BSNS299-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

UC Employability Portfolio


Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

The UC Employability Portfolio provides students with formal recognition of activities that increase their employability and their engagement with the community.

Too often students complete their degrees not having thought about how they can best showcase their skills and talents to prospective employers. BSNS299 helps you prepare for the transition from study to work by compiling a set of resources that will make securing a job after graduation that much easier.

The employability portfolio is comprised of five assessment activities that require you to reflect on the skills and attributes you have developed, either directly through your studies or through extra-curricular activities, and how these may be of value for future employment. BSNS299 provides you with a framework to reflect on your experiences and bring these together in a way that is meaningful for both you and your future employer.

All the resources required to complete the UC Employability Portfolio are available on LEARN only and the course is completed wholly online. There are no weekly lectures for BSNS299, however, an initial face-to-face introductory session will be held to get you off to a good start and introduce you to key staff. It is important that you attend this session. In addition to the online learning resources, the UC Careers Team will run scheduled sessions to assist with various activities such as CV development etc.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students completing this course will be able to:
  • Understand how a range of personal and professional activities can contribute to future employment
  • Articulate how their skills and attributes may be applied in the workplace in both written and oral form

Prerequisites

Any 180 points. Must be enrolled in the BCom.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 A1 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 23 Feb
Drop in Class A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 Rehua 005
10 Mar - 23 Mar
12 May - 25 May

Timetable Note

There are no formal lectures for this course. An ORIENTATION session will be held on Thursday 20 February from 3-4pm in K1 Lecture Theatre and Live Streamed.

Drop-in sessions for BSNS299 students will be held weekly with UC Careers. Time and place will be confirmed and displayed on the LEARN page.

Course Coordinator

Russell Wordsworth

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Curriculum Vitae (CV) Due 21 March or 23 May
Reflective Essay Due 21 March or 23 May
Cover Letter Due 21 March or 23 May
Video Presentation Due 21 March or 23 May
LinkedIn Portfolio Due 21 March or 23 May


Assessment In Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:

Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator
1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and
2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

The BSNS299 LEARN site contains all the material you need to be able to complete this course including readings, videos etc.

Course links

LEARN

For further information see UC Business School Office on the departments and faculties page .

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