Careers and Professional Development (Stage 2)

Year 0, Semesters 1 and 2 Core Personal and professional development

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Code CLS5008-Z
Graduate Attributes
Syllabus Lifelong learning: use of Personal Development Portfolio for professional development; Career decisions: Theories of career management/planning including career decision making; Self-awareness: matching skills to occupational areas and job-related competencies; Research: using careers information to explore occupations/sourcing opportunities of further study; Job hunting techniques; Applying for opportunities: selection methods.
Workshop 14.5 
Tutorial
Private Study 17 
Lecture 7.5 

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • 1 Apply career management theory in the evaluation of opportunities and making applications for jobs and placements
  • 2 Have a working knowledge of where to find information and opportunities in different careers.
  • 3 Apply self-evaluation and reflection on your own personal and professional development and career planning.
  • 4 Understand the attributes of a Bradford Graduate.

Course Learning Outcomes

  • 15 Reflect, analyse, and take responsibility for personal progress and effective skills development in order to manage time, self and resources effectively.
  • 16 Develop and evaluate personal and professional skills including effective oral and written presentation, problem-solving, decision making and team-working skills.

Assessment Breakdown

All assessments below must be completed.

  • Pass/Fail Developmental e-portfolio
This is a slightly unusual module in that it is a zero credit module, however, it is pass for progression. "Why?" I hear you say? As the title suggests, this module is going to help you focus your development, you have spent at least the last 2 years scaffolding your learning of academic skills and development and now in your journey you should be starting to focus on where your degree is taking you next: whether that be a placement year next year, further study or starting your new career after Year 3