PHG316 Urban Greening and Landscape Management

Credits (ECTS):10

Course responsible:Ingjerd Solfjeld

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Limits of class size:This course will only be given if students with M-PV/GM "grøntmiljø" or a minimum of twenty students register. Maximum 30 students can participate.

Course frequency:Every second year, 2025, 2027,...

Nominal workload:250 hours

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the August block and contiunues in the autumn parallel. This course has teaching in August block and Autumn parallel.

About this course

Plants and maintenance in different types of green spaces in urban and rural surroundings are the basis for the work of this topic. With the plants as the premise givers, we will work together to develop a comprehensive understanding of green spaces. We will come by several topics along the way and go into more depth on some topics. Such as the use of foreign versus Norwegian species, restoration ecology and assessments around the preservation of large trees and the establishment of trees in parks and streets.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The student shall have broad insight into conditions that affect the possibilities of achieving good quality green spaces, whether these have recreational, environmental or aesthetic functions. Have a basis for planning the establishment and appropriate maintenance. The student shall have a good understanding of how different environmental factors and maintenance affect the development and quality of vegetation in green facilities and in the cultural landscape.

Skills

The student will have an overview of the various phases of planning, establishment and maintenance and be able to point to challenges focusing on plants and discuss possible solutions in the different phases. The student shall be able to communicate with various actors in the field of planning, establishment, and restoration ecology and the maintenance of green areas including the cultural landscape.

General competence

The student shall develope respect for their own and other's field of expertize, acknowledging interdisiplinarity and be able to assess which competencies schould be involved in different projects.

Learning activities
Seminars and lectures, excursions and demonstrations. Seminars are based on student presentations, discussions and dialogues. Students write a report based on field surveys and present the work to the other students.
Teaching support
The students will be given feedback on their presentations and supervised during the report writing.
Prerequisites
Engelsk: PHG113 and JORD160 or similar, PHG213, PHG215 (can be taken in parallel)
Assessment method
Oral exam in the exam period, A-F

Oral exam Grading: Letter grades
Examiner scheme
Extern examiner participate during oral examination
Mandatory activity
Written report and presentation thereof in August Block.
Participation in excursions and demonstrations in August Block.
Participation in seminars with the presentation of academic topics and active discussion.
Notes
Details emerge from the schedule.
When repeating the course, the course must be taken in its entirety - including mandatory activity.
The course is in development.
Teaching hours
About 45 h lectures and seminars and about 20 h excursions and demonstrations
Preferential right
Engelsk: Master´s degree students in Plant Science or Landscape Architecture and Bachelor´s degree students in Plant Science and Landscape Ingeneering.
Admission requirements
Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)