Field Project in Urban and Regional Planning
The course focuses on analyzing planning challenges, approaches and practices “on the ground” I a selected city or region abroad. The module entails a 10 days field course, which is prepared with exercises and seminars. After the field course emphasis is on analysis and presentation.
The course requires a Bachelor degree incl. 90 HECs in Human Geography or Urban and Regional Planning, or accepted to a master programme in Human Geography, Urban and Regional Planning or Globalization, Environment and Social Change, and English 6.
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Course structure
The course investigates how urban and regional police, planning agendas and projects are being debated, negotiated and implemented on-site. The student collets information in the field, engage with policy-makers, practitioners and other planning professionals in one particular city or region abroad (preferentially in Europe) in order to do in-situ analysis of planning and development challenges at the local or regional scale.
The course provides the student with advanced critical knowledge about actual planning work and thus prepare for a future professional commissions. The international perspective helps the student to become more sensitive about different planning approaches, concepts and development-paths across Europe or elsewhere and to compare these with their hitherto made experiences in their own national, regional or local context.
In addition, the student will be able to conduct qualified field work, most likely within a so far unknown national, regional and local context.
Teaching format
Obligatory teaching is supervision, seminars and exercises, and a field course with excursions, field work and study visits.
Detailed information, including grading criteria, is presented at the course introduction and via the collaboration and learning environment Athena.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
- carry out a suitable fieldwork assignment in a European region,
- orally and in writing conduct an academic discussion on planning questions.
Assessment
Examination takes place through a field diary and oral and written presentation of a field report.
The course is assessed in following parts:
Field Project in Urban and Regional Planning - paper, 6 credits
Field Project in Urban and Regional Planning - field diary, 1,5 creditsAlternatively:
Field Project in Urban and Regional Planning - paper, 6 credits, 4,5 credits
BIP Environmental Planning and Territorial Development, 3 creditsExaminer
Several teachers assess and grade within the course.
Examiner: Peter Schmitt, Department of Human Geography
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Schedule
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course. -
Course literature
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course. -
Course reports
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Contact
Course coordinator
- Visiting address
The Geo-Science Building, room X321
Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Frescati
Academic Counselling
- Visiting address
The Geo-Science Building, room X331
Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Frescati
Student Affairs Office
- Visiting address
The Geo-Science Building, room X326
Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Frescati
- Office hours
Alternating and flexible hours
- Phone hours
Alternating and flexible hours
