Module manager: Paul Chatterton
Email: p.chatterton@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 01 Oct to 30 Nov View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
This first module on the University of Leeds MSc Sustainable Cities is purposefully designed as an intense, fun, and challenging experience. Content is delivered over two weeks which includes an intensive week of learning at the University of Leeds, and a week-long sustainability field trip.
This module aims to equip students with the knowledge and analytical skills needed to critically engage with debates and practice on urban systems.
This module allows students to:
1.Understand core concepts of sustainability and sustainable development, and to link these concepts to urban and sustainability theory.
2.Gain new analytical frameworks to understand key urban systems and infrastructures as socio-technical systems.
3.Link practical aspects of sustainability and alternative technologies to existing urban systems and appropriate analytical frameworks.
4.Identify leading international examples of urban sustainability and how they can be applied in new contexts.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1.System thinking; in the analysis of social, environmental and economic impacts of key topics; (coursework 2,3)
2. Critically thinking: understand multilevel decision-making across critical systems and how sustainability metrics are mobilised to affect decision-making. (coursework 1,2)
3. Academic skills; developing evidence to support LOs 1-2; developing academic language & referencing (coursework 1)
4. Reflective Skills; questioning norms, practices and opinions related to sustainability across different sectors/persepectives (coursework 3)
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | Delivery type 3 | Number 1 | Length hours 3 |
| Fieldwork | Delivery type 5 | Number 5 | Length hours 25 |
| Lecture | Delivery type 8 | Number 3 | Length hours 24 |
| Practical | Delivery type 3 | Number 3 | Length hours 9 |
| Seminar | Delivery type 7 | Number 3 | Length hours 21 |
| Independent online learning hours | Delivery type 28 | ||
| Private study hours | Delivery type 190 | ||
| Total Contact hours | Delivery type 82 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | Delivery type 300 | ||
Students will receive formative written feedback on the assessments which are handed in at early in the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment type Assignment | Notes Coursework | % of formal assessment 70 |
| Assessment type Assignment | Notes Coursework | % of formal assessment 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | Assessment type 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 5/24/2024
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