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Cities: From Local to Global (ABPL20035)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 1
Overview
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Why do governments plan for cities and regions? What kinds of issues are they responding to? Why do planning decisions get some people so angry? This subject will move from the very local scale (planning issues on my street), to the metropolitan (planning issues in my city-region) and international (planning issues in a global context) scales, in order to examine central issues and processes affecting planning systems in Australia and around the world. The subject is designed to provide an introductory understanding of current social, economic, environmental, and cultural concerns and their relation to planning policies and practices.
Intended learning outcomes
You will be assessed on the following learning outcomes:
- Ability to communicate, in verbal, written and graphic form, your informed opinions on contemporary planning issues and principles in Victoria and internationally, trends on these issues, and reasons for these trends;
- Ability to analyse and evaluate current planning debates and related arguments on these issues and the reasons for trends and projections, and the various value positions, in relation to theory;
- Ability to develop solutions to identified problems;
- Ability to develop research skills through independent research.
Generic skills
Upon successful completion of this subject you will have had the opportunity to develop the following skills:
- High level written and oral communication skills;
- Familiarity with key planning issues;
- Problem solving skills;
- Research and analysis skills.
Last updated: 11 April 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: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Essay on walkability, cycle-ability or use of public space, based on fieldwork equivalent to 1300 words due in week 5, worth 30%;
- Essay on reducing inequalities in the context of metropolitan strategic planning, based on fieldwork equivalent to 1300 words due in week 9, worth 30%;
- Poster on how lessons from an international planning success story can be applied to Melbourne - 500 words plus illustrations equivalent to 1300 words, due in week 12 worth 30%;
- Tutorial and class participation - assessed through a combination of one tutorial presentation (5%) and contribution to tutorial and class discussion (5%). Hurdle
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Andrea Cook Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1.5 hour lecture and 1.5 hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
Readings available on LMS.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Construction Major Architecture Major Urban Design and Planning Breadth Track Urban Planning - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024