Course

PHG316 Landscape plants - Urban Greening and Landscape Management

Credits (ECTS):10

Course responsible:Ingjerd Solfjeld

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Limits of class size:This course will only be given if students with M-PV/GM "grøntmiljø" or a minimum of twenty students register. Maximum 30 students can participate. If few students participate, there might be changes in the course.

Course frequency:Every second year, 2025, 2027,...

Nominal workload:250 hours

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the August block and contiunues in the autumn parallel. This course has teaching in August block and Autumn parallel.

About this course

Plants and maintenance in different types of green spaces in urban and rural surroundings are the basis for the work of this topic. With the plants as the premise givers, we will work together to develop a comprehensive understanding of green spaces. We will along the way touch upon several topics related to plants and maintenance in various types of green spaces.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The student shall have broad insight into conditions that affect the possibilities of achieving good quality green spaces. Have a basis for planning the establishment and appropriate maintenance. The student shall have a good understanding of how different environmental factors and maintenance affect the development and quality of vegetation in green spaces and in the cultural landscape.

Skills

The student should have an overview of the various phases of planning, establishment, and maintenance, and be able to identify challenges with a focus on plants and discuss possible solutions in the different phases. The student should be able to communicate with various stakeholders involved in the planning, restoration, establishment/revegetation, and maintenance of green areas, including the cultural landscape.

General competence

The student should have respect for their own and others' fields of expertise by recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of green space management. They should understand the significance of the interaction between theory and practice and be able to assess which competencies should be involved in various projects.

  • Learning activities
    Seminars and lectures, excursions and demonstrations. Seminars are based on student presentations, discussions and dialogues. Students write a report based on field surveys and present the work for the other students.
  • Teaching support
    The students will be given feedback on their presentations and supervised during the report writing if needed.
  • Prerequisites
    Engelsk: PHG113 and JORD160 or similar, PHG213, PHG215 (can be taken simultaniously)
  • Assessment method
    Oral exam in the exam period, A-F

  • Examiner scheme
    Extern examiner evalute the course, internal examiners on the oral exam
  • Mandatory activity

    Written report and presentation thereof .

    Participation in excursions and demonstrations.

    Participation in seminars with the presentation of academic topics and active discussion.

  • Notes

    Details emerge from the schedule.

    When repeating the course, the course must be taken in its entirety - including mandatory activity.

    The course is in development.

  • Teaching hours
    About 45 h lectures and seminars and about 20 h excursions and demonstrations
  • Preferential right
    Engelsk: Master´s degree students in Plant Science or Landscape Architecture.
  • Admission requirements
    Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)