BU1109 - Career Development for Business Professionals

The aim of this subject is to introduce and encourage students to focus on understanding themselves, their career aspirations and to foster proactive agency in developing the technical and transferable skills required in their desired profession. It will encourage students to identify and create a plan for developing the required skills throughout the course of their degree, both through completion of subject content and engagement outside of classes in real world contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• formulate a professional identity and clarify career aspirations;
• identify relevant transferable skills and develop a skills plan;
• evaluate the role of values and demonstrate resilience in achieving long term career aspirations.

Subject Assessment

• Written > Action plan - (25%) - Individual
• Oral > Elevator pitch - (25%) - Individual
• Performance/Practice/Product > Portfolio - (50%) - Individual.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.