Rhedir gan Bangor University International College

20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1 a 2

Trefnydd: Mr Nicholas Sargent-Small

This module is designed specifically for students who have limited or no experience of higher education academic study. The module introduces students to academic culture and the conventions of academic study. It focuses on the academic skills required for success on the Foundation Programme and on their degree programme at Bangor Business School.

This module is discipline specific. It uses the kind of genres that students are likely to encounter in a Business and Finance context. Students are taught the academic skills they need to understand and produce the kind of spoken and written texts they will encounter at the Business School.

Module content will include the following topics:

• Institutional culture, practices, norms and expectations • Academic style • Research skills • Reading and listening effectively • Taking good notes • Paraphrasing and summarising • Referencing and avoiding plagiarism • Academic discourse • Critical thinking • Academic writing and speaking • An academic skills portfolio

C- i C+

Satisfactory (50 – 59% / C- to C+): Student demonstrates reasonably comprehensive coverage of learning outcomes, indicating generally accurate understanding, based on lecture material and some core readings. Some gaps in knowledge and/or understanding evident.

ardderchog

Excellent (70% + / A- to A*): Student has engaged consistently well with all aspects of the module and strong achievement in assessments indicates the ability to perform effectively at undergraduate degree level.

trothwy

Threshold (40-49% / D- to D+): Student has made sufficient progress in the study of this module to achieve the lowest level of pass allowing for progression onto an undergraduate degree.

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Good (60-69% / B- to B+): Student has displayed a sound basic knowledge and understanding of much of the material studied in this module and achieved a high enough grade to indicate a clear ability to cope with the demands of an undergraduate level degree.

1. Know when and how to use academic style

2. Build confidence in a higher education setting

3. Produce an academic skills portfolio

4. Demonstrate an understanding of academic culture and a university’s expectations of an undergraduate student

5. Source and evaluate a range of academic sources

6. Know how to paraphrase, summarise and reference

7. Develop academic literacy and communication skills in order to communicate effectively

8. Be able to take notes from written and spoken texts

9. Demonstrate critical thinking skills in different academic contexts

		Oriau
Private study	5 hours a week over 2 10 week terms	100
Seminar	5 hours a week over 2 10 week terms	100

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Rheloaeth - Gallu defnyddio, cydlynu a rheoli adnoddau (dynol, ffisegol ac/neu ariannol)
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

• Listening and responding to academic discourse • Oral communication – discussion, debate and presentations • Reading and making appropriate use of material derived from academic texts • Writing in an academic context – responses to questions, production of essays and reports

Rhestr ddarllen

Resources: Bedford, D. (2012) Study Skills for Foundation Degrees. Routledge: Abingdon.

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• NN3F: BSc Accounting and Banking year 0 (BSC/ACCBF)
• NL4F: BSc Accounting and Economics year 0 (BSC/ACCECF)
• NN4F: BSc Accounting and Finance year 0 (BSC/ACCFINF)
• L19F: BSc Business and Economics year 0 (BSC/BECF)
• N39F: Banking and Finance year 0 (BSC/BFINF)
• N20B: BSc Business Management (4 year with Incorp Foundation) year 0 (BSC/BM1)
• N2NF: BSc Business Man with Account (4 yr with Incorp Foundation) year 0 (BSC/BMA1)
• N3NF: BSc Business Management with Accounting year 0 (BSC/BMAF)
• NN2B: BSc Business Man & Finance (4 year with Incorp Foundation) year 0 (BSC/BMF1)
• N20F: BSc Business Management year 0 (BSC/BMFF)
• NN2F: BSc Business Management and Finance year 0 (BSC/BMFINF)
• N2NC: BSc Business Man & Marketing (4 yr with Incorp Foundation) year 0 (BSC/BMM1)
• N5NF: BSc Business Management and Marketing year 0 (BSC/BMMF)
• L11F: BSc Financial Economics year 0 (BSC/FINECF)
• N50F: BSc Marketing year 0 (BSC/MKTF)