Study plan - Bachelor's programme in Landscape Planning with Landscape Architecture

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The student should have knowledge about:

the most important parts of landscape- and spatial planning, know how planning processes take place, and know how the Planning and building Act is used un physical planning.

landscape characteristics at different scales, how the different ladscapes make a whole, and how changes will influence this whole.

how to design green areas in rural and urban areas, using garden plants and natural vegetation.

about the most important ecological processes in the landscape, with special focus on landscape- and vegetation ecology.

nature restoration, with main focus on restoration and management of semi-natural nature and cultural landscapes, and how to preserve biodiversity in seminatural sites.

cultural heritage and the legal basis for protection and management of cultural environemnts.

Skills

The student should:

be able to use digital tools as geographcal information systems (GIS) in landscape planning.

be able to perform statistical analyses.

be able to perform landscape analyses.

be able to assess different types of constructions in the landscape, and their influence on ecological processes and aesthetic values in the landscape.

be able to perform Risk and vulnerability analyses for nature hazards, and environmental assessment analyses.

have insight in the legal foundation for physical planning, and be able to use the legal basis in planning situations.

master reference handling, citation techniques and source criticism

​General competence

The student are able to perform landscape planning for public and private sector, anchored in a solid evironmental knowledge base, and based on good insigth in landscape architecture.