GEOG 7020 - Cities and Housing
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2025
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code GEOG 7020 Course Cities and Housing Coordinating Unit Geography, Environment and Population Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites Undergraduate degree Incompatible GEOG 5093, GEOG 7015 Assessment Posters, Policy briefing, Presentation, Attendance and community contribution Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Amy Clair
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will be able to: 1. Critically analyse urbanisation processes and their contribution to societal development, economic growth, and human well-being 2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different approaches to housing and the role of housing in shaping societal and individual outcomes 3. Develop conceptual thinking on the complex interactions between cities, housing, climate and sustainability, and well-being 4. Be able to demonstrate how and why different forms of urbanisation have emerged in different places and at different times, and the implications for society, the economy, and the environment. 5. Critically analyse the relationship between housing policy, planning, property development and urban growth 6. Access major sources of information, including literature and data, on urbanisation and housing 7. Communicate both orally and in written form the key aspects of urbanisation and housing processes and policies University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
There is no required textbook for the course. All readings will be provided online via MyUni.Recommended Resources
Reading lists will be provided on MyUni, as well as library resources on writing, searching for academic literature, and referencing.
Online Learning
MyUni will be used to:
- Provide information to students via announcements
- To find out about student interests via quizzes
- To provide lecture/workshop recordings
- To provide a discussion board where students can respond to workshop questions or discuss other areas of the course
- To provide a reading list
- To provide a summary of the weekly content aswell as instructions for the workshops and reading suggestions
- To provide details about the assessments
- To provide well-being/support links
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The course is structured around a three-hour seminar, which starts with around one hour spent providing a broad but comprehensive introduction to the topics. This is followed by a workshop-type activity which asks the students to critically engage with related questions. The workshop topics and tasks are strongly linked to the course assessments, and designed to help students develop academic and research skills in line with the learning outcomes for the course.
The workshops will take a variety of forms, including discussions based on the required reading, or spending time during the workshop investigating relevant data sources with students providing a brief oral report on their data-based insights.
Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
12 hours per week consisting of: attending the seminars, assessment preparation, and independent study/preparation for workshops.Learning Activities Summary
Week 1 Introduction to Urbanisation Week 2 Introduction to Housing鈥� Week 3 Causes of urbanisation Week 4 Inequalities in urbanisation and housing Week 5 Cities, Housing, and Health鈥� Week 6 Precariousness and insecurity Week 7 Planning, Gentrification, and Revitalisation鈥� Week 8 尝颈惫别补产颈濒颈迟测鈥� Week 9 Looking forward: What makes good cities and good housing? Week 10 Consolidation and Reflections鈥� Week 11 Student presentations Week 12 Student presentations -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Posters = 20%
Policy brief = 40%
Presentation = 30%
Attendance and comunity contribution= 10%Assessment Detail
Further assessment details will be provided on MyUniSubmission
Submission Format
Students will submit their assignments electronically on MyUni, with the exception of their presentation assessment. The assignments are linked to TURNITIN which checks for plagiarism from sources and copying from otherstudents.
Extensions
Your tutor may award you an extension, if you cannot complete the assignment by the specified due date on genuine medical, compassionate or other ‘reasonable grounds’ (please see http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/ for details) supported by appropriate documentation. No submission is accepted after the deadline unless you provide appropriate evidence of ‘reasonable grounds’.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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Student Support
- Academic Integrity for Students
- Academic Support with Maths
- Academic Support with writing and study skills
- Careers Services
- Library Services for Students
- LinkedIn Learning
- Student Life Counselling Support - Personal counselling for issues affecting study
- Students with a Disability - Alternative academic arrangements
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Policies & Guidelines
This section contains links to relevant assessment-related policies and guidelines - all university policies.
- Academic Credit Arrangements Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progress by Coursework Students Policy
- Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy
- Copyright Compliance Policy
- Coursework Academic Programs Policy
- Intellectual Property Policy
- IT Acceptable Use and Security Policy
- Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy
- Reasonable Adjustments to Learning, Teaching & Assessment for Students with a Disability Policy
- Student Experience of Learning and Teaching Policy
- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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