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Syllabus

LK0440 Vegetation Design - Material and Construction, 15.0 Credits

Vegetationsbyggnad - material och projektering

Subjects

Landscape Architecture

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Modules

Title	Credits	Code
Plant identification	5.0	0100
Approved mandatory parts (85%)	3.0	0103
Vegetation design and Design and construction	7.0	0104

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 90 credits in landscape architecture.

Objectives

The aims of the course are to give the student knowledge and skills in the fields of plant knowledge and vegetation design, that are fundamental in design, construction, maintenance and the development of plant environments.

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

• identify and name a basic range of evergreen woody plants and deciduous woody plants with bare twigs

• make conscious choices concerning plant material, plant substrates and planting beds with focus on plant habitats, trading qualities, growing zones, function and maintenance be able to argue for and justify these choices

• through computer-aided design develop a design proposal into calculable technical drawings and specifications with plants and planting beds

• reflect on the process of landscape design and construction.

Content

The course partly contains basic plant knowledge and partly includes studies and exercises where plant knowledge is tested and developed with respect to planting design and plant composition. Plant knowledge is concentrated to the winter appearance of the woody plants’, trading qualities and preferred habitats. The course includes design and construction documents and links therefore to the previous landscape construction course.The knowledge of the properties and needs of individual plants’ are largely taught outdoors and are thereafter applied in projects as well as other planting design and plant composition exercises. Other components that are treated in the course are design of structural soils and ecosystem services in the urban environment.

Seminars, field trips, exercises and project work are compulsory.

The course gives 10 skills training credits.

The course focuses on the following generic competencies:
Problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, information competence, digital competence, time management, use of technology, independence, oral and written communication.

Collaboration with the surrounding community takes place through excursion, field visits, exercises and plant walks.

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 work
Approved plant examination
Exercise presentations

• 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.

Responsible department

Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management