BMM4143 - Globalisation and Social Justice

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module is designed to develop the students’ critical understanding of the two broad phenomena of globalisation and social justice.Inspired by the University’s strategic themes, students will explore topics related to poverty, human rights infringements, inequalities or other social justice-related issues. Thecourse links theoretical debates on globalisation and social justice to the current business environment. Students will be expected to use tools they learn during lectures to respond to recent news and other current events that will be debated in the workshops.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Interactive workshops
Hours: 40
Intended Group Size: All cohort

Professional Challenge hours/Placement
Hours: Professional Challenge – 20 hours
Hours: Placement – minimum of 50 hours (maximum of 70 hours)
Intended Group Size: 1

Guided independent study:
Hours: 240 (with Prof Challenge)
Hours: 210 (with Placement)

Further details relating to assessment
Formative assessment practices are an integral part of the learning experience in this module to support students to understand their progress through providing ongoing feedback.

Infographic Poster: students will work in groups of 3-4 students to explore an issue of globalisation and/or social justice that interests them, they want to know more about and think critically about how businesses can affect that particular context. Students are asked to use their critical skills and knowledge gained throughout the semester to produce a graphic visual representation - an infographic poster - of this collected information and data.

Professional Challenge/Placement: all students will need to choose between the Professional Challenge or the Placement by end of Semester 1.

End of Professional Challenge/Placement Reflective Essay: a reflective essay that will include a critical reflection and evaluation of the students' experiences of the placement or professional challenge.

Digital Storytelling (Integrated Assessment): governments, NGOs and businesses are progressively using multimedia techniques to deliver information, influence public opinion and attract customers. In this assignment, you will work on creating informative and engaging video content. Students will work in groups of 3-4 students to create a short video, telling a story about how a business of their choice supports social justice or themes (globalisation, sustainability, economic development…etc.) that have been discussed during the course.

Professional Challenge/Placement must be passed

Assessment:

001 Infographic poster; 2,000 word equiv.; end of semester 2 40%
002 Digital storytelling; group work; 15 mins; integrated block 40%
003 Professional challenge or placement; min 20 hr professional challenge or min 50 hr work placement; professional block %
004 End of Professional Challenge/ Placement reflective essay; 1,000 words; End of placement/ professional challenge 20%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Hammed Afolabi
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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