IDENTIFYING DATA 2014_15
Subject (*) CAREER COUNSELLING AND CITIZENSHIP Code 12675221
Study programme
Migrations and Social Mediation (2010)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional AN
Language
Anglès
Castellà
Català
Prerequisites
Department Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
Dret Públic
Gestió d'Empreses
Química Física i Inorgànica
Coordinator
PAPAOIKONOMOU ., ELENI
 E-mail inma.pastor@urv.cat
josepramon.fuentes@urv.cat
roberto.roda@urv.cat
eleni.papaoikonomou@urv.cat
marta.zaragozad@urv.cat
yury.ustrov@urv.cat
ester.torresr@urv.cat
Lecturers
PASTOR GOSÁLBEZ, MARÍA INMACULADA
FUENTES GASÓ, JOSEP RAMON
RODA AIXENDRI, ROBERTO
PAPAOIKONOMOU ., ELENI
ZARAGOZA DOMINGO, MARTA
USTROV ., YURY
TORRES RUBIO, ESTER
Web http://www.urv.cat/estudis/doctorat/CN.html
General description and relevant information Department: School of Postgraduate and Doctorate. Coordinator: Dr. Aurora Ruiz Manrique, E-mail: mariaaurora.ruiz@urv.cat Technical coordinator: Dr. Mª José Rodríguez Cuesta, E-mail: mjose.rodriguez@urv.cat The subject is included in the Core Postgraduate curriculum and provides the university master’s students of the URV with transversal formation in the different disciplines.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
  Common
  Professional
  Research
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  Common
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  Common
  CC5 Be committed to ethics and social responsibility as citizens and professionals
  CC6 Be able to define and develop their academic and professional project

Learning aims
Objectives Competences
Providing the students with the necessay means to reach an integral and vital education, in balance with the specialization chosen by them, giving different ethical and philosophical perceptions over the science and the academic world, giving an overview of the economy, the cooperation and the development, studying the concepts of democratic citizenship, human rights and gender equality and giving practical tools for work searching. CC5
CC6

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Tema 1: Citizenship Citizenahip: past, present and future
- Equality
- Freedom
- Rights and responsabilities
- The perils of complacency
Tema 2: Career guidance - How to look for a job
- New competences, new occupations
- How to design your CV
- Job interview. Role-Play
- Self-employment, entrepreneurhip and creativity
- Professional ethics

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
 
Debates
2 0 2
Seminars
10 12 22
Assignments
1 21 22
Problem solving, classroom exercises
2 21 23
 
Personal tuition
0 5 5
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Activities aimed at getting in touch with the students and collecting information from them and presentation of the subject.
Debates Activity where two or more groups defend opposite stands over a particular subject.
Seminars Study in depth of a subject (monographic). Widening and relationship of the contents given at the masterly lectures with the professional task.
Assignments Assignments carried out by the student.
Problem solving, classroom exercises Formulation, analysis, resolution and debate of a problem or exercise related to the subject matter.
Personal tuition

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description
Students can make queries in the classroom or through the e-mail address of the professors

Assessment
  Description Weight
Assignments In every session, problems to be solved will be proposed. Global
Problem solving, classroom exercises In every session, problems to be solved will be proposed. Global
 
Other comments and second exam session

Assessment

  • Citizenship: In order to assess the groups given in Spanish or in Catalan, students must submit all the exercises (four) and send each of them to the relevant professor (via Moodle or e-mail) within the corresponding deadline. Groups given in English are evaluated by continuous assessment and a final exercise.
  • Career Guidance: It is evaluated by continuous assessment and a final exercise.

Observations:
- Students can consult the corresponding lecturer for any question they might have about the exercises
- The exercises must be submitted in accordance with the schedule specified for the group of enrollment. The exercises submitted later of the group schedule will not be taken into account.
- The partial grades will be posted to Moodle, as well as the overall grade for the course.
- Students who have not passed the course "Career Guidance and Citizenship", can resubmit the failed or not submitted exercises on the second call.

Second call

Students who have not passed the course "Career Guidance and Citizenship", can resubmit the failed or not submitted exercises on the corresponding deadline for the group he/she is enrolled.

Sources of information

Basic

Reference books, websites and videos pointed out on the dossier of the subject, which will be given the first day of class.
Complementary

Recommendations


 
Other comments
According to the Academic Regulations and Registration of Master, students can apply for recognition of the subject by accreditation for career experience. The procedure and the application form can be found at http://www.urv.cat/gestio_academica/tramits_administratius/tramits_master.html The deadline for applications is May 1st to September 28th. Students can modify the group at no cost once enrolled and up to 5 days, or pay rate change if the request is made after the 5 days of registration. In any case, the deadline for making these changes is September, 28th.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.