Course development

The course has been significantly redone and was 2021 given in a new course version. Major changes include Intended Learning Outcomes, the division and activities of the various course parts, their respective credits and examination forms. Part 1 (ÖVN1) provides students with an introduction to Stockholm, to one another, and to urban planning and design from a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective. - This course part was partly revised since previous course version. Instead of one, week-long, project targeted on one particular urban area, the revised version, with a series of 1-day workshops, provides more opportunities to switch up students in new groups, working with different areas for each workshop, and with different themes. Part 2 (PRO1) is a group project assignment that explores local conditions and complex issues in an ongoing urban development area. - The project part of the course overall follows a similar logic as previous years. However, the course part has in the revised version been reduced slightly from 6 to 5 credits. Another major change from the previous course version is that the project is no longer divided into Design or Planning projects. Instead, students work cross-disciplinary with Planning AND Design projects. Part 3 (ÖVN2) "Approaches to sustainable development" is a completely new course part in the revised course. This part focuses more in-depth on critical theory on sustainable development, providing space to discuss with peers and teachers. - This part replaced the previous course module focused on introducing select methods for exploring and assessing sustainable urban development. Part 4 (INL1) "Individual reflection on planning and design for sustainability", asks students to write an individual reflection on planning and design for sustainable development. - This part, replacing the previous home exam part of the course, has been expanded to encompass 5 credits, same as the project assignment.