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MAN-20090 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

MAN-20090 - Professional development
Coordinator: Aikaterini Koskina Room: DW1.08 Tel: +44 1782 7 33428
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

This module is designed for students to learn about professional development and develop the skills to pursue and maintain a professional career. This module is especially designed to support students looking for placements or other work experience by offering skills-based learning alongside an academic engagement in the role of the professional. You will be expected to prepare extensively on your own initiative and to actively participate in all sessions. The module will encourage you to self-assess your existing knowledge and key skills and will show how these may be developed and applied in ongoing professional development. Overall, taking this module will enable you to be more aware of the professional environment and to showcase yourself to best effect in a competitive marketplace.

Aims
This module introduces the main issues, theories and approaches to the area of professional development and provides students with the opportunity to engage with various forms of active learning and reflective activities. Students will examine their own ambitions for professional career development, and develop an analytical view of the internship/graduate jobs market. The module will help students to acquire knowledge and transition skills in order to develop their career planning and consider their future routes for professional development.

Intended Learning Outcomes

describe and analyse the content and context of a specific graduate business career role or profession: 1
1
demonstrate a critical awareness of own knowledge and skills in relation to employability through reflective practice:

Study hours

24 hours contact
24 hours preparation for tutorial work
52 hours preparation for assessment
50 hours private study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Portfolio weighted 100%
2000-word portfolio
An individual portfolio of evidence that captures the active learning that occurred in the course of the module, such as the recruitment process and career decision making for graduate job roles.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024