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by the end of this module, students should be better equipped to
1. Explain the key processes of urbanisation in a historical and contemporary context.
2. Identify and assess the processes that produce, and are produced by, urban areas.
3. Compare and contrast the urban experience in different regions of the world.
4. Undertake independent fieldwork and work collaboratively in a team-based environment.
Understanding the City - your urban imagination
Early Cities
Industrialisation and urbanisation
Suburbanisation
Shrinking cities
Global and world city identities
Covid 19 and the city
Planetary urbanisation
Feminist city
Greening the city
Contemporary urban issues - poverty and inequality; housing; sustainability
Urban climate futures
Future city imaginaries
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Tutorial | 1 |
Specified Learning Activities | 30 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 49 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Fieldwork project, incorporating in-person/virtual fieldwork, tutorial and a final individual report. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Essay: 3,000 words | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 1 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Students will be provided with feedback on their assessments via Brightspace after it has been graded.
Name | Role |
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Professor Niamh Moore Cherry | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Dean Phelan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Zikang Ji | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 29 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 29 | Wed 09:00 - 09:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 29 | Mon 15:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 29 | Wed 12:00 - 12:50 |