Module Descriptors
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FORENSIC SCIENCE INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT
FOREP0001
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level P
120 credits
Contact
Leader: Dean Northfield
Email: D.Northfield@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 0
Independent Study Hours: 0
Total Learning Hours: 0
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1 to UG Semester 3
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Coursework - Reflective report 3000 words weighted at 30%
- Evaluation of the line manager from the receiving organisation weighted at 40%
- Evaluation by an academic from sending institution weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Learning Outcomes
1. DESCRIBE AND APPLY METHODS, RIGOURS AND STRUCTURES AS USED IN AN INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT / SETTING, OR EQUIVALENT.
Analysis
Application
Communication
Enquiry
Knowledge and Understanding
Learning
Problem Solving
Reflection
2. UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR, AND DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Knowledge and Understanding
Communication
Application
Reflection
Analysis
Application
Communication
Enquiry
Knowledge and Understanding
Learning
Problem Solving
Reflection
2. UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR, AND DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Knowledge and Understanding
Communication
Application
Reflection
Module Assessment Details
Reflective Report (30%) (FINAL)
On completion of the placement you will write a 3000-word reflective summary giving an account of the environment in which you have worked and a description of the activities in which you have been engaged. To be submitted by mid-July of the placement year. (LO1)
Line Manager and Academic Supervisor Evaluation (40% and 30%, respectively)
You will be allocated a line manager in the receiving organisation and an academic placement tutor from Staffordshire University. The line manager will evaluate your performance during the year completing a proforma at the end of your placement. Your placement tutor will be in regular contact with you via e-mail but will also visit or arrange a Skype (or similar) meeting with you on at least two occasions whilst you are on placement to evaluate our development. (LO2)
On completion of the placement you will write a 3000-word reflective summary giving an account of the environment in which you have worked and a description of the activities in which you have been engaged. To be submitted by mid-July of the placement year. (LO1)
Line Manager and Academic Supervisor Evaluation (40% and 30%, respectively)
You will be allocated a line manager in the receiving organisation and an academic placement tutor from Staffordshire University. The line manager will evaluate your performance during the year completing a proforma at the end of your placement. Your placement tutor will be in regular contact with you via e-mail but will also visit or arrange a Skype (or similar) meeting with you on at least two occasions whilst you are on placement to evaluate our development. (LO2)
Module Indicative Content
You will undertake a paid or unpaid placement of at least 30 weeks (including pro-rata holiday) duration in an environment relevant to your degree course. The placement year is intended to provide practical experience of working within and for an organisation.
It allows you to experience at first hand the practical application of some theory and methods delivered in Level’s 4 and 5.
It will help you develop appropriate behavioural attitudes within the working environment. Alongside providing practical experience in the legal, social and ethical issues of working within an organisation, and give you the opportunity to apply and further develop your communication and decision-making skills.
It allows you to experience at first hand the practical application of some theory and methods delivered in Level’s 4 and 5.
It will help you develop appropriate behavioural attitudes within the working environment. Alongside providing practical experience in the legal, social and ethical issues of working within an organisation, and give you the opportunity to apply and further develop your communication and decision-making skills.
Module Learning Strategies
The Sandwich Year placement normally requires the completion of at least 30 weeks in relevant supervised work experience taken between level 5 and level 6.
Module Texts
Undergraduate industrial placement handbook issued by the School/Department
Module Resources
N/A
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Must be registered on a Criminal Justice and Forensic Science ‘with a placement year’ course