Syllabus

LK0418 Work Experience Course for Landscape Engineers, 15.0 Credits

Subjects

Education cycle

Modules

Advanced study in the main field

Grading scale

Language

Prior knowledge

Objectives

The course aims to give the student a deeper understanding of the profession and its conditions.

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• describe a workplace typical of the landscape engineering profession, its role and tasks in society and report it in a written report

Competence and skills

• apply acquired knowledge from the programme in independent practical work in a workplace

Judgement and approach

• reflect on their own practical experience of the landscape engineer’s professional role in the workplace and in society

• reflect on equal opportunities at the workplace both from an action plan, if available, as well as how the former is applied.

Content

The student is responsible for finding a relevant internship and a supervisor at the workplace. The internship and the supervisor must be approved by the course coordinator before the start of the course. The student follows the workplace’s routines during at least eight weeks of mandatory workplace placement. At the end of the course, the student submits a written reflection on the practice and presents the reflections orally at a compulsory seminar.

Grading form

Formats and requirements for examination

At least 80% attendance at the workplace during the internship period. Approved written assignment, oral presentation and participation in seminars.

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.

• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.

• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.

• For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Additional information

Responsible department

Department of Urban and Rural Development