LARC20170 Landscape Theory and History

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module, which complements some of the themes explored in LARC 10110 Understanding Landscape, provides the student with an understanding of critical thinking, selected literature, theory and practice in the main landscape architecture canons. It assists students in making relevant, major historical events or characters, to contemporary landscape architecture practice. It is taught by means of several themes that deal with overarching subjects such as ecology, art, aesthetics, environment, society and technology. It examines the changing relations between landscape, culture and society through time and introduces some of the key influences on contemporary landscape architecture. The module aims to provide students with the vocabulary, tools and design precedents to support the analysis of landscape architecture practice and to enrich studio design.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module students will:
1. Be familiar with main canons of landscape architecture practice.
2. Have acquired skills in intellectualising certain aspects of landscape architecture practice.
3. Indicate ability in research and critical thinking.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

14
Seminar (or Webinar)

8
Specified Learning Activities

16
Autonomous Student Learning

80
Total

118
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
A creative and graphically presented series of themes will be used with in-class discussion to help explore the complexity of landscape architecture practice.
Assessment includes an element of in-class project work.
Students feedback will be issued online.
 
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
Examination: In-class written exam to assess the student's knowledge of the material presented during the module. Week 12 No Graded No

85
Project: Project to assess a specific aspect of the material presented during the module. Project carried out in class. Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

15

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

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive (individual) feedback on their exam papers.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Spring
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 11:00 - 12:50