LEARNING OUTCOMES
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.
Credits: 10
Schedule: 17.09.2021 - 17.12.2021
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Anssi Joutsiniemi, Tuula Jääskeläinen, Teemu Jama, Karen Buurmans-Niemi, Babak Firoozi Fooladi
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
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 for whole curriculum period:
Active participation in the different tasks specified during the course, such as lectures and discussions, group work, field trips, presentations and final reports and research exploration. The grading is defined form 5 (outstanding) to 1 (acceptable).
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Will be announced before the course begins.
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
13 Climate Action
15 Life on Land
17 Partnerships for the Goals
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Autumn I-II
2021-2022 Autumn I-II
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=USP-E0304
Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts
Registration in Aalto University Sisu.
Minimum amount of students: 6