MAN-20151 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2025/26

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

The 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
Assess and apply different forms of the recruitment and selection process from the perspective of a job candidate: 1
Demonstrate a critical awareness of own knowledge and skills in relation to employability through reflective practice: 1

Study hours

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

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment