100% Course work that includes the following elements:
•Research file (Industry contacts, networking and work experience/contacts)
•Career action plan
•A professional presentation
•Personal promotional material portfolio
[Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework

This module seeks to prepare you for entry into a related subject profession or for postgraduate study. It aims to develop your awareness of the range of career and postgraduate opportunities available. You will be able to make realistic, well informed decisions in relation to your future career intentions, and will enhance your ability to cope with the transition from undergraduate study to the next stage in your career.
Topics will include the jobs market and employment opportunities, interview techniques, responding to job advertisements, CV preparation, personal promotion, the professional presentation of your work and the development of professional contacts.

Employability, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship are the key elements of this module, and the work produced builds on previously completed PDP areas of study in levels 4 and 5. The module is about making realistic decisions about life after graduation and putting into place building blocks ready to enter the work market.

Academic Lectures
Small group sessions (seminars, tutorials, debates)
Short exercises and assignments that help you to apply and evaluate your learning

Independent study will include:
Industry shadowing/work experience in-house/external
Independent Study in support of your project work / on-line tutorials
Independent research and networking (You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities)
Personal development planning
Film/media Production work, project work and skill development - portfolio.
Blackboard

Key Information Set Data;
20% Scheduled learning and teaching activities
70% Guided independent study
10% Work placement/experience

Shurtleff, Michael: Audition (1988) Players Press
Poynton, Kate (ed): Contacts: Stage, Film, Television and Radio, Spotlight (annual publication)
Evans, Richard: Auditions: A Practical Guide (2009) Routledge
Lemack, Brad: The New Business of Acting (2010) Ingenuity Press
Specific Key text details relating to the requirements of this module will be distributed in the module handbook.
This module will be accompanied by a comprehensive study pack/and blackboard support.

Thompson Library facilities - web, computer access, printing facilities.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available
Media centre resources