Outline

Overview

This unit of study explores urbanism transnationally with a focus on the Global South cities to expose students to the accelerating rate of urbanisation in fundamentally different urban settings. It unpacks complexities of urbanism specific to the Global South including but not limited to enormous rate of urban transformation, massive infrastructure gaps, ubiquitous informality, confronting inequalities, and exponatial rate of climate change. In doing so, the unit sheds light on the historic, socio-economic, and geo-political setting behind the complexity of urban challenges and opportunities in unfamiliar geographies. This will provide students with provocative and productive urban frameworks for all cities, informed by an ability to transfer learnings from the Global South to the local context and unpack some of the growing concerns about widening inequities, infrastructure lags and others.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit	Urban and Regional Planning and Policy
Credit points	6
Prerequisites ?	None
Corequisites ?	None
Prohibitions ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	DAAE1002
Available to study abroad and exchange students	Yes

Teaching staff

Coordinator	Deepti Prasad, deepti.prasad@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Presentation	Mid-point Presentations for AT1 Case study justification Presentation	10%	Week 04	5 mins
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Presentation	Final Presentations for AT1 Final Presentation	10%	Week 07	10 minutes
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Assignment	Assessment Task 1 (AT1) Case Study Report	30%	Week 07	1000-1500 words
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Presentation	Mid-point Presentations for AT2 Draft Presentation	10%	Week 10	10 mins
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Presentation	Final Presentations for AT2 Final Presentation	10%	Week 13	15 minutes
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Assignment	Assessment Task 2 (AT2) Final Report	30%	Week 13	2500-3500 words
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= hurdle task ? = group assignment ?

Assessment summary

Assessment Task 1 (AT1) – The identification and brief analysis of a Global South case study is undertaken through the first six weeks of the course and collated into a short ‘Case Study Report’. AT1 requires you to analyse your case study’s historical, socio-economic, and geopolitical setting. In doing so, you examine the complexities of urbanism specific to a Global South context. In the case study, you will critically consider the upcoming urban challenges such as infrastructure lags, etc. AT1 is weighted 50% of the course mark (10% mid-point presentation, 10% final presentation and 30% case study report).
Assessment Task 2 (AT2) – Based on the complex understanding developed in AT1, you will analyse the critical lenses, in further detail, for your Global South case study and pick an extra specific urbanism lens (of your preference – in line with the unit’s teaching) for thorough research, documented in the ‘Final Report’. AT2 requires you to address the urban complexities identified at the semester’s outset within your case study through the lenses of colonial cartographies and post-colonial realities, physical and social infrastructure, informality, and climate change that address the complexities of urbanism specific to the Global South. AT2 is weighted 50% of the course mark (10% mid-point presentation, 10% final presentation and 30% final report).

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a High distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a Distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name	Mark range	Description
High Distinction	85 - 100	Work of outstanding quality, demonstrating mastery of the learning outcomes assessed. The work shows significant innovation, experimentation, critical analysis, synthesis, insight, creativity, and/orexceptional skill.
Distinction	75 - 84	Work of excellent quality, demonstrating a sound grasp of the learning outcomes assessed. The work shows innovation, experimentation, critical analysis, synthesis, insight, creativity, and/or superior skill.
Credit	65 - 74	Work of good quality, demonstrating more than satisfactory achievement of the learning outcomes assessed, or work of excellent quality for a majority of the learning outcomes assessed.
Pass	50 - 64	Work demonstrating satisfactory achievement of the learning outcomes assessed.
Fail	0 - 49	Work that does not demonstrate satisfactory achievement of one or more of the learning outcomes assessed.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Learning support

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity
Week 01	Lecture 1: Overall Introduction to Global South Cities	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 02	Lecture 2: Colonial Cartographies	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 03	Lecture 3: Post-Colonial Realities	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 04	Mid-point Presentations for AT1 + Guest Lecture 1	Presentation (3 hr)
Week 05	Lecture 4: Physical Infrastructure	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 06	Lecture 5: Social Infrastructure	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 07	Final Presentations for AT1 + Case Study Report Submission	Presentation (3 hr)
Week 08	Lecture 6: Informality (Theory and Housing)	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 09	Lecture 7: Informality (Economies)	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 10	Mid-point Presentations for AT2 + Guest Lecture 2	Presentation (3 hr)
Week 11	Lecture 8: Climate Change (The Science and the Politics)	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 12	Lecture 9: Climate Change (Regional Variations)	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 13	Final Presentations for AT2 + Final Report Submission	Presentation (3 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

Please refer to the Resolutions of the University School: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/architecture/rules/faculty_resolutions.shtml

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Required readings

All readings for this unit can be accessed through the Library’s reading list system Leganto, available on Canvas.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

Outcomes
Graduate qualities

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of urbanism globally with reference to the North/South divide and its colonial roots and post-colonial realities.
LO2. Demonstrate an understanding of the complexities of urbanism specific to the Global South, including but not limited to the enormous rate of urban transformation and density, massive infrastructure gaps, ubiquitous informality, confronting inequalities and others.
LO3. Demonstrate independent and critical thinking to unpack the upcoming urban challenges specific to the Global South, including but not limited to devastating climate change; (climate and terrorism-related), refugee crises, and others.
LO4. Demonstrate capacity with critical thinking to unpack the historical, socio-economic, and geopolitical setting behind the complexity of urban challenges and opportunities in unfamiliar geographies.
LO5. Demonstrate an ability to transfer learnings from the Global South to the local context and unpack some of the growing concerns about widening inequities, infrastructure lags and others.
LO6. Demonstrate an ability to – individually and collaboratively – develop critical professional documents and effectively communicate the complexities of urbanism at an international level.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
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Responding to student feedback

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This is the first time this unit has been offered.

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Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

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DAAE2012: Urbanism and the Global South

Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Remote

Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Disclaimer

On this page

Useful links

Media

Student links

About us

Connect