2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN2066 Transport, People and Place

10 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Bryan Matthews
Email: b.matthews@its.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

Exploring Transport and Society (TRAN2064)

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Using a range of case studies, this module highlights the importance of understanding the diverse characteristics of people and place for how transport is experienced and provided in local and global contexts. By addressing the social and spatial factors influencing and influenced by transport and travel, and by exploring the range of transport and travel cultures at play across society, this Module engages with Creating Sustainable Futures and understanding Power and Conflict.

Objectives

To understand how the diverse characteristics of people and place interact with travel experiences and transport provision.

To engage with key theoretical concepts and data relating to the interactions of transport, people and place.

To explore how available evidence can be used to support transport planning to develop transport policy and provision that is sensitive to the diversity of people and place.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

1. To develop a critical understanding of how the characteristics of people and place impact on transport experience and provision;
2. To demonstrate a critical engagement with relevant theoretical and empirical sources relating to transport, people and place;
3. To demonstrate capacity for constructing arguments about how future transport provision could or should be influenced by the characteristics of people and place.


Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:

1. Use of critical thinking and research skills to access, read and reflect upon a range of academic, non-academic sources to develop reasoned arguments
2. Application of technical and written communication skills, as a means of constructing cogent and evidence-based argument.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	10	1.00	10.00
seminars	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			80.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

A number of opportunities for formative feedback have been designed in to the Module: Firstly, the weekly seminars will be used to provide ongoing feedback throughout the Module. Secondly, a quiz will be organised for the mid-point of the module and thirdly, feedback will be offered on draft essay plans.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Coursework	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 17/04/2024

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