Module overview
This module provides an introduction to the sub-discipline of urban geography and the topics and approaches it covers, including urbanisation, urban development, urban policy, current urban challenges, and current debates in urban geography.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Retrieve and manage trustworthy information
- Present and discuss ideas in groups
- Write convincing essays
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Develop convincing arguments for positions on urban geographical issues
- Critically review the urban geography literature
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Understanding of different perspectives on the urban
- Knowledge of key thinkers, schools, and debates in urban geography
- Knowledge of key concepts in urban geography
- Understanding of different urban experiences
Syllabus
1.The urban revolution – capitalism, industrialisation, urbanisation
2.The shock of the urban – Tonnies, Simmel
3.Urban society I – the Chicago School
4.Urban policy I – urban renewal and modernist utopias
5.Urban policy II – the urban problem
6.From urban managerialism to urban entrepreneurialism
7.Regeneration and gentrification
8.Global and world cities
9.Decolonising urban geography – comparative urbanism
10.Urban policy III – urban policy mobilities, resilient cities, terrorism, climate change
11.Urban society III – diversity, cosmopolitanism, everyday sexism, Black Lives Matter
12.Representing the urban – the situationists, psychogeography, Perec
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, seminars, guided reading
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 36 |
Independent Study | 114 |
Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Exam | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Exam | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Exam | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External