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GEPL301 Economic Change and Urban Development

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
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 6cp at 100 level in Economics or Geography and Planning or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ECON205 or ECON305 or ECON213 or ECON313 or GEPL401 or GEPL501
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL501 - Economic Change and Urban Development
Coordinator(s) Sonya Glavac (sglavac@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit examines various approaches to analysing economic change and urban spaces. The unit critically engages with concepts from both geography and urban economics and draws on empirical studies from both these fields. Building on this foundation, the unit seeks to develop understandings of why such change is occurring and the implications of such change from both a policy and planning perspective.

Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Essay 35% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6 and 8
Online Assessment 10%
Assessment Notes
Assessed online activities
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6 and 8
Tutorial Portfolio 25% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6 and 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 30%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 4 GA: 1-4 and 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. analyse the processes and impacts of economic change in urban spaces;
  2. explain the major conceptual approaches, theories and debates, regarding the nature of economic and urban changes;
  3. consolidate and further develop skills and competencies transferable to other course and employment areas, including the interpretation of subjective data sources; the presentation of material, data interpretation and critical evaluation; and
  4. communicate effective essay and report writing (analysis and synthesis); oral presentation and performance skills and an ability to work in groups and individually.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students are taught key economic geography and urban economic concepts and their application to real life case studies. These concepts are developed from existing academic literature from the geography and economics disciplines and are assessed in all assessment tasks.
True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students develop these skills through tutorial participation (on-campus and online) and through assessment tasks. This is assessed in all assessment tasks.
True True
3 Global Perspectives
The discipline of geography, especially economic geography, has an inherently global perspective. The case studies and literatures used draw on a variety of international examples. This is assessed in all assessment tasks.
True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will develop their skills in information literacy through the lectures, tutorials and assessment tasks associated with this unit as they are expected to engage with key texts, analyse these texts and develop critical viewpoints on key debates in economic geography and urban economics. This is assessed in all assessment tasks.
True
5 Life-Long Learning
As a core unit of the Urban and Regional Planning degree programs at UNE, the material and skills learnt in this unit are designed to be applied and developed after the completion of these degrees.
True
6 Problem Solving
The key concepts and case studies used in the content of this unit will draw on responses to urban economic planning problems. Similarly the assessment tasks are constructed to encourage students to develop problem-solving skills. This is assessed in all assessment tasks.
True
7 Social Responsibility
The content in Module 3 in this unit is designed to introduce students to some of the social justice consequences of urban economic change and to how planning and other governmental policies have sought to redress social injustices in the urban landscape.
True
8 Team Work
Both online and on-campus tutorial discussions are developed to encourage students to draw on each other's insights and develop responses to some of the key concerns in economic geography and urban economics. This is an assessed component of the unit.
True True
   

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