This course will offer undergraduate students in the visual arts and humanities an introduction to the relationships between urban development and artistic production. The scope of the course is broad, geographically as well as temporally. The disciplinary approaches utilised are similarly wide, including architectural history, urban design, and political theory in addition to the history of art and cinema.

This course may also be offered as an intensive.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the development of urban culture across several geographical and temporal contexts.
2. Apply interdisciplinary methodologies to the study of contemporary cultural and artistic phenomena.
3. Present written and oral arguments about the development of urban cultures.

1000 word written essay (25%) [Learning Outcomes 1-3]

2500 word essay (45%) [Learning Outcomes 1-3]

8 minute tutorial presentation (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-3]

Participation (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1-3]

For intensive mode:

1 x preliminary 1200 word written exercise (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

1200 word written exercise due last day of course (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

2500 word essay due six weeks after the end of the course (50%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Participation (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Two hours of lectures and one hour of tutorials per week. Students are expected to commit up to seven hours of independent study per week.

For intensive mode:

Five 7-hour days attendance at intensive classes, a further 25 hours of directed preparatory reading and preparation and up to 70 hours of independent private study/research.

Students should have successfully completed ARTV1009 and ARTV1010 or any two 1000-level courses in the School of Humanities.