Module PSYC3497: Professional Skills in Behavioural Science

Department: Psychology

PSYC3497: Professional Skills in Behavioural Science

Prerequisites

• PSYC2221 Contemporary and Conceptual Issues in Behavioural Science

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To understand and develop leadership, ethics, enterprise and initiative taking skills

Content

• This module examines the issues associated with developing of leadership, ethics, enterprise and initiative taking skills
• Topics can vary from year to year but are likely to include selected topics on leadership and followership; morality and ethics; entrepreneurship; motivation; training and development
• Professional practice (self-reflection; personal and professional development)

Learning Outcomes

• Detailed knowledge of skills, skills development, and the application of skills acquired at university to the world of work

• Ability to review and analyse critically evidence derived from different sources

• Good written communication skills
• Good IT skills in word processing, data manipulation and data presentation
• Ability to work independently in scholarship and research within broad guidelines

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Students' acquisition of detailed knowledge will be facilitated by lectures, workshops, audio-visual materials, discussions and detailed reading lists
• These modes of teaching provide students with detailed knowledge of key theories and a forum to reflect on and practice their own professional skills
• Guided private study and in-class discussions will ensure that students are exposed to a range of different theoretical positions, and encouraged to understand their inter-relations
• Lectures and workshops will also give students the opportunity to interpret and evaluate the significance of empirical work
• The essay is based on a reflective diary and will assess students' detailed subject knowledge and the application of theory to practice
• The essay based on a reflective diary assesses students' acquired knowledge of theoretical principles and their ability to reflect critically and to organise information coherently
• The essay will also assess students' written communication skills
• Feedback on the summative essays will be available within 3 teaching weeks allowing students plenty of time to benefit from feedback on this aspect of their work

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University