Architecture and the City - Towards another future
7.5 credits
Bachelor's level
Web-based (online)
Autumn Term 2023
About the course
NOTE - The course instance for autumn 2024 is cancelled.
An important task of the architect is to develop practical and theoretical alternatives, which can help contemporary and future societies to meet various challenges. In this beginner's course we will explore both historical and contemporary examples to understand how architecture through its devices, buildings, cities and landscapes effect our understanding of the world we live in.
You will learn how your understanding of the built environment relates to the intentions and aspirations of those who design buildings and cities, but also how you can perceive yourself as an actor rather than as an observant in the built environment.
The course gives you an overall understanding of motives behind architectural proposals and ideas and the opportunity to reflect upon the role and responsibility of architecture and architects in relation to the challenges of the future.
Architecture and the City - Towards another future, 7.5 credits
Autumn Term 2023
Starts
28 August 2023
Ends
14 January 2024
Study location
Varied
Language
English
Type of studies
Daytime,
25%,
Distance
Number of mandatory meetings
No mandatory meetings.
Outline for distance course
The course is delivered online using both synchronous (live) and asynchronous (not live) content, including lectures, seminars and small group tutorials by teachers representing the diversity of academic expertise at Umeå School of Architecture.
Results-National university aptitude test-Academic credits
Applicants in some programs at Umeå University have guaranteed admission to this course. The number of places for a single course may therefore be limited.
Application code
UMU-52608
Application
Application deadline was
17 April 2023.
The application period is closed.
Application and tuition fees
As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
