Case Studies in Landscape Architecture

Subject ABPL30049 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable




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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment:

108 hours per semester
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Coordinator

Prof Ray Green

Contact

Email: rjgreen@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This subject introduces students to contemporary landscape architectural practice through the medium of its projects, relating these to the domain of landscape and landscape architectural theory using the case study method.
Objectives:
  • To introduce students to the range of contemporary project types in contemporary landscape architectural practice.
  • To introduce students to relevant theoretical domains in landscape and landscape architecture that relate to contemporary practice.
  • To introduce the case study method.
Assessment:
  • Tutorial presentation – 20% due week 4.
  • Essay (outline/bibliography) – 20% totalling 1500 words.
  • Essay (final) – 50% totalling up to 3000 words due end semester.
  • Class contribution – 10%.
Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • Skills in critical reading, thinking and analysis.
  • Skills in seeking, evaluating and retrieving information.
  • Comprehension of complex concepts and the ability to express these lucidly in writing and orally.
  • The ability to work individually and in groups.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Environments Discipline subjects
Landscape Architecture major
Restrictions for Breadth Options within the Bachelor of Environments - relating to specific majors

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