Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The course module adds to integrated design knowledge obtained in previous semesters of the Master’s program in Urban Design (cand.tech.). Therefore, the student is recommended to have knowledge, skills and competencies within the urban design and technical science field corresponding to the completion of the MSc01 - MSc03 level at the Urban Design (cand.tech.) education.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

To give the students the ability to conduct an integrated urban design project as an experimental, empirical, and/or theoretical investigation of one or more central, contemporary issues within the field of urban design. This happens with reflective incorporation of relevant theories and methods acquired throughout the full master in urban design.

Students who complete the module:

 

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must demonstrate advanced technical and research-based knowledge of urban design history, theories, methods, tools and practical approaches.
• Must demonstrate advanced understanding and reflection upon the technical scientific and other scientific theories and methods applied in urban design.
• Must be able to acquire and position his/her investigation in dialogue with leading research on an international level.

Skills

• Must master the application of research-based theories, methods, and digital and analogue tools of urban design.
• Must at an advanced level be able to identify a vocational relevant urban design problem in relation to urban development and urban transformation, and be able to assess, select and adapt research-based knowledge, methods and tools from technical and other sciences to address the chosen specific urban design problem and develop an urban design proposal.
• Must possess professionalism in communicating urban design problems and proposals to peers and non-specialists, as well as to collaborators and citizens.
• Must on a high level be able to make proposals for design, strategies and interventions of relevance to the urban design field applying technical challenges as a central design element using both digital and analogue methods and tools, practices and solutions. 

Competences

• Must, from a technical science perspective, demonstrate advanced integrated competencies to create urban design proposals.
• Must independently as well as in collaboration with others, be able to undertake professional responsibility and to initiate and accomplish technical and other urban design tasks, practices and solutions, relevant to private and public companies.
• Must demonstrate responsibility for as well as reflect on own professional development and technical science specialization.

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed in § 17; Structure and contents of the programme.”

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Master’s Thesis
Type of exam	Master's thesis/final project
ECTS	30
Permitted aids	See semester description
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	External examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures