Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 86)
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121-214/314 "Urban Geography: the Post-modern City" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p86) : Next:121-217 | Prev:121-213
5. Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering (v4, p117) : Next:121-317 | Prev:121-303
Availability: Not available in 1996. Available in 1997 and thereafter every second year, alternating with 121-207/307 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Dr R Fincher.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or the permission of the department.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester
Content:
Consumption characteristics in cities and their expression in different built forms, e. g. gentrified housing, spectacular retailing and tourist developments; the restructuring of contemporary urban labour markets to incorporate flexible production; the dismantling of the post war welfare state and its implications for urban services provision. Issues in urban policy. Gender, class and ethnicity. Survey and case study design.
Assessment:
A 90-minute test (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15-minute verbal seminar presentation (10 per cent).
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p86) : Next:121-217 | Prev:121-213
5. Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering (v4, p117) : Next:121-317 | Prev:121-303
2. Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (v4, p55) : Next:705-235 | Prev:121-221
Availability: Not offered in 1996. To be taught next in 1997 and thereafter every second year, alternating with 121-207/307 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies.
Credit points: 12.5 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Dr R. Fincher.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or the permission of the department.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
By the end of the subject, the student should:
- have an understanding of major aspects of contemporary urban conditions, and interpretations of them, that have caused some urban theorists to claim the rapid emergence of postmodern 'divided cities';
- be aware of how Australian cities are positioned in such matters, compared to a range of 'world cities' usually discussed;
- have gained experience in designing and undertaking some original empirical work in Melbourne, that takes up some of the conceptual, methodological and factual material discussed in the subject.
Content:
Consumption characteristics in cities and their expression in different built forms, e. g. gentrified housing, spectacular retailing and tourist developments; the restructuring of contemporary urban labour markets to incorporate flexible production; the dismantling of the post war welfare state and its implications for urban services provision. Issues in urban policy. Gender, class and ethnicity. Survey and case study design.
Assessment:
A 90-minute test (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15-minute verbal seminar presentation (10 per cent).
* Note that AVAILABILITY, CONTACT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (v4, p55) : Next:705-235 | Prev:121-221
3. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p111) : Next:121-217 | Prev:121-213
Availability: Not offered in 1996; available in odd years only, alternating with 121-207/307 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr R. Fincher.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or the permission of the department.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
By the end of the subject, the student should:
- have an understanding of major aspects of contemporary urban conditions, and interpretations of them, that have caused some urban theorists to claim the rapid emergence of postmodern 'divided cities';
- be aware of how Australian cities are positioned in such matters, compared to a range of 'world cities' usually discussed;
- . have gained experience in designing and undertaking some original empirical work in Melbourne, that takes up some of the conceptual, methodological and factual material discussed in the subject.
Content:
Consumption characteristics in cities and their expression in different built forms, e. g. gentrified housing, spectacular retailing and tourist developments; the restructuring of contemporary urban labour markets to incorporate flexible production; the dismantling of the post war welfare state and its implications for urban services provision. Issues in urban policy. Gender, class and ethnicity. Survey and case study design.
Assessment:
A 90-minute test (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15-minute verbal seminar presentation (10 per cent).
* Note that AVAILABILITY, CONTACT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p111) : Next:121-217 | Prev:121-213
4. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p168) : Next:121-217 | Prev:121-208
Availability: Not offered in 1996. To be taught next in 1997 and thereafter every second year, alternating with 121-207/307 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Assoc Prof R Fincher.
Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first year Sociology.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: Semester TBA.
Objectives:
By the end of the subject, the student should:
- have an understanding of major aspects of contemporary urban conditions, and interpretations of them, that have caused some urban theorists to claim the rapid emergence of postmodern 'divided cities';
- be aware of how Australian cities are positioned in such matters, compared to a range of 'world cities' usually discussed;
- have gained experience in designing and undertaking some original empirical work in Melbourne, that takes up some of the conceptual, methodological and factual material discussed in the subject.
Content:
Consumption characteristics in cities and their expression in different built forms, e. g. gentrified housing, spectacular retailing and tourist developments; the restructuring of contemporary urban labour markets to incorporate flexible production; the dismantling of the post war welfare state and its implications for urban services provision. Issues in urban policy. Gender, class and ethnicity. Survey and case study design.
Assessment:
A 90-minute test (30 per cent); written work of up to 3,000 words (60 per cent); one 15-minute verbal seminar presentation (10 per cent).
* Note that AVAILABILITY, CONTACT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, PREREQUISITES, SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
4. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p168) : Next:121-217 | Prev:121-208
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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