Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Students must have a bachelor degree in surveying, land management, urban planning, environmental planning, geography or study programs with similar contents.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students who complete the module will acquire the following knowledge, skills and competencies:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• about the role of geographic information and spatial data infrastructures (SDI) as a basis for societal infrastructures in large, including land administration systems (LAS).
• of principles of data collection, structuring and management geographic information – including property related data in land administration systems
• about standardization activities – including INSPIRE – and the national implementation here of
• about spatial data infrastructure in the Nordic countries - exemplified by the development of land administration systems
•  of technologies and organizational structures for building and managing geographic information systems (GIS)
•  of the role of SDI in e-Government

Skills

• be able to identify core issues – of both a legal, ethical, technical,  environmental, organizational, economic and social nature – in relation to the development and implementation of SDI in support of societal infrastructures.
• be able to understand geographic information technology as an element in land administration systems and e-government
• be able to understand the importance of standardization and data quality, including the understanding of metadata
•  understand the collection, management, distribution and use of geographic information - for example in relation to Public Participation GIS

Competences

• in advising on the understanding and use of geographical information
• in advising on the development and implementation of SDI, GIS  and LAS

Type of instruction

Lectures, workshops, seminars, assignments, presentations.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Land Governance and Geographic Information in a societal context
Type of exam	Active participation and/or written assignment
ECTS	5
Permitted aids
Assessment	Passed/Not Passed
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures