Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

1. To gain an awareness of design issues in the built environment.
2. To set the work of urban designers within the broad context of the development processes and products involved in the creation of the built environment.
3. To familiarise future urban designers with the disciplines involved in change in the built environment, and where they fit in.

This is a lecture based module involving a number of practitioners from various specialist fields in the built environment, aiming to familiarise and bring awareness to students on a variety of aspects of urban design as well as make links between contemporary theory and issues, and design practice. The assessment of the module is design to promote these links. The module comprises of theoretical as well as practical issues and is available as optional to a variety of related courses

Outline Of Syllabus

Themes of lectures will include:

Economics and Effective Urban Design
Sustainable Movement
Public Space
Landscape Urbanism
Practitioner sessions
Smart Cities
Urban Regeneration
Health and well-being
Assessment surgery

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

•An increase awareness of the breadth of urban design issues
•Appreciation of the main theoretical developments within the field of urban design.
•Understanding of urban design practice.
•Understanding on where urban design fits in and how it affects the built environment.
•Links to urban design project – opportunity to link theory and practice

Intended Skill Outcomes

•Skills for translating theory into practice-making links to projects
•Ability to critically synthesise perspectives and use the findings to analyse a suitably selected case study
•Development of research and writing skills

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures will provide an introduction to the subject matter. The lectures are interactive and include discussion at various key points and at times workshop activities which is fruitful due to the multidisciplinary nature of the module as well as the guest lecturers. The blog offers students the opportunity to investigate deeper into one of the subjects that has interested them from the lectures and also to develop skills in reflexivity, research and writing.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Assessment Criteria are aligned with criteria for assessing academic writing in postgraduate level.
-Structure and reflexivity of blog posts
-Robustness of argument and reflexivity of comments on others perspectives adding value
-Links to lectures and relevant literature
-Adding value to the topic referred to by the blog posts by bringing in new and substantiated perspectives and sources
-Presentation including illustration and language
-Quality of referencing (Harvard Style)
-Unique personal critical and constructive viewpoint presented in commentary of overall experience
-Participation to the blog, management, attendance and frequency of posting

General Notes

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