Humanities

Welcome to the Humanities career management skills web pages. The following information is for students interested in doing the 20 credit rated module CARS21001 (semester 1) or CARS 22012 (semester 2).  The module is assessed solely by coursework.

This module is available to students in the Faculty of Humanities who have a free choice at level two. As it is cross-faculty you do need to confirm your eligibility to do the course with your School.

It is mainly targeted at students in the following schools:

• Combined Studies
• Arts, Histories and Cultures
• Language, Linguistics and Cultures
• Geography
• Law

A £200 cash prize has been donated by Accenture for the best team project across both semesters.

Humanities undergraduates are already developing key personal and tranferable skills as a result of their degree programmes and life in Manchester; this module attempts to make these skills explicit and to offer ways of developing them further. Most significantly the module gives the opportunity to gain real team working and project management experience working on a live project with a local business or community organisation. The module effectively allows you to get work experience as part of your curriculum. 

Examples of previous projects include:

• Running a fundraising event for a charity
• Conducting market research for a radio station
• Devising a new advertising campaign for a graduate recruiter
• Creating a marketing strategy and materials for a charity
• A survey of students' views of corporate social responsibility.
  

The module will help you to identify key career management skills which are taught and practised in this course unit through a combination of lecture input and group exercises. Sessions are run by the Careers Service and a number of guest speakers. Students also receive practical help in the transition skills necessary to get their first jobs for example: networking, applications and interviews.

If you have any queries about the semester 1 and 2 courses and if it is suitable for you, please email Louise Sethi at: louise.sethi@manchester.ac.uk.