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Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
1. Course
Code
C67SD
2. Course
Title
Academic Focus on Social Science 2
3. SCQF 7
4. Credits
Level
6. Course
Olwyn Alexander tbc
Co-ordinator
5. School
School of Management and Languages
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem…1
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Name…………………….....Sem..…...
Name …………………………………Sem………..
8. Pre-requisites
SCQF level 6 qualifications as appropriate for undergraduate degree articulation and IELTS level 5.0 or equivalent
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
Synoptic: Academic Focus on Social Science 1 ()
Foundation Pathways - Business
15
Semester 2: C17EC Enterprise & its Business Env / C37FI Introduction to Finance/ C27BA Introduction to Microeconomics 2 / C37FI
Introduction to Finance/ F27WD Web Design and Databases
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
Foundation Pathways - Business
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
15. Aims
This course is designed for non-native speakers of English with IELTS 5.0 or equivalent, is levelled at SCQF Level 7 and aims
a. to serve as an adjunct class for the subject specific courses to support students’ access to the subject specific courses and assessment
b. to support students' transition onto year 2 of undergraduate degree courses levelled at SQF level 8
c. to contextualise students' language learning within their degree subjects, bridging the subject specific and language streams, so that students are required to read,
write, listen and speak about aspects of their field
d. to develop students’ understanding of scholarship and the expectations teaching staff have within the university context about critical thinking and independent
learning
e. to reinforce students understanding, knowledge and skills related to (as appropriate):
1. the theory and practice of business management in terms of how internal organisational forms and structures are optimised to fit external operating
conditions (C17EC)
2. the key concepts and issues in business finance, financial markets and share valuation, and financial mathematics (C37FI)
3. the fundamental principles and concepts of macroeconomics, and apply these to an analysis of economic policy problems (C27BA)
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4. fundamental web design concepts and how to combine these with database structuring and querying techniques (F27WD)
f.
To assist the development of study skills (including critical evaluation of academic research, problem solving, team/group working, communication, written,
presentation and IT skills) through both formative classroom based work and summative assessment
16. Syllabus
This course is designed for non-native speakers of English
The syllabus will be designed around problem based activities using the subject specific resources from the technical streams as appropriate. The problem based activities
will support students in small groups to engage with the subject specific material, with an emphasis on reinforcing understanding of key concepts and vocabulary, and giving
students the study skills support in order for them to develop independent learning strategies.
The EAP tutors will come from relevant subject specific disciplines, and will have access to the resources and material from the technical streams, as well as the opportunity
to attend relevant lectures.
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
Students’ skills will be reinforced in the following
areas:
Students’ skills will be reinforced in the following areas:
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The development and application of problemsolving skills related to (as appropriate) Enterprise
in its business environment, Finance,
Microeconomics
The ability to analyse, understand, evaluate, and
report on (as appropriate)
 the internal organisation of business and to
contextualise this knowledge within the
broader market
 the role of finance in business
organisations
 methods of analysis of financial
performance and of valuing financial
securities
 the structure, purpose and objective of
Stock Exchanges
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The application of theoretical concepts to case studies, and in the solution of
applied problems, linking theory to practice
The ability to critically engage with and evaluate subject specific literature
through secondary research
The ability to extract key information from complex documents
The demonstration of summary and synthesis of key literature research in the
appropriate academic fields
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Personal Abilities
Industrial, Commercial & Professional
Practice
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with
Others
Students gain further opportunities to develop
their personal ability in the following areas:
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Students will be given opportunities to (as
appropriate):
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Students gain further opportunities to develop their
personal ability in the following areas:
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consolidate understanding of
business practice through case study
and practitioner talks
consolidate understanding of finance
terms used by the industry in
commercial sales and practice
develop awareness of contemporary
financial systems and issues
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
Students gain further opportunities to
develop their personal ability in the following
areas:
The ability to transfer theoretical and practical
problem-solving skills to a variety of contexts.
The ability to work independently and as part
of a group. Tasks might include tutorial
discussion, debate, group projects.
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18. Assessment Methods
Method
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Coursework
The ability to communicate and
present ideas effectively by verbal
and written means within discipline
specific conventions
The ability to know how to use a
range of online sources of
knowledge through both library
databases and WWW.
The ability of extract and apply
information from data based
graphical sources
Opportunity to develop skills in
calculating financial measures,
indicators and equations
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
100
Coursework
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
April 2014
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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Diet(s)