School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyUrban SociologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101360.2
Discipline: SOCIOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Foundation Sociology units
Equivalent Units
B2966 - Urban Sociology
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points or 101336 Introduction to Sociology.
About this Unit
The unit provides the opportunity to encounter social theory and sociology in relation to contemporary urban problems and development. We study the problematic of the individual in the city illustrating how different authors have conceptualised the city as a source of meaning and a determining force in sociation. The unit includes applied study of the contemporary city , the state, professionalisation and reflections of the economic order in the spatial forms and physical fabric of the city. It addresses the dynamics of the city through questions of conflict between interest groups, and the strategies for such groups to realise their interests.