6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1020122BNW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
Landscapes have a complex history in which both natural and human processes play and played an important role. Traces from different times have been preserved in the current landscape, but often not everything of this development is still visible. In this course we learn how to 'read' historical landscapes. We look at the concept of the life trajectory or the cultural biography of the landscape as an approach to the creation of a spatial stratigraphy consisting of aspects of landscape that can be studied via an interdisciplinary heuristic and methodology.
In Lesson 1 we will tackle the question of what a landscape can mean and we will deal with the concept of landscape biography.
In Lessons 2 and 3 we discuss the sources we use to study a landscape. Lesson 2 deals with historical and cartographic sources and in Lesson 3 we look at the archaeological and geomorphological methods used in historical human-environmental and landscape studies.
In lesson 4 we will get started with GIS and web services to create and study maps.
In lesson 5 we consider historical human occupation and activities in the landscape.
In lesson 6-9 we will study specific landscapes with different cases. This includes: agricultural, forest, coastal, river and mountain landscapes. We then conclude this section with the heritage value of landscapes.
In lesson 10, the students present their village case study.
To support the classes, we organize a fieldtrip to the Liereman in the Kempen. The exact date will be communicated during the academic year.
The course includes an average of 20 hours of interactive HOC and is completed with SELF and WORK activities. The SELF activity consists of a presentation and a paper on landscape development of the residential village. The WORK activity includes the fieldtrip.
- It is possible that the fieldtrip will generate an extra cost (e.g. transportation)
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
60% Written examination (material studied in the classes and textbook; + fieldtrip)
40%: SELF – assignment
In case of absence on the fieldtrip an alternative task will be given.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Geography: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)