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SD3111 Housing, Home and Sustainabilities

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

The school will operate a ballot system

Planned timetable

Tuesday 9 am - 12 pm

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr L A Reid

Dr L A Reid
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr L Reid

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module will explore how housing and homes are experienced and imagined, and what this means for ideas of sustainability. In doing so, we will explore the temporal and spatial dimensions of these topics to understand variations in experience and why that matters. Predominantly focusing on these topics from a UK context, we will consider practical examples or more/less sustainable living, situating these within international conceptual debates.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST ( PASS SD2001 AND PASS SD2002 ) OR ( PASS SD2005 AND PASS SD2006 AND PASS SD2100 )

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE SD3221

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 55% Exam = 45%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

One 2-hour lecture (x11 weeks), One 1-hour seminar (x9 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

44

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Explain the significance of housing and home for individuals, communities and societies.
  • Evaluate the relationships between housing, home and sustainability.
  • Analyse different disciplinary perspectives on the conceptualisation and investigation of home
  • Explore the value of social science methods (e.g., accounts of lived experience, photo elicitation, diaries) in researching housing and home