Module Title
Urban Sociology
Keywords
Sociology, Urban City, Built Environments, Space, The Body, Emotions, Inequality, Research, Theory, Homelessness. |
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Prerequisites for Module
None.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
This module seeks to provide the student with an understanding of the various aspects of living in urban modernity by exploring the theoretical and lived experiences of space.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Critically discuss sociological theory that interrogates urban development and experience.
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Critically engage with approaches that explore urban space.
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Analyse the various dimensions of urban space.
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Indicative Module Content
Chicago School sociology and early exploration of the urban.
Space as geometry, creativity, dreams and identity.
Conflicts and commodification of space.
The urban as global and local space.
The urban as problem and paradise.
| Exploring the urban - methods and approaches.
Bodies and emotions in space.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Assessment
| 10 | Lectures
| 12 | Workshops
| 12 |
Directed Study
| | Directed Study
| 50 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 66 |
Mode of Delivery
A combination of lectures, discussion seminars and student centred and directed learning.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
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The module will be assessed by an essay.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Gottdeiner, M., and Hutchinson, R., 2010. The New Urban Sociology. 4th ed. Cambridge MA: Westview.
| | 2. | Savage, M. and Warde, A., 2002. Urban Sociology, Capitalism and Modernity. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
| | 3. | Tonkiss, F., 2014. Cities by Design: The Social Life of Urban Form. Oxford: Polity.
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