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Courses Handbook 2015

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LCTS5000 (v.1) Reading the City

Area: Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 310209 (v.3) Reading the City 311
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LCTS3000 (v.1) Reading the City
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit explores the concept of ‘the city’ as a dynamic entity and analyses how our understanding of, and interaction with, the city produces knowledge of space, subjectivity and the Other. The city will be examined as a physical and socio-political structure, with focus upon the rise of the city in modernity and its transformation in post-modernity. Students will gain the ability to think critically, creatively and reflectively at an advanced level.
Field of Education: 091500 Language and Literature (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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