Professional and Academic Skills 1

Module overview

This module is one of the compulsory modules taken by all students in the creative management programmes at WSA. While the learning outcomes are the same across programmes, the content will be delivered with reference to your subject specialism and your output from this module will reflect your discipline. The module is informed by developments and the future outlook of UK policies on the creative industries, directing the emphasis on a commitment to creativity. This also involves developing a range of professional knowledge and skills, together with the self- awareness and personal development appropriate to a range of management careers.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

reflect on your performance, critically reviewing your own strengths and weaknesses;
apply critical judgement in selecting and analysing academic sources.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

how to use a range of academic approaches and techniques applicable to advanced scholarship in your subject;
professional skills relevant to employment in the creative economy.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

communicate effectively with peers and wider audiences in a variety of media.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include • lectures • academic study skills sessions • tutor-led seminars • tutorials • case study analysis • visiting lecturers Learning activities include • independent learning, including reflection and evaluation of feedback • group projects and formative collaborative tasks • problem-solving activities • study visits • independent research • using online reference material and tutorial notes • peer-group learning • class discussions

Study time
Type	Hours
Teaching	26
Independent Study	174
Total study time	200

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Blackboard.

Textbooks

Bilton, C. and Cummings, S. (2015). Handbook of Management and Creativity. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R. and Jackson P. R. (2015). Management & Business Research. London: SAGE.

Gray, C, & Malins, J. (2004). Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.

Cottrell, S. (2015). Skills For Success: Personal Development And Employability. London: Macmillan Education : Palgrave.

Cottrell, S. (2013). The Study Skills Handbook. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Portfolio

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback:
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External