Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- create a personal career plan
- look into employment opportunities and prerequisites for entrepreneurship in their own field
- build and utilize professional networks
- describe their own competence, apply for jobs in the field and understand the significance of social media in the job seeking process
- anticipate future trends in the job market and their likely impact on their career
- promote personal well-being

Teaching methods

Contact hours, HOPS discussions
Independent tasks in the Canvas workspace

Tutor teachers: Emmaculate Tamankag and Tanja Hakkarainen

Location and time

The course begins in the Autumn semester 2021 and continues in the Spring semester 2021.

Students workload

2 cr = 54 hours of student work, includes Contact hours and assignments.

Content and scheduling

During this module, you will create a career plan, have more PSP discussions with your personal tutor, and explore another area of personal interest.

The learning outcomes of the 2 credit study unit, Professional Development, are given below. After completing the study unit, the student is able to:
create a personal career plan
look into employment opportunities and prerequisites for entrepreneurship in his/her field
build and utilise professional networks
describe his/her competence, apply for jobs in the field and understand the significance of social media in the job seeking process
anticipate future trends in the job market and their likely impact on his/her career
promote personal well-being

Progressing through this module
The module is divided into three main parts:

1. Career plan. You will draw up a formal outline of your future career direction.
2. Optional theme. You have a choice of topics to explore in more detail, depending on your interests and life circumstances. Choose one of these and carry out the task in that section. If necessary, you will receive support from your tutor in choosing a suitable assignment. You will discuss this with your Personal tutor in the second PSP discussion.
3. PSP discussions. These will be arranged in the autumn and spring semesters.

Grading scale

Approved/Failed

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assessment
The course is assessed on a pass-fail scale.

To pass the module you need to complete your career plan, carry out and report on one of the optional assignments, and participate in the group meetings and PSP discussions.

1 ECTS (= approximately 27 hours of student work) is given for satisfactory completion of the career plan assignment, and participation in the group meeting and third PSP discusssion.

1 ECTS (= approximately 27 hours of student work) is given for satisfactory completion of one of the optional theme-based assignments, and participation in the group meeting and fourth PSP discusssion.

Further information

The learning outcomes are assessed by using level 1 of Laurea's common assessment criteria.