APL8008 : Landscape Histories
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Charlotte Veal
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To introduce students to the history of landscape (designed, planned, managed), relating developments in landscape to the social and economic conditions which prevailed during various periods and in various locations, and also to environmental/ecological, cultural and scientific developments. Students are also encouraged to explore the linkages between landscape architecture, planning, and management and related disciplines, e.g. art, architecture, geography, botany/ecology and town planning at these various stages.
Outline Of Syllabus
The module is based around a course of lectures, that are organised around core themes to cover the most significant ecological, economic, social, cultural and political concerns shaping landscape. Topics typically include:
- Medicine (botany, health, wellbeing)
- Improvement (science, engineering, aesthetic)
- Water (management, design, spirituality)
- Gender (EDI)
- Race (EDI)
- Trade and transnational flows (seeds, plants, landscapes)
- Park (green space management, parks)
- Conservation (national parks, protected habitats)
- Character areas
- Participatory (co-production, conflict resolution, landscape futures)
These are supported by student-led seminars that see students working in interdisciplinary teams, allowing them to research, synthesise, and present work in clear and concise manner.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 1:00 | 9:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 75:00 | 75:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 8 | 1:00 | 8:00 | Student-led group seminars |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 1 | 8:00 | 8:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
A course delivered through lectures (PIP) is the most suitable way to introduce students to a range of core themes and theoretical perspectives, drawn from diverse historical and geographical contexts. The lecture material will be the means to support and encourage students in their independent reading while seminars will facilitate critical thinking, data/policy analysis, interdisciplinary working, and presentation skills.
A guided fieldtrip will support students to apply this thinking to real world contexts (parks and green space management, heritage, enhancement, conservation) and develop their pactical skills.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2 | M | 100 | 2000 words. |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 2 | A | Each week, in small groups, students will summarise and lead group discussion on a pre-selected academic reading. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The written essay is intended to assess understanding of the material presented in the module and to provide an opportunity to respond critically to this material drawing upon examples from various geographical contexts and scales (micro-to-macro).
The oral presentation will build students interdisciplinary, data analysis and presentation skills. This will include critical-reflexive piece from the fieldwork.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- APL8008's Timetable