Module: Shaping Global Leaders

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Shaping Global Leaders
Module Code	ISS1002 (ITS: GC1LD)
Faculty	L&G/Electronic Engineering	School	FEC/FHSS
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

Rationale: This Assessment Skills and Competences module begins the student’s journey to develop personal agency and self-direction to become a leader of the future. The use of an e-portfolio captures the learnings from activities across all ASCs in the Global Challenges programme. This nurtures the important skill of self-reflection, allowing students to learn from their experiences, working on individual projects and also reflecting on their role within a team, taking into consideration the feedback from others. Shaping Global Leaders requires a range of transversal skills and this ASC incorporates some of the DCU Futures modules including Career Visioning and the Discover Programme.

Learning Outcomes

1. Communicate effectively using visual, symbolic, mathematical and/or language skills in various narrative modes to diverse audiences.
2. Apply critical self-reflection skills in a way that demonstrates use of the skill beyond the Assessment of Skills and Competences.
3. Effectively combine information and knowledge from diverse disciplines to propose sustained positive contributions towards global challenges, demonstrating new ways of thinking and leading.
4. Organise and manage themselves and their activities responsibly, being able to work effectively and ethically as individuals and with others as members of a team, participating in peer assessment and learning.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Workshop	73	73hrs of workshops (contact)
Independent Study	99	99hrs independent study (non-contact)
Directed learning	78	78 directed learning from the associated Faciliated Learning Outcomes(not set)
Total Workload: 250

Section Breakdown
CRN	10629	Part of Term	Semester 1 & 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Iain McMenamin	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Group project	Global Challenges Event: In groups organise a university wide event, and design creative artefacts to communicate (e.g. infographic, recorded presentation) with different audiences (e.g. a professional, and members of the public).	40%	n/a
Group presentation	Storyboard as a visual tool - presentation of the organisation and plan of the Global Challenges Event in Sem 2 sprint week	5%	n/a
Portfolio	E-Portfolio providing a reflective opportunity, including: Plan of how they organised university wide event; Artefacts developed to communicate complex global challenge issues to diverse audiences; Self reflections (reflection log with guidance); Evidence of ability to use peer feedback to inform practice; and Experience and evidence of group work and role(s) (including discussion on collaborative digital tools and skills used).	55%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

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Indicative Reading List

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Part of new Global Challenges programme, the structure and language of which does not map easily onto Coursebuilder.