Modules

Core Module Information
Module title: Professional Practice (Deloitte)
SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: FIN11601
Module leader: Ken Farnhill
School The Business School
Subject area group: Accounting and Finance
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

During this module you will connect your academic development with your professional development. You will compare and contrast your professional engagements with the theoretical models you are learning through the programme. Whilst respecting client confidentiality you will assess how firms identify and manage risks with particular reference to technological risks either internally or externally (e.g. cybercrime).
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Identify and critically analyse the relationship between management/risk theories and how your own work is operationalised.

LO2: Critically assess how client firms identify and manage risks generally and with particular reference to technology risk.

LO3: Critically reflect on your own experience of using a structured approach to professional reflective learning.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 1, Blended,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Blended
Location of delivery: WORLDWIDE
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Ken Farnhill
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Independent Learning Seminar 2 Initial discussion of the aims of the module and how it is to be assessed, to allow for any questions to be raised and answered
Independent Learning Project Supervision 3 Contact with an assigned tutor to assist in developing the module assessment. This can be meetings online or contact via email or phone. Tutors are allocated by Week 3 and students are free to contact them from that point.
Online Guided independent study 195 The assessment brief and supporting materials on Moodle direct the student as to how to complete the assessment task. The actual study will be mainly reflective, or a critical assessment of a client. Students can start this from the point they are allocated a tutor in Week 3, until the assignment is due the following year.
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Learning Log 20 3 Week 13 HOURS= 1000 An extract from the learning logs you have been completing over the duration of the project. These extracts can be edited down to ensure that 2-3 examples are contained in the assessment.
Portfolio 80 1~2 Week 13 , WORDS= 3000 A portfolio of work on reflection in a professional context. Specifically, this asks you to reflect on your own role and how participation in the programme has helped to develop your self-reflection, and also a critical reflection on how clients frame their risk processes, building on the development of your critical reflective skills.
Component 1 subtotal: 20
Component 2 subtotal: 80
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
FIN11601 Professional Practice
 

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