Unit name | Ethnicity, Class and Housing in the City |
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Unit code | GEOG30020 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. David Manley |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
GEOG25010 Spatial Modelling 2 |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
The United Nations recently reported that over half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Within Europe and the United States of America this proportion is much higher (82% and 73% respectively). It is predicted that an additional 2.5 billion people will be added to the global urban population by 2050, with almost 90% of this growth taking place in Asia and Africa. Thus, understanding how the urban environment operates is crucial for the wider social, economic and developmental transformations that modern society is undergoing. The unit will introduce key concepts through scholarly debates relating to the theoretical basis, empirical investigation and substantive investigation of urban sites focusing on European, American and African experiences as illustrations. The course tackles three major aspects of the urban environment:
By the end of the unit you should:
The following transferable skills are developed in this Unit:
The unit will be taught through a blended combination of online and, if possible, in-person teaching, including
The unit will include both formative and summative assessment. The formative assessment requires students to participate in seminar discussions and presentations throughout the course.
Summative assessment will comprise two elements:
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.