Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students completing the module acquire the following: 

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Understanding of and the relation between theoretical bases, research design and research methods at a graduate level and within own professional field
• Understanding of the dynamics of climate change, the urban climate and their effects on the built, natural, and human environment
• Knowledge of synergies, conflicts, and complexities in climate resilient urban development
• Knowledge about the United Nations 2030 Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs), and on the principles of how to achieve the SDGs
• Knowledge of multi-criteria assessment and the various methods and techniques used to conduct such assessments

Skills

• Can identify and justify a relevant research problem within the field of climate resilient urban development, and design a research project in order to analyse the chosen problem
• Can independently structure and manage project activities and carry out a subject specific and interdisciplinary study project in a PBL learning environment
• Can conceptualise and analyse the interaction between natural factors such as wind, water, and urban morphology, and the built environment
• Can conceptualise and analyse complex urban infrastructural, environmental, and socio-economic challenges and their interrelations
• Can develop a proposal for problem understanding that integrates engineering and design techniques with quantitative and qualitative data, for example through spatial and place-based analyses, and multi-criteria assessment
• Can critically assess the relevance of generative AI, and make appropriate choices abouts its use in the project context

Competences

• Can work with techniques for problem understanding in densified built environments that compile technical, spatial, social, environmental, and aesthetic qualities into an integrated challenge description
• Can evaluate, visualize, and communicate the challenges of climate resilient urban development, generally as well as specifically
• Can independently take responsibility for own learning, professional development and specialization, reflect on the project process and identify development potentials for the next study project 

Type of instruction

Problem-based project work in groups. 

Exam

Exams