Start semester
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Successful completion of 90 ECTS, successful completion of a pre-diploma report, approved by an advisor and the head of department.
The diploma semester at AHO is an independent research and design task on a theme chosen by the candidate. In consultation with a chosen advisor, the candidate is to produce a complete work of exceptional quality contributing to the discipline’s discourse.
General proficiency
- An understanding of the given natural, social, cultural and technological conditions that contribute to inform architectural, urban and landscape design work
- Ability to see the particular approaches and methods of the discipline in relation to society and contemporary landscape situations.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the theoretical and policy-related elements pertaining to the field of research and practice within the discipline.
- A mastery of the methods, tools and media inherent to urban and landscape design
- An awareness of urban and landscape design’s historical, societal and theoretical background and context
Skills
- An ability to undertake an independent and responsible project development.
- Ability to conceive of, conceptualize and design a specific project pertaining to a specific situation or problem.
- An ability to employ the range of knowledge within the discipline in the specific diploma research and design.
- An ability to communicate design ideas and results to professionals and laypersons
The diploma semester is an independent study whose methods and topics are to be outlined in an approved pre-diploma brief. Interim presentations and a final presentation is mandatory.
The diploma semester starts of with an information meeting where both administrative and academic staff is present. Main source of information and updates during the semester is Moodle, and as a diploma student you are obligated to familiarize yourself with the AHO's diploma regulations. The regulations outlines the frame work of the diploma semester, and describes details conceringin submission, reviews and assessment.
A diploma project may be withdrawn from examination by December 1st (Fall semester) and May 1st (Spring semester).
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annet - spesifiser i kommentarfeltet | Required | 2 mid term reviews |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project assignment | Individual | Pass / fail | Report and presentation of diploma project. External censors. The diploma project should be evaluated on the terms, problematics and scope that the students themselves have defined in their project and in relation to the criteria given by the examiner´s guide to diploma evaluation and the required learning outcome. |