General Studies Modules
What is the Course About?
To enrol, please complete a part time enrolment form using the relevant codes below.
P1158 - Monday
P1159 - Tuesday
P1160 - Wednesday
P1161 - Thursday
This is a 'Life Skills' course for students with learning difficulties and disabilities. The Essential Skills for Life are - communication skills, personal safety, personal hygiene, making choices, managing our own behaviour, time management, following instructions, following and changing routines, taking responsibility and problem solving.
The focus of this course is to further develop these underpinning skills, as the learner moves into adult life.
What subjects will I study?
The course is based around developing life skills and is carried out both within UCM and within the community. Skills worked on include:-
Budgeting and managing money
Shopping and preparing meals
Timekeeping and independent travel skills
Developing communication skills
Problem solving
General studies students who have been placing in the Annie Gill Coffee Bar may continue with this provision on the GSM course.
What are my progression and career options?
Staff work collaboratively with other Services to establish and develop appropriate provision for the individual learner.
How will I be assessed?
All students on GSM are given individual objectives that are broken down into achievable targets. These objectives/targets are based on the Essential Skills curriculum and individual to each student. Progress towards meeting these objectives/targets are recorded during each session.
New objectives/targets are set once students have achieved.
Entry requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this Course, but continuing educational progress needs to be evident. Learner usually access the Course in completion of the full-time General Studies Programme.