Vår 2024

LAR-3900 Diploma thesis/master's project - 30 stp

The course is administrated by

Kunstakademiet

Type of course

Cannot be taken as an individual course. Available only to students enrolled in the study programme master’s in landscape architecture.

Course contents

The diploma course is an independent research and design project, where the pre-diploma report functions as the starting point for the methodology and content of the thesis. The work will result in an extensive material project, which synthesizes analyses, fieldwork, investigations, and design experiments. The diploma thesis must be linked to the landscapes in the Arctic/subarctic.

Obligatory prerequisites

LAR-3072 Digital Landscapes, LAR-3082 Perspectives on nature and landscape practices, LAR-3091 Studio 3: Territorial practices, LAR-3092 Pre-diploma

Objective of the course

After passing the course, the student will have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

•Advanced knowledge within landscape architecture and specialized insight into Arctic/subarctic landscapes.

•In-depth understanding of the complexity connected to the diploma project and affected landscape.

•In-depth understanding of the diploma project’s historical, societal, theoretical, and methodological terms.

•In-depth understanding of the natural, social, cultural, and technological conditions which are central to the diploma project.

Skills:

•The ability to implement extensive research and design project of high landscape architectural quality.

•The ability to demonstrate a convincing mastery of the landscape architecture’s theory and methods.

•The ability to synthesize analyses, research, and design experiments into a coherent project.

•The ability to demonstrate good design skills and understanding of the artistic dimension of landscape architecture.

•The ability to convey project work through advanced use of the representational forms of landscape architecture.

General competence:

•The ability to independently implement an extensive landscape architectural research and design work.

•The ability to independently analyze a complex landscape related issue and identify significant design challenges.

•The ability to reflect critically over one’s own professional competence and the societal relevance of the diploma project.

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

The teaching consists primarily of individual supervision. The student will be assigned a main supervisor, who will be responsible for the student’s individual supervision. Five mid-course reviews will be held, where the student must present their project work in a group seminar.

Diploma students are expected to work independently with their project.

In addition to the main supervisors, the diploma students can elect to seek guidance with external experts or professionals to supplement the landscape architecture supervision. The student will have financial aid of up to 10 hours available for external supervision/guidance.