a. Knowledge:
• The students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the process of sites gaining heritage status in the Arctic – they will learn the procedures adopted by local, regional, national and international bodies.
• An awareness of the threats and vulnerabilities to Arctic heritage sites, both environmental and social, will be addressed.
• Extensive knowledge of how landscape architects take different approaches to heritage sites with a view to understanding the different outcomes of diverse interventions

b. Skills:
• Students will learn of the various considerations to be addressed when approaching the study of a heritage site such as sourcing, recording and documenting of information.
• Ability to illustrate information pertaining to specific sites through the development of site plans and sections of varying scales; incorporation of archaeological, ecological, geological, climatic data etc.
• Ability to work independently and in groups throughout the studio.
• Develop competencies on how to adopt appropriate methods, covered in theory, to specific sites. It is expected to be an experimental and exploratory exercise in transferring theoretical knowledge to practical studio work.

c. General competence:
• A good and well-informed knowledge of Arctic heritage with the ability to be critical of approaches adopted by different professionals/stakeholders of multiple perspectives.
• A working knowledge of the basic tools and skills needed to analyse, appraise and implement appropriate measures to Arctic heritage sites.
• Abilities to refine large quantities of research information into concise and appropriate means.
• Communicate studio work effectively, through visual and oral presentations, to both landscape architects and other professionals related to heritage.