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Cities: Experiencing Sydney - AUST2029
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: SOCA2106, SOCC2703
 
 
Excluded: SOCC2703
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Focuses on experiences and representations of cities. It is concerned with how the city has become the archetypal site and sign of modernity, and with how spatiality is now central to how cities are lived and imagined. Looks at the city as the site of social transformation in the twentieth century and the tensions between order and disorder. Explores images of the city as the site of liberal and radical utopian dreams as well as the promise and disaster of cities. The changing landscapes of the city are investigated through examples such as streets, crowds, light/darkness, gardens, museums and shopping malls.


Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Have knowledge of key sociological concepts and methods of enquiry in studies of contemporary urban life
  • Explore and examine the breadth of transformations in urban life in major metropolitan cities (Particular attention is paid to such examinations of urban life in the city of Sydney)
  • Be sufficiently cognisant of sociological theoretical and conceptual frameworks to reflect upon their own experiences of urban life, whether in the city in which they are permanently domiciled or in cities which they visit as a tourist or a student
  • Think and write critically of the contemporary pressures of urban life in an increasingly globalised world and how issues of sustainability are gaining increasing currency.

Assessment

  • Observation exercise (1000-1200 words) - 30%
  • Final essay (2000-2200 words) - 50%
  • Tutorial participation - 20%

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