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GEPL316 Urban Living

Updated: 19 April 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions GEPL216 or GEPL416 or GEPL516
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL516 - Urban Living
Coordinator(s) Sonya Glavac (sglavac@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This online unit looks at the nature of life in the contemporary large city. It focuses on how individuals cope with city living, social and political change within Australian cities, and economic change, particularly as this relates to global economy.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Australian Cities: Continuity and Change
ISBN: 9780195517347
Forster, C., OUP 3rd ed. 2004
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Report 50% 2000
Assessment Notes
Four reports: 500 words each
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4, 6 and 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the nature of life in the contemporary large Australian city;
  2. understand how large Australian cities are changing.
  3. demonstrate information literacy, critical thinking and report writing skills

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will deepen their knowledge and understanding of the nature of life in the contemporary large city, relating to city form and processes. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Assessment is entirely by written work requiring effective communication. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit content looks at the way the city form changes as a result of processes like globalisation, highlighting global similarities. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Uses statistics to monitor urban change, especially government statistics. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit monitors change and stresses the need to contemplate the future and cope with it.
6 Problem Solving
Much urban planning is about solving environmental economic and social problems. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
The unit stresses that there are winners and losers in all urban change and planners need to help the socially disadvantages. 		True True
   

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