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GEPL316 Urban Living

Updated: 01 December 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off 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 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 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 the global economy.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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. This is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Assessment is entirely by written work requiring effective communication. This is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True 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. This is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
The unit uses statistics to monitor urban change, especially government statistics. This is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit monitors change and stresses the need to contemplate the future and cope with it. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Much urban planning is about solving environmental economic and social problems. This is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The unit stresses that there are winners and losers in all urban change and planners need to understand and help the socially disadvantaged. This is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
   

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