People and Environment
outdoor environments to quality of life, well-being and health. Students will handle different design problems and thereby translate their knwoledge within environnmental psychology and urban sociology into planning and design proposals.
Information from the course leader
2021-11-01
If you have not yet registered for the course please do so on Ladok Student. When you register you automatically get an invitation to the CANVAS course room where you find all information and material for the course.
Course introduction is tomorrow Nov 2 on Zoom at 10.00. Link and password in the schedule on CANVAS.
/Caroline
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2021-10-28
There will be a guest lecture, on 3 Dec at 13-15 in Articum 1, by Gul Atanur, Bursa Technical University, Turkey.
See the final 21-10-27 updated schedule on CANVAS.
/Caroline
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2021-10-25
Don´t forget to register for the course on LADOK Student. When you have registered you will automatically get an invitation to the CANVAS room for the course. On CANVAS you find the course material, including the schedule with link and password to the zoom classroom and rooms on campus. Registration is open from October 26 and up until the first day of the course 2 November.
Welcome to the course introduction on Zoom, Nov 2 at 10.00.
/Caroline
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2021-10-11
Please note that an updated schedule with campus rooms is now available. There are two changes, which you can easily find marked in red. Lecture by Laike on Nov 2 at 13 will be on campus. Lecture by Guwallius on Nov 16 moved to afternoon 13-15.
/Caroline
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is now closed
LK0382-20136 - Course evaluation report
Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.
Additional course evaluations for LK0382
Academic year 2023/2024
People and Environment (LK0382-20047)
2023-10-31 - 2024-01-14
Academic year 2022/2023
People and Environment (LK0382-20015)
2022-11-01 - 2023-01-15
Academic year 2020/2021
People and Environment (LK0382-20065)
2020-11-02 - 2021-01-17
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LK0382 People and Environment, 15.0 Credits
Människa och fysisk miljöSubjects
Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
Title | Credits | Code |
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Single module | 15.0 | 0101 |
Advanced study in the main field
Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirementsMaster’s level (A1N)
Grading scale
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.
Language
EnglishPrior knowledge
Knowledge equivalent to 120 credits, which ofSpecific entry requirements: 90 credits in one of the following subjects:
• architecture
• landscape architecture
• landscape planning
• built environment
• design
• spatial planning
• geography
• landscape science
• environmental science
English 6 or equivalent.
Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide insights into how the interaction between people and the physical environment functions and what different outdoor environments can mean for quality of life, well-being and health. The course will provide training in the ability to analyse and investigate people’s relationships to their surroundings and to translate this knowledge into design and planning processes.
After completion of the course, the student should be able to:
describe perspectives and concepts within social science and behavioural science, mainly within environmental psychology and urban sociology, that are relevant for the knowledge area of Landscape Architecture
apply a selection of the methods used for investigating how people use, experience and evaluate external environments (e.g. interviews, street walks, observations or surveys)
problematise and analyse people’s different needs and interests in external environments on the basis of e.g. gender, age, social situation, cultural context and disability
analyse and critically examine people’s relation to place and use this understanding in design and planning contexts
Content
The course is characterised by perspectives of social- and behavioural science on problem issues within Landscape Architecture, Architecture and Town Planning. Seminars and exercises will provide training in the ability to investigate and analyse people’s situation in relation to their surroundings. Students will also be posed different design problems and will be given the opportunity to translate their knowledge within environmental psychology and urban sociology into planning and design proposals.
The course comprises lectures, literature seminars (compulsory), excursions and exercises (compulsory), project presentations (compulsory), group assignments, literature studies and individual tasks work with reading and writing.
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
Literature seminar, submission and presentation of exercises, written examination. Active participation in compulsory elements. Approved participation in literature seminars. Successful completion of exam and exercises. Specifications of compulsory attendance and assignments are given at course start. Students’ knowledge and their ability to engage each other in critical and analytical discussions will also be assessed in the reviews and in the literature 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 examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the 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
Courses in Landscape Planning from SLU counts as Landscape Architecture when assessing qualifications.Responsible department
Department of People and Society
Further information
Grading criteria
Litterature list
- Literature list LK0382_2021 [Literature list LK0382_2021] (https://slunik.slu.se/kursfiler/LK0382/20136.2122/Literature_LK0382_2021_utlagd_updated.pdf)