Key facts

UNE unit code: GEPL370

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Start
  • Trimester 2 - On Campus
  • Trimester 2 - Online
Campus
  • Armidale Campus
24/7 online support
  • Yes
Intensive schools
  • No
Supervised exam
  • No
Credit points
  • 6

Unit information

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What sorts of places should we be making, and how? Places that are sustainable? Affordable? Inclusive? What determines what we think are desirable places?

This unit provides an applied and expansive exploration of place-making practices and the way power is exercised by places as well as by people. You will examine issues such as social inclusion, place attachment, globalisation, environmental sustainability and Indigenous place relationships.

You will explore how people understand the world, and how this influences place-making practices. You will encounter your own place connections and the consequences for place-making. Your learning will be supported by structured group discussion, unit readings, assignment work and online media.

Offerings

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Teaching period
Mode/location
Trimester 2On Campus, Armidale Campus
Trimester 2Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites
any 12cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Restrictions
GEPL470 or GEPL570
Combined units

Notes

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

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Elizabeth HaleAssociate Professor, English Literary Studies - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate a critical understanding of key concepts regarding the relationship between humans and places (including issues such as belonging, exile and dispossession, inclusion and exclusion, globalization, sustainability and Indigenous relationships to place), of the way power may be exercised and the influences on human behaviour in relation to place and place usage (including the effects of perception, norms and culture), and different approaches to thinking about and making decisions about places (including decisions about land use and land use change)
  2. demonstrate a critical and self-aware understanding of the personal impact of place connections as well as the potential impacts on place of people's connections to place;
  3. demonstrate advanced problem solving abilities, analytical capacities and research, report writing, group participation, communication and critical thinking skills; and
  4. demonstrate an enduring curiosity and high capacity for continuing engagement in the field.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

TitleMust CompleteWeightOfferingsAssessment Notes
Assignment 1Yes30%All offerings

For Assessment 1 and 2 students will choose one activity from a list that includes an online learning environment activity.

No. Words: 2000

Assignment 2Yes40%All offerings

For Assessment 1 and 2 students will choose one activity from a list that includes an online learning environment activity.

No. Words: 2000

Assignment 3Yes30%All offerings

Essay from a choice of goal-based activities

No. Words: 1500

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

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