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Syllabus

LK0435 Studio 3 - Large Landscapes, 15.0 Credits

Studio 3 - Stora landskap

Subjects

Landscape Architecture

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Bachelor’s level (G2F)

Grading scale

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

Knowledge corresponding to



60 credits in landscape architecture

30 credits project- and studio courses in landscape architecture.

Objectives

The purpose of the course is that the student should develop and practice his/her ability to handle questions within spatial planning in municipalities and to work in a group. The student should practice in acting as a landscape architect within the framework of a given theme and to acquire a more balanced picture of the professional role of the landscape architect in relation to other actors.

After having completed the course, the student should be able to:

• process and design spatial and structural correlations and changes in a major landscape segment
• draw up contracts with independently phrased problems within the framework of the course theme and well-motivated strategies to solve those problems within the time frame allowed by the course
• show the ability at oral presentations, in submitted presentation material and in written reflections to apply basic rhetoric and communicative knowledge.
• account for the working process of the group and reflect on the student’s own and the group’s common standpoints during the course of the working process

Content

The course comprises both theoretical and practical elements, even if emphasis is on the latter. The practical work covers sketching work and work in model both individually and in group. A continuous dialogue between course leaders and students is maintained through seminars, one-day sketching, part presentations and submission of written work. An important element of the course is rhetoric. The ability to express one’s intentions and to convince other actors orally, in writing and by means of pictures is practised in several different elements.

The course offers a framework within which the student to a large extent is free to exert his/her own influence on both the orientation of the work and the result itself. Great weight is attached to the ability of students to work in a group and together seek, find and formulate as well as present solutions to problems within the framework of the course theme.

The course is implemented as a project and should be seen as a forum for creative work, dialogue and development. Teachers and instructors are available during the course of the work as motivators and discussion partners.

Compulsory attendance applies at course introduction, municipal visit, weekly seminars, study trip, group dynamics teaching, internal criticism, municipality presentation and group evaluation. Only this attendance suffice however not to perform a project that can become approved in the course but an active group assignment and good interaction with course administration is activities that are necessary for a successful work process.

The course gives 15 skills training credits.

The course focuses on the following generic competencies:
Problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, cooperation, time management, independence, oral and written communication.

Collaboration with the surrounding community takes place through collaborations with municipalities and other organisations during the students' project work and through study trips/study visits.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

Active participation in compulsory elements.

Approved project presentation, approved individual process reflection, carried through presentations at week seminars and visits at municipalities, participation on study trip or approved replacement assignment.

• 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

Knowledge corresponding to 30 credits studio courses can be achieved through Project 1 - landscape as a plan, reality and idea and Project 2 - Place for living.

Responsible department

Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management