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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Urban Environment and Social Regeneration | |||
| Reference | SSM210 | Version | 4 |
| Created | April 2017 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | May 2011 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | August 2017 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This module aims to enable students to develop an analytical understanding of the various social processes that constantly shape and re-shape the urban environment and to be able to relate those understandings to the implementation of various CSR programmes. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Apply critically theories and perspectives on social, cultural and spatial elements of urban experiences and environments. |
| 2 | Discuss critically how contemporary challenges reorder and restructure the social, cultural and spatial elements of urban places. |
| 3 | Develop innovative solutions to possible challenges for urban life posed by those challenges. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Urban theories - for example, Chicago School, Harvey, Lefebvre. Concepts of community and social capital. Corporate social responsibility in relation to host community. Corporate social legacy and urban environment. Case studies of Aberdeen and Detroit. Defining peak oil and climate change. Resilient city cultures. Green 'versus' technological solutions. Urban degeneration and urban regeneration. Community 'versus' government responses. Case studies of resilient or transition urban places: Totnes and Vauban |
| Module Delivery |
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| A combination of lectures, seminars, presentations, directed online learning, directed reading, preparatory work and private study, as appropriate to the student's chosen mode of attendance. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 25 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 125 | 150 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3 |
| Description: | Component 1 is assessed by coursework. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| There is one coursework which contributes 100% to the module total. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | The student needs an A in C1. |
| B | The student needs a B in C1. |
| C | The student needs a C in C1. |
| D | The student needs a D in C1. |
| E | The student needs a E in C1. |
| F | The student needs a F in C1. |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None in addition to course entry requirements or equivalent. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | GOTTDINER, M., and HUTCHINSON, R., 2010. The new urban sociology. Cambridge, MA: Westview. |
| 2 | LEES, L. & SHIN, H.B. (2015) Global Gentrifications: Uneven Development and Displacement. London: Policy Press |
| 3 | LIN, J., and MELE, C., eds. 2012. The urban sociology reader. 2nd ed. Abington: Routledge. |
| 4 | SAVAGE, M., and WARDE, A., 2002. Urban sociology, capitalism and modernity. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave. |
| 5 | SOJA,E., 2011. Postmodern geographies. London: Verso. |