APL8004 : Conceptualising Landscape (10 credits)
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Charlotte Veal
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module provides the principal introduction to landscape concepts and theory for the programme. It will introduce students to the various, and sometimes competing and opposed, ways in which landscape has been conceptualised, defined and understood. It highlights the philosophical theories, critical positions, and socio-political agendas which underpin different approaches to landscape and drivers of (rapid) environmental/ecological change.
The module draws upon recent writings in landscape (architecture, planning, management and ecology), cultural geography, environmental ethics, ecology, and heritage studies. It explores core themes at the nature-culture-environment nexus, and will relate these to the interlinked crises of our times: globalisation, urbanisation, climate change, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and mass migration of populations (human and non-human).
Outline Of Syllabus
The syllabus explores themes including (but not limited to):
- Landscape, Art and Imaginaries
- Heritage Landscapes
- Borderscapes and Militarism
- Landscape and Justice (social, environmental, climatic, multi-species)
- Migratory Landscapes (including biosecurity)
- Seascape (character and assessment)
- Re/Wilding (and biodiversity net gain)
- Post-industrial landscape (priority habitats and conservation gain)
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 72:00 | 72:00 | N/A |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | PIP/Online |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 1 | 8:00 | 8:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Jointly Taught With
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| APL8000 | Conceptualising Landscape: Project |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Students will be introduced to a range of different definitions and understandings of landscape, the aim being to stimulate their own critical responses to landscape issues, regardless of their original disciplinary backgrounds, and thus to prepare them to produce their own creative responses to landscape issues across the programme.
1 regional, staff-led fieldtrip will provide important opportunities to apply student learning and to develop their practical/spatial skills in the data collection, analysis and assessment of qualities/characters in the landscape. Fieldwork is essential to learning outcomes (1, 3, 4) and skills outcomes (3, 4) and the assignment.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective log | 1 | M | 100 | A creative response diary. Each student to keep a diary or notebook in which critical reflection and personal responses to the topics will be assessed. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The creative reflective diary is intended to assess understanding of the material presented in the module and to provide an opportunity to respond critically to this material, and to engage critically with wider literature.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- APL8004's Timetable