SP50335: Practicum
[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]
| Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: | 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 600 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Aims: | * To enable students to apply to a specific field of professional practice what they have learnt from units constitutive of their chosen pathway). * To give students the opportunity to critically reflect on a specific area of professional practice in international development or humanitarianism in the light of first-hand experience of it, drawing upon ideas and skills developed through units constitutive of their chosen pathway. * Thereby to add an experiential learning opportunity to their programme of graduate study. |
| Learning Outcomes: | An ability:
(a) to summarize the knowledge, skills, and learning outcomes acquired during the Diploma stage of the MSc in International Development portfolio; (b) to relate these to a professional experience relevant to international development and/or humanitarian action; (c) to do all the above in written form that conforms to acceptable standards of presentation and expression. |
| Skills: | * Comprehensive and scholarly written communication in an extended form (Taught/Facilitated). * Ability to select, summarise and synthesis written information from multiple sources (T/F/A). * Ability to apply theories, concepts and models to professional context (T/F/A). * Ability to synthesise multidisciplinary perspectives on the same problem (T/F/A). * Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines (T/F/A). * Ability to work independently, without close supervision or guidance (T/F/A). |
| Content: | A precondition for this unit is that the student should obtain written consent to collaborate with an organisation engaged in international development practice and/or humanitarian action, approved also by their Director of Studies. This should also be conditional on agreed Risk Assessment and Ethical Approval procedures.
and/or humanitarian action;
Each practicum will have the following four parts: * Description of the professional placement experience. * Critical reflection on how the skills and knowledge acquired during the taught component of the pathway relate to the placement. * Critical reflection on the placement experience in the light of the taught component of the pathway. * Identification and critical analysis of one (or more) issues arising from the placement that relates to material covered in the taught programme of the pathway. |
| Programme availability: |
SP50335 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
SP50335 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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