This module seeks to prepare you for entry into the design profession or postgraduate study, and 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 develop 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, professional presentation of work and the development of contacts. Enterprise issues such as grants and bids to appropriate organisations may also be included together with the applications process and funding opportunities for postgraduate study.

100% coursework comprising:

a professional stand-up presentation; (Communication)
a research file; (Learning)
personal promotional material which may include a website, Powerpoint, etc (Communication)

L Lydiate "Professional Practice in Design Consultancy" (1992) Design Council ISBN 0850723043
T Muranka "Doing a Dyson" (1996) Dyson Appliances Ltd ISBN 0952893509
Websites: www.coroflot.com, www.core77.com
Live research sources as relevant to your particular course including sources of jobs and postgraduate listings.
A range of books,websites, subject-specific periodicals and journals, newspaper and other related articles, as well as texts relating to the design process and the promotion of design relevant to your course of study should be employed as negotiated with the module manager - together with any subject-specific visual, audio or audio-visual evidence to support your work.

Specialist computing facilities
Tutorial Room
Slide Library
Design Study Collection
Careers office

Students are expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in their subject.

Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing, database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through Information Services facilities on-campus, not from within the Faculty itself - the exception being the Student Browsers based in studios/base rooms which will support mainly if not exclusively provide email and internet access.

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

These learning strategies will occupy your time:

Lecture and seminar group work

Researching and information gathering

Developing self promotion strategies

Practising professional presentations of work

Interview practice and personal presentation skills