Høst 2024

LAR-3092 Pre-Diploma - 6 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 overlap

LAN-3092 Pre-Diploma 6 ects

Course contents

The purpose of this course is to prepare the student for independent work related to their diploma project and functions as the preliminary research part of the thesis project. The project and related work must be connected to Arctic/subarctic landscapes.

Obligatory prerequisites

LAR-3081 Studio 2: Landscape Practices

Objective of the course

After passing the course, the students will have obtained the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

•Understanding of the complexity connected to a given landscape and selected issue.

•Awareness of the issue’s historical, societal, theoretical, and methodological terms.

•Understanding of the natural, social, cultural, and technological conditions which are central to landscape architecture.

Skills:

•The ability to define the framework for landscape architectural research.

•The ability to collect relevant literature, reference projects and expertise in relation to the selected issue.

•The ability to convey complex issues in a clear and manageable way through the use of text and graphics.

General competence:

•The ability to independently implement a research project and facilitate one’s own work time.

•The ability to relate to a complex issue within the field of landscape architecture and identify central aspects.

•The ability to reflect critically over one’s own professionalism and the societal relevance of the research work.

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Teaching consists primarily of individual or group supervision. Lectures may be included as part of the teaching. The students must work independently with the pre-diploma report.