Place, Activity and Human Development
Information from the course leader
Welcome to the course Place, Activity and Human Development – MP0001
The course contains four blocks with Zoom meetings, each related to a specific theme. The dates for the meetings are: 1 to 3 of September, 6 to 8 of October, as well as 15 to 17 of November 2021 and 10 to 11 of January 2022.
In the first session (Block I) we will have a Workshop: This is how I would like to live. We build the home of our dreams in miniature and reflect on the choices we make. This building session takes place on Zoom the 3 of September. Please look on Canvas (block I) for special instructions and what material you can gather to the build mini-landscapes.
You have to register (Please contact Karoline Schua – administration - karoline.schua@slu.se) before you can get to Canvas where you find all course instructions (schedule and literature list) and assignments.
This is a course with many students. We want you to participate in all sessions. If you do not wish to participate in the course, please let Karolina Schua know as soon as possible!
You find the literature list on both the course page and on Canvas. Most literature you should be able to find at the web, but there are also a few copied and uploaded on Canvas.
If you have any questions about the course, please contact
Course leader and examiner: Elisabeth von Essen elisabeth.von.essen@slu.se
I hope we will have an interesting semester together!
Kindly,
Elisabeth von Essen
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is now closed
MP0001-10290 - 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 MP0001
Academic year 2023/2024
Place, Activity and Human Development (MP0001-10215)
2023-08-28 - 2024-01-14
Academic year 2022/2023
Place, Activity and Human Development (MP0001-10014)
2022-08-29 - 2023-01-15
Academic year 2020/2021
Place, Activity and Human Development (MP0001-10183)
2020-08-31 - 2021-01-17
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
MP0001 Place, Activity and Human Development, 15.0 Credits
Plats, aktivitet och individens utvecklingSubjects
Environmental Psychology Environmental PsychologyEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
Title | Credits | Code |
---|---|---|
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 and English 6Objectives
The aim of the course is to give a psychological understanding of how people´s emotional bonds to specific places evolve during life, with particular focus on home and residential areas.
After completion of the course the student will be able to:
specify general characteristics of activities taking place in green settings and some psychological principles regulating this behaviour
give an overview of the general changes that occur in the way a person relates to the outdoor environment during the course of a lifetime
elaborate on how people develop emotional bonds to specific places and the role of home environment in the formation of identity
discuss the implications of people having bonds to places for planning and community development.
Content
The course combines the study of theory on the subject with workshops and assignments to investigate the following topics:
- How people use different places in the outdoor environment and what functions they take on in everyday life. With a focus on opportunities for privacy and rest, as well as possibilities for movement and creative action; in gardens, yards, parks and squares. Important concepts are "creativity", "self-regulation" and "personal space"
- How places take on meaning. We pay attention to how the acquirement of favourite places in childhood can be a precursor to feelings of home in the place of residence. Important concepts are "place attachment", "place identity" and "social cohesion"
- The role of people’s relationships to place following changes in their physical environment , due to moving, redevelopment, natural disasters e t c.
Specifications of assignments are given at course start. A selection of seminars and workshops and presentations of assignments are mandatory.
The course combines mandatory online meetings with tasks carried out independently.
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
Participation in a selection of workshops/seminars and successful completion of assignments. Passed exam.
- 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
The course is given as a distance course, with mandatory online meetings, at 50% speed.Responsible department
Department of People and Society
Further information
Grading criteria
https://slunik.slu.se/kursfiler/MP0001/10290.2122/Course_Criteria_2021.pdf
Litterature list
- Litteraturlista [Litteraturlista] (https://slunik.slu.se/kursfiler/MP0001/10290.2122/Preliminary_literature_list_Place_activity_and_human_development_210615_EvE.pdf)