This module is intended to provide students with direct experience of how the issues and debates they have studied in the classroom are handled in professional practice. The experience of a placement year part way through their studies will then mean that at stage 3 students on this programme will be able to reflect on their work in relation to new social sciences learning. This will also be of benefit to other students in the group who have not undertaken a placement year.
Total study hours: 900
BSc Social Sciences with a Year in Professional Practice
Main assessment methods
Pass/Fail
The placement visit will act to formalise placement feedback obtained from the employer about the student's performance in the placement during the year. The member of staff making the placement visit and the employer will meet and complete a placement performance form based on set criteria such as: punctuality and reliability, task management, enthusiasm to work and learn, acceptance of instructions and flexibility, ability to work effectively with colleagues, integrity and acceptance of responsibility, powers of communication, qualities of leadership (if applicable), quality of work, completion of required hours, and rate of work
Reassessment methods
Reassessment Instrument: 100% coursework
Fanthome, Christine (2004) Work Placements - A Survival Guide for Students, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Herbert, Ian and Andrew Rothwell (2004) Managing Your Placement: A Skills Based Approach, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Cottrell, Stella (2010, 2nd edn) Skills for Success: Personal Development and Employability, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which third sector or public service organisations operate in practice.
8.2 Gain knowledge of the empirical issues that influence the operation of third sector or public service organisations.
8.3 Gain an appreciation of the context and operation of public service/third sector organisations/roles.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
9.1 Understand the ways in which an employee can contribute to the organisation in which they work.
9.2 Work with others in a professional setting.
9.3 Demonstrate effective task and time management.
9.4 Communicate professionally both orally and in writing.
9.5 Demonstrate enhanced capacity for self-management and project management.
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