Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Students completing the module acquire the
following:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the context dependency of urban, energy and
environmental problems
- Knowledge of links between technological development and
theories for analysis of planning and decision-making
processes
- Knowledge of how to apply insights from socio-technical theory
in agency, better policy designs, and sustainability
transition
Skills
- Can use the presented concepts and methods in a socio-technical
approach in relation to analysis of real life cases of environment,
energy and urban planning and policy creation/development
- Can use and develop socio-technical theoretical approaches,
concepts and methods for the analysis of specific problems at an
advanced level
- Can propose interventions based on socio-technical knowledge,
and communicate knowledge derived from socio-technical theoretical
approaches to both specialists and non-specialists
Competences
- Can critically and independently use and develop
socio-technical approaches, concepts and methods of analysis in
problem-based project work
- Can understand and act upon complex problems in planning and
technology, based upon socio-technical analysis and informed
delimitation
- Can reflect upon own practise with a starting point in
socio-technical knowledge, and thereby continuously develop
capacity for being a professional change agent
Type of instruction
Lectures, workshops, seminars, assignments, etc.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | The Socio-Technical Context of Planning |
Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
ECTS | 5 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |