Placement Year - SOC00054I
Module summary
Do you want to apply your knowledge and skills in a workplace environment and fast track your way to a graduate job? A placement year during your degree is a structured work experience opportunity that can be integrated into your studies, giving you a substantial amount of work experience that is recognised within your degree title. Many organisations offer placement opportunities and they are a great way of developing your employability skills while getting a flavour of a particular working environment. Placement years generally last between 9-12 months and are often aimed at penultimate year undergraduates.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24 |
Module aims
The aim of the placement year during your degree is a structured work experience opportunity that can be integrated into your studies, giving you a substantial amount of work experience that is recognised within your degree title.
Module learning outcomes
On completion of the Placement Year module, our students will be able to:
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Articulate their competencies in a concise manner through consistent reflection of their skill set development over the duration of their placement
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Articulate a sense of career direction based on an exploration of their own values, skills and motivations arising from their placement experience
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Evaluate the fit of their own personal values to the culture and working environment of their placement employer’s organisation
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Identify their impact on the placement organisation through a critical analysis of their individual role and the tangible outcomes of their work
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Confidently reflect on specific experiences obtained over the course of their placement
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Articulate the value and utility of any transferable skills they feel their degree studies have provided in a work context.
The Placement Year module will be added to the student’s existing programme of study:
On completion of the Placement Year programme, you will be able to:
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Apply employability skills and enhanced self-awareness and understanding through reflection on a minimum of 9 months experience in a work-based context.
Module content
You will spend 9 months in a professional working environment.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Placement (UK or abroad) | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Placement (UK or abroad) | 100.0 |
Module feedback
When your placement has been approved we will confirm to you in writing your place on the Placement Year and will allocate you a Placement Supervisor from Careers and Placements. The Sociology Department will also keep in touch with you.
Indicative reading
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/skills/placement-year/