6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020123BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Ralf Vandam (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

20 contact hours Lecture
8 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
64 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

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.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpointpresentations
Additional info

- It is possible that the fieldtrip will generate an extra cost (e.g. transportation)

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • The students understand the concepts of landscape biography and landscape stratigraphy.

 

  • The students know the most important sources for the study of the historical landscape.

 

  • The students can design a landscape biography by themselves and use the necessary sources and methods.

 

  • The students understand the societal problems around landscapes and landscape heritage

 

  • The students are able to deal critically with problems of heritage landscapes and with the historical backgrounds of ecological problems.

Grading

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:

  • written exam with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: - Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • self paper with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: - SELF Practical Assignment determines 40% of the final mark comprising both a PPT presentation and paper on the landscape development of your village.

Additional info regarding evaluation

60% Written examination (material studied in the classes and textbook; + fieldtrip)

40%: SELF – assignment

  • Students produce a paper and a PPT presentation of landscape development of their own place using maps and other sources (topographical maps, soil maps, digital elevation models, Ferraris maps, map of reduced land register, interpretation of place name, written sources, literature). This study will take account of the development of settlements, field systems, symbolic places and connections with land use.

 

  • Not delivering the SELF tasks leads to Absent as general examination result.

 

  • The results of the SELF assessment can be transferred to the next exam period and/or year, if sufficient in itself.

 

In case of absence on the fieldtrip an alternative task will be given. 


Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

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)