Module Details
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Title URBAN SOCIOLOGY
Code SOCI236
Coordinator Dr P Jones
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
P.Jones01@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 5 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

- To provide an introduction to classical and contemporary social scientific approaches to the study of urban life

- To introduce key classical and contemporary academic studies of urbanism

- To situate the distinctive contribution made by sociologists to our understanding of cities

- To critically examine key empirical studies on the social and cultural aspects of city life

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) An awareness of the landmark social studies of modern urbanism

(LO2) An appreciation of the spatial form taken by social inequalities in urban capitalist contexts

(LO3) Capacity to describe and assess some of the major political interventions in city life in the modern period

(LO4) Understanding of the relationship between theoretical and methodological studies of the urban

(S1) Improving own learning/performance - Reflective practice

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Influencing skills – envisioning

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S5) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness

Syllabus
 

The syllabus for this module is organised around three distinct-but-related themes:

i) Theories of the Urban
• Modernity and Urbanism
• The Chicago School: Urban Space Matters
• The Social Production of Places and Spaces
• Postmodern Urban Theory

ii) Urban Social Divisions
• Gentrification
• Ghettoization and Segregation
• Cities of ‘Slums’?
• Gendering Urban Space

iii) Urban Interventions
• The Garden in the City
• The Modernist City as anti-urban?
• Urban Politics and Protest

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Hybrid - asynchronous pre-recorded lectures
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Designed to signpost key ideas and studies of cities and frame seminar work and independent study.

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Face to Face synchronous seminars, safety permitting
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Based around classic and contemporary readings in urban sociology and a related exercise.

Teaching Method 3 - Field Work
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: a Field visit to Liverpool City Centre is based on a walking lecture taking in key urban sites and settings, including the waterfront and the so-called 'Museum Quarter'

Teaching Method 4 - Workshop
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Assessment preparation workshop, based around advice and support for the module's assessment tasks

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 22

 10

     2

 2

 36
Timetable (if known) 120 mins X 1 totaling 22
  		           
Private Study 124
TOTAL HOURS 160

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :First Semester  1500 words    30       
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :First Semester  2500 minutes.    70       

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.