BSNS299-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

UC Employability Portfolio


Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
The last day to withdraw from this course without academic penalty: Friday 25 September 2020.

Description

The UC Employability Portfolio provides students with formal recognition of activities that increase their employability and their engagement with the community.

The UC Employability Portfolio provides students with formal recognition of activities that increase their employability and their engagement with the community.

This course is being staged with the assistance of UC Careers, UC Academic Skills and UC e-Learning Support.

The intention of BSNS-299 UC Employability Portfolio is to help you prepare for gaining employment in the workforce by providing you with formal recognition of activities during your degree that entailed some of these attributes. Indeed, by requiring you to prepare an e-portfolio as part of the assessment process, BSNS-299 means you are developing technological, creativity and marketing skills and exhibiting independent working, autonomy and a sense of reputation. BSNS-299 should also encourage you to reflect between your technical and academic learning and what you will face once you embark on your career in professional work, as an entrepreneur or whatever else life holds for you.

The LEARN site is vital to your success and has open access to all UC students and staff.

Learning Outcomes

A student who completes and BSNS299 course can claim to be able to:
*  Communicate effectively in both oral and written form
*  Deliver an engaging presentation
*  Write an appropriate business report
*  Prepare a CV appropriate for applying for jobs
*  Engage or network with people within a profession or different cultural community
*  Present examples of your discipline related skills

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Prerequisites

Any 180 points. Must be enrolled in the BCom.

Timetable Note

There will be one introductory session for this programme, with choices of when to attend as shown. The rest of the programme will comprise a series of weekly themes and constructing your e-portfolio, including completion of items which will eventually to go into your e-portfolio (see under Assessment below). The programme will be orchestrated through LEARN, including news items broadcast from there into your @uclive email inbox. A few face-to-face sessions and online sessions will be organised specific to the programme. There will be other sessions, and other events, relevant to the programme to which you'll be invited but which cater for other students as well. You'll also be apprised of relevant off-campus, community, cultural and professional events and happenings which we get to know about. You should also keep an eye out for other relevant off-campus, community, cultural and professional events and happenings - let us know about any you think would be relevant to your fellow students but we do not seem to have picked up.

Course Coordinator

Keith Dixon

Assessment

The course requires the following to be completed for this or for other courses in your degree:
1.   An e-portfolio comprising all the other elements listed below.  
2.   A curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé.
3.   A self-presentation video that introduces yourself and highlights the skills and expertise you would bring to an employing organisation.
4.   A LinkedIn page and suitable connections to other people, groups and organisations.
5.   A written reflection on a suitable episode of community, professional or inter-cultural engagement, and further records from the activity itself (e.g., if a dance performance, you’d be welcome to submit a video; for a professional one-day seminar, the programme, certificate of attendance or invoice).
6.   Examples of work from other courses or similar that bring out your discipline-related knowledge and skills.

All students with whatever mother tongue also have the option to complete an English language test, covering reading, writing, speaking and comprehension. The result can be added to your portfolio.

Course links

Learn The Learn site is fully accessible to all UC students and staff as guests

Fees Note

This course is free for all students

For further information see UC Business School Office .

All BSNS299 Occurrences

  • BSNS299-20S1 (C) Semester One 2020 - Not Offered
  • BSNS299-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020
  • BSNS299-20W (C) Whole Year 2020 - Not Offered