Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Academic Development & Career Building
School	School of Bioscience
Department	School of Biosciences
Module Code	03 34123
Module Lead	Roisin Madigan
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	0
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LI Communication and Skills in Biosciences - (03 35415)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-2 hours Seminar-1 hours Tutorial-4 hours Practical Classes and workshops-2 hours Supervised time in studio/workshop-1 hours Guided independent study-90 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	This Personal Academic Tutorial (PAT) module will support Bioscience students in all disciplines and encourage their development of the key skills required for the final year, especially the project (18.1). It will also build on the activities and skills of Communication & Skills in Biosciences in semester 1. All students will be encouraged to engage with Careers Services and schemes such as PSA (Personal Skills Award). To prepare students for presentations on their final year projects, all students will give a ten minute presentation within their tutor groups, reflecting on how they can improve their presentation skills in the future (18.3).
Learning Outcomes	This module includes two Personal Academic Tutorials. In addition, working independently and with your personal tutor and tutor group you will develop these key skills in preparation for final year, in particular for your final year project: self-organisation and time management; self-reliance; independent thinking and working; critical analysis; and reflection and the application of feedback Proactively plan your career and consistently invest in your career Communicate complex scientific ideas to a ‘lay’ audience in an oral presentation Engage with the research being undertaken across Biosciences and with the wider academic community of principal investigators and postgraduate students Develop your writing skills and strategies for coping with exams in an invigilated exam essay writing exercise and in themed workshops on exam essays
Assessment	34123-01 : Continuous Assessment : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	N/A - not examined; Oral presentation and reflection ; Invigilated exam essay writing exercise
Other	Non-credit bearing
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