Syllabus

Credits: 10

Schedule: 10.01.2019 - 24.05.2019

Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

III-IV

Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

Analyze the urban challenge theme and a particular urban situation in relation to relevant issues and theories drawn from across multiple disciplines; Demonstrate understanding of urban issues and dynamics across spatial and temporal scales, including local, regional, national and global impacts.

Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Common urban challenge studios integrate multiple expert areas to study and address contemporary urban phenomena from different perspectives. The challenge-driven educational model of the studio crosses disciplines and specializations, prioritizing design thinking, learning-by-doing experimentation, transdisciplinarity and solving societal challenges. The students will produce research exploration. For the USP-A and USP-LA students the focus will be in design work.

Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Active participation in the different tasks specified during the course, such as lectures and discussions, group work, field trips, presentations and final reports and learning portfolios. Comprehensive evaluation individually but also partly based on collective work. The grading is defined form 5 (outstanding) to 1 (acceptable).

Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Will be announced before the course begins

Course Homepage (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

MyCourses

Prerequisites (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Prerequisite is acceptance to USP as ‘major’ or ‘minor’ studies option and completion of USP Urban Challenge Studio 1; final decision is program chair (in consultation with course leader) if the course is overbooked.

Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

0-5

Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Weboodi

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