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Urban Environments (ENVS10007)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
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To understand why cities have become the most common living environment today, this subject will be built around three questions: what is ‘the urban' and why have cities formed and expanded?; how do we analyse the environments of contemporary cities?; and how might we create better urban futures? Looking to the past, special attention will be paid to cities of different times and places (the early Middle East, Industrial Revolution Europe and North America, rapidly urbanising contemporary China, for example). We will consider the cities' design, political and economic reasons for their development and form, and their dependence on local physical environments and resources. Analytically, approaches to city morphology, socio-economic differentiation and environmental auditing will be investigated and evaluated, linking these matters to contemporary globalisation. Student experience of different local urban environments within Melbourne will form the basis of some tutorial and assessment tasks, raising questions about how better urban outcomes could be planned for the future.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject students should have developed the following skills:
- observation of urban environments
- recording and analysis of real world urban environments
- evaluation of the influence of different factors on the urban environment
- recognition of the variety of opinions on the way urban environments are shaped
- ability to debate alternative approaches to improving the urban environment
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject students should be able to:
- observe and record historical, physical and social aspects of urban environments
- engage in critical reading discussion
- understand geographic and planning aspects of urban analysis
- undertake library research
- research for and write an academic essay
- present an academic argument in written and spoken forms.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- One fieldwork journal reporting observations of selected urban environments, 600 words; Week 4 - 15%
- One research essay including the report of observations of the selected urban environments, 1800 words; Week 7-Week 12 (semester 1), Week 9-Week 12 (semester 2) - 45%
- Tutorial Participation, 400 words; Weekly - 10%
- One 1.5-hour end-of-semester examination, 1200 words; Exam period - 30%
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ian Rutherfurd Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours: 2 x 1 hour of lectures; 1 x 2 hours of tutorials. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Nichols Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours: 2 x 1 hour of lectures; 1 x 2 hours of tutorials. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Subject reader available from the university bookstore.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Environments Informal specialisation Non- allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Major Urban Design and Planning Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Landscape Ecosystem Management Breadth Track The Property Industry Breadth Track Urban Design and Planning Breadth Track Urban Planning Breadth Track Natural systems and our designed world - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 22 March 2024