General and case-related lectures on comprehensive land-use planning are followed up with seminars and teamwork assignments (formal Municipal Plan documents).

The course aims at providing the students with knowlegde and appreciation of local planning efforts and relevant planning tools. The students perform planning studio work on formal plan proposals, based on LAA250 inventories and analyses.

Lectures, excursions, literature studies, exercizes and assignments in groups and individually. ICT is required for carrying out the assignments, especially Adobe programmes and GIS.

Supervision and demonstrations will be given, as well as feed back during seminars and presentations. Teachers will offer up to a total of 100 hours of supervision for the assignments.

Various articles, book chapters, public documents, and notes from lectures. Reference list will be presented at the cours introduction.

APL 102; LAD102, LAA250. Planning studio work assigment is a continuation of the assignment in LAA250.

Theoretical perspectives on place and community, knowledge of driving forces, analysis methods for place/landscape, strategic visioning, scenario methods and feasibility studies.

Excursions, exercises, group assignments (more information will be given at the course introdution), and plenary presentations.

Comprehensive evaluation. Obligatory assignments that are submittet and approved. 10% written assignments, 10% planning programme, 40% definition of planning issues, 40% elaboration and presentation of plan proposal.

450 hours seminars and assigments.

Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)

Lectures, exercizes, assignments, planning studio work with tutoring.

Engelsk: The main part of the work is carried out in groups of 3-5 students.

An external sensor will evaluate the group assignment. The written assignment is subject to internal evaluation.