GEOG20130 Cities in a Global World

Academic Year 2020/2021

By 2050, 70% of the worlds population will live in cities generating multifarious urban challenges. Cities are therefore very important spaces within which complex economic, political, cultural, and environmental processes are produced and experienced. This module will introduce you to urbanization from a global perspective. The objective is to understand contemporary processes of urban change in historical perspective from both the global north and the global south. The module will draw on case studies and examples from South America, North America, Europe, South Africa and Asia to exemplify key themes in urban studies including industrialisation, suburbanisation, global cities, inequality and sustainability.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

by the end of this module, students should be better equipped to
1. Explain the key processes of urbanisation in a historical and contemporary context.
2. Identify and assess the processes that produce, and are produced by, urban areas.
3. Compare and contrast the urban experience in different regions of the world.
4. Undertake independent fieldwork and work collaboratively in a team-based environment.

Indicative Module Content:

Understanding the City
Early Cities
Industrialisation and urbanisation
Shrinking cities
Global cities
Contemporary urban issues - poverty and inequality; housing; sustainability

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20
Tutorial

1
Specified Learning Activities

30
Autonomous Student Learning

49
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module comprises a mixture of lectures, fieldwork and group activities. The fieldwork will be undertaken in groups to a given area of Dublin city to examine one of the key themes discussed in lectures. A group presentation and project will be developed based on the fieldwork component. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Group project, incorporating virtual fieldwork, tutorial preparation and presentation Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

35
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: A multiple choice exam covering topics from across the module Week 9 n/a Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

25
Essay: 3,000 words Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will be provided with feedback on their group project via Brightspace after it has been graded. Group feedback will also be provided on the presentation. Students will peer-assess others in their group via a template form they must complete at the end of the group project.

Name Role
Professor Niamh Moore Cherry Lecturer / Co-Lecturer