Postgraduate Course: Ethics and Professional Development (CMSE11673)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course helps students develop their personal and interpersonal skills alongside their understanding of ethics in finance. Students will have opportunities to reflect on their teamwork and communication skills, both of which are highly desired by prospect employers. Students will learn how to apply their communication skills to discuss ethic principles in the context of financial service industry. |
| Course description |
This course helps students develop their personal and interpersonal skills alongside their understanding of ethics in finance. Through one-on-one and group coaching sessions, students have opportunities to reflect on their teamwork and communication skills, both of which are highly desired by prospect employers. Students will learn how to apply their communication skills to discuss ethic principles in the context of financial service industry.
Outline content
Ethics and standards of professional conduct; Effective communications; Effective teamwork.
Student learning experience
This course is delivered through individual and group coaching sessions. Emphasis during these sessions is placed significantly on developing teamwork and communication skills. Additionally, through both individual and collaborative reading assignments, students will explore and apply ethical concepts and professional standards within real-world scenarios. Students are required to attend a series of guest lectures and peer presentations.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
83 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Project report (Individual) - 2,000 words - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes |
| Feedback |
Formative: Students will receive ongoing formative feedback through class discussions and interactions with the teaching team during both group and one-on-one sessions. Additionally, students will deliver a group presentation which serves as an opportunity to receive formative feedback to guide their individual project work.
Summative: Marks and written feedback on individual project report. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the benefits and challenges of teamwork.
- Plan, organise, and execute team projects efficiently.
- Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context both verbally and in writing.
- Critically understand ethical concepts in the context of financial service industry.
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Reading List
| CFA Institute (2014), Standards of Practice Handbook, 11th Edition, ISBN: 978-0-938367-85-7 https://www.cfainstitute.org/-/media/documents/code/code-ethics-standards/standards-practice-handbook-11th-ed-eff-July-2014-corr-sept-2014.pdf |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Understand how to manage and sustain successful individual and group relationships in order to achieve positive and responsible outcomes, in a range of virtual and face-to-face environments.
Practice: Applied Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Work with a variety of organisations, their stakeholders, and the communities they serve - learning from them, and aiding them to achieve responsible, sustainable and enterprising solutions to complex problems.
Communication, ICT, and Numeracy Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Convey meaning and message through a wide range of communication tools, including digital technology and social media; to understand how to use these tools to communicate in ways that sustain positive and responsible relationships.
Critically evaluate and present digital and other sources, research methods, data and information; discern their limitations, accuracy, validity, reliability and suitability; and apply responsibly in a wide variety of organisational contexts.
Knowledge and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines; comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Angela Cairns
Tel:
Email: Angela.Cairns@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | |
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