Spring 2024 - URB 602 G100
Urban Professional Development II (2)
Class Number: 7457
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Thu, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Andy Yan
ayan@sfu.ca
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Designed to assist and support urban studies student professional development as researchers in a range of possible career paths.
COURSE DETAILS:
This is the second of a two-course series designed to assist and support urban studies students' professional development as urbanists and researchers in a range of possible career paths.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
During this course, we will focus on:
• Making connections between our own urban professional and research skills and interests and those of our classmates and professional associates within the urban studies community
• Surveying the evolving landscape of urban practice and research in Canada
• Gain exposure to network and portfolio development, presentation for research audiences, and storytelling
• Develop a toolkit of resources that you can draw upon while as a student and professional.
Assessment
Participation - 20% - Students are expected to prepare thoroughly and thoughtfully for class by completing the required texts and tasks, contributing actively and respectfully in synchronous class sessions, and being an engaged and supportive classroom citizen. Students are expected to pose thoughtful and respectful questions and comments to all guest speakers. This course asks a lot of your ‘self’: self-reflection, self-exploration, self-assessment, self-improvement, defining your priorities, etc. Your responsibility is to be prepared to engage in discussions, workshops, and assigned exercises (mini-assignments) to the very best of your ability.
Portfolio - 80% - Each week, there will be a mini-assignments that you will complete as a part of your work for URB602. These mini-assignments follow up on the workshops, guest speakers, and required material presented during that week’s meeting. The assignments will require you to dive into your past academic and professional work as well as future prospective projects and skill acquisition. At the end of the course, you will compile these mini-assignments together to create a professional development portfolio for final submission. Some weeks, you will have a choice of options for the mini-assignment, giving you the flexibility to do what makes most sense for you and your career development goals.
Grading
- Participation 20%
- Portfolio 80%
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html