Postgraduate Course: Understanding the City (PGGE11162)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Students undertaking this course will acquire advanced level understanding of a range of issues that pertain to contemporary cities, in a number of settings. They will learn about:
Key political and economic processes that drive development in contemporary cities.
How urbanisation is shaped differently in different contexts and why.
What theoretical propositions have been forwarded to account for such development.
The key political, economic and cultural processes shaping contemporary cities and the lives lived within them. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Research and synthesis key debates and arguments with respect to urban processes and places.
Think critically and reflexively about contemporary urban processes and the explanations that are forwarded to account for them.
Make connections between field based learning and theoretical propositions.
Present ideas in written and visual format. |
Assessment Information
| One for 4000 word essay/report 100% of final mark |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Key theoretical templates for understanding the city.
Contemporary (and relevant historical) processes associated with the development of contemporary cities, including urban politics, rights to the city, cities and difference, urban cultures.
Course will have some urban based field trips. These should be fine for most students but some student, with specific types of disability, may face unacticipated issues of access. We would plan for trips where all students could be assured access. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures, group work and field trip |
| Keywords | PGGE11162, Urban, development, politics, rights, difference, culture |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tom Slater
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Course secretary | Mrs Patrizia Mencuccini
Tel: (0131 6)50 2572
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