

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Autonomous Student Learning

113
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and small group discussion 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
HUM20010 - Career Readiness for Arts, SCI10040 - Prepare for Your Future Career


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Students must prepare a Career Action Plan to demonstrate the insight they have gained throughout the module. This will involve researching a career of interest, identifying current and future skills. Week 12 n/a Graded No

50
Assignment: Students will be required to submit a CV and conduct an online mock interview using the MyCareer platform. Week 10 n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Ms Leona Barry Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Miss Sarah Brown Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Michelle Coen Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Leonie Phipps Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Aideen Quilty Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 Wed 14:00 - 14:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 2, 3, 5, 7 Wed 14:00 - 14:50
Autumn