LARC40510 Landscape Study I

Academic Year 2021/2022

The two landscape study modules are consecutive studios that bring students of the MArchSc programme together with the MLA students under the graduate theme of "deep landscape". Carried out in collaboration with each other and with the local community, our immersive landscape approach supposes close observation, investigation, research, spending time in the field, getting to know both the place and the people.

This first trimester studio takes the form of a creative analysis; it takes an interdisciplinary outlook in investigating the range of pressures that moulded this contemporary landscape, and that demand future change. Students develop their research language, through readings, research, discussion and fieldwork, under the guidance of studio staff.

Regular tutorials support progress, with occasional reviews involving school staff and visiting experts. A studio report is submitted at the end of the trimester, compiling and collating the process and progress of the work and reflecting the student's thinking on the territory of enquiry.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this studio, students should have demonstrated evidence of:

1. Evolving expertise in one or more areas of current landscape architectural debate, and ability to apply concepts and theoretical knowledge in the critical analysis of a complex site of study

2. Evolving ability to research, document, present and debate issues to do with the production, and perception of a complex site of study.

3. Evolving ability to work in a variety of formats, and use of appropriate media.

Indicative Module Content:

various issues of contemporary societal importance

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

24
Field Trip/External Visits

48
Specified Learning Activities

96
Autonomous Student Learning

96
Total

264
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
active learning; peer and group work; reflective learning; studio work; enquiry; debate; case-based learning; student presentations, etc. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Presentation: Review Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

40
Project: Studio Report Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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