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Pre-Diploma Landscape Architecture (Tromsø)
Successful completion of 60 credits. Last Semester before diploma.
The pre-diploma semester at AHO is an independent research task on a theme chosen by the candidate. In consultation with the course teacher, fellow students and a chosen advisor, the candidate is to produce a report that details a topic to be studied, an approach or methodology, a spatial program and a plan of work. This report is the foundation of the diploma work.
∙ An understanding of the complexity of a chosen urban or landscape site and topic
∙ An ability to frame artistic and scientific research
∙ An understanding of the given natural, social, cultural and technological conditions that govern urban or landscape design work
∙ An awareness of the topic’s historical, societal, theoretical and methodological ramifications
∙ An ability to communicate ideas and plan work
∙ An understanding of one’s own individual position with the discipline
The course is an individual research assignment with group discussions and interim presentations of the different research components. It concludes with a pre-diploma report containing the following elements:
- Topic description
- Site presentation
- Maps of selected issues
- Reviews and discussions of relevant literature
- Summaries and discussions of interviews with experts
- Reference projects presentations and discussions
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