Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

AYS-1506 Theory and History of Modern Urban Planning, 5 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Staffan Lodenius, Minna Chudoba

Requirements

Accepted paper based on given literature.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

Critical thinking.

Learning outcomes

After the course the student will be able to explain the history and theory of urban planning and design from the Garden Cities to the present day. The student will be able to explain on the basis of a chosen or given case example its background and interpret independently its meaning to the development of urban planning and design.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. In parallel with a history of modern urban planning, the course will cover different theoretical attitudes to urbanism from other disciplines. Part of the course has been done as a workshop, which has included the re-creation of an experiment about the development of a city. At the end of the course the students have an idea of how cities grow.     

Evaluation criteria for the course

Essay and workshop exercises.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
AYS-1506 Theory and History of Modern Urban Planning, 5 cr AYS-1500 Theory and History of Modern Urban Planning, 5 cr  

Last modified08.02.2012