FH2S48 - Finding Your Place 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | FH2S48 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Finding Your Place | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Fashion, Marketing and Photography | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Photography | ||
| Module Leader: | Peter Bobby | ||
| Module Team: | Magali Nougarede, Matt White, Eileen Little, Ian Wiblin, Steven Wright | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2022 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100063 - photography | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2022 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
Offer a framework for professional engagement through effective industry liaison in a range of creative environments.
Provide opportunities for students to build key transferable skills by identifying their strengths, interests and needs through industry engagement, self-reflection and self-management.
Develop students’ understanding of audience, client and/or employer as appropriate to their professional ambitions and in line with current industry practices.
Content Summary
The module’s remit is to encourage students to think ahead to life after graduation and begin their preparation for this by researching, acquiring and developing key professional and transferable skills and knowledge.
It will introduce students to a wide range of related and realistic roles within the broad photographic/creative industry.
It provides an opportunity for students to learn how to research potential career paths and explore the nuances of specific industries and to understand what is required in order to be successful in these arenas.
Students begin or continue to develop their professional networks and profiles.
The assessment tasks encourage students to research areas of contemporary practice pertinent to their identity and career aims. The industry engagement activities and the work they submit are self-initiated and self-managed, with support from course staff, our allotted Placement Officer and USW’s Careers and Employability team.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 |
| Seminar | 6 |
| Tutorial | 1 |
| Work based learning | 70 |
| Independent Study | 113 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Reflect on the nature of professional practice in their discipline and identify the gaps between their work-related capabilities and disciplinary expectations. |
| LO2 | Reflect upon the way their work experiences or role has contributed to their professional practice, using this to develop future personal/professional development. |
| LO3 | Develop and critically appraise an action plan of their experience and skills developed within the context of a graduate recruitment process and informed by their career plans and aspirations. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Field Folio 1 | An evaluative body of work evidencing and reflecting on research, required industry engagements and further activities undertaken as part of this module, towards possible related career progression. | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | |
| Field Folio 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |