SMUA4500 Smart Cities Emneplan

Del 1 Kontaktlærer godkjenner etter innstilling fra praksisveileder. Endelig vedtak om bestått/ikke bestått fattes av universitetet.

Del 2 Alle besvarelser vurderes av to sensorer.

Ekstern sensor benyttes regelmessig, og minimum ved hver tredje gjennomføring av emnet. Ved uttrekk av besvarelser til ekstern sensur skal uttrekket omfatte minimum 10 prosent av besvarelsene, men uansett ikke færre enn 5 besvarelser. Ved uttrekk skal ekstern sensors vurdering komme alle studentene til gode.

None.

SYKKPRA60x og SYKPRA60x er fullt overlappende.

Upon completing the course, the student should have the following outcomes:

Knowledge:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student

• Has current knowledge on key concepts, approaches and conditions of sustainable smart cities.
• Can explain and critically reflect on the human-centred approach of sustainable urban planning of smart cities including different approaches to digital citizen’s engagement and participatory processes.
• Has advanced knowledge of methods for sustainable smart cities.

Skills:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student

• Is able to collect and analyse primary quantitative and qualitative data using online digital tools for crowd mapping with a volunteered geographic information (VGI) approach.
• Is able to apply smart city assessment tools (SCA) through a case study to evaluate different indicators and stakeholder engagement as well as strategic needs of smart cities
• Is able to make thematic maps and present analytical results from primary data to approach a problem-solving strategy for a problem statement on the base of sustainable smart cities.
• Can make thematic maps and create strategies for assessment to approach a problem-solving strategy for identified urban problems and defined questions in the context of sustainable smart cities

General competence:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student

• Can apply data analysis as a tool and develop strategies to develop sustainable smart cities using a problem-solving approach.
• Can communicate with specialists and the public planning problems, analytical results and potential solutions to these
• Is able to reflect on her/his own role as urban expert, particularly concerning professional and ethical positions and has a strong sense of responsibility for her/his profession

The course is delivered through lectures, seminars, practicals, excursions, and fieldwork to provide theoretical content and preliminary hands-on experience. The students will be given a group project during the semester.

• Student must submit three assignments as indicated in the course guide.
• Student must take a quiz

Students who fail to meet the coursework requirements can be given up to one re-submission opportunity.

Re-submissions will be tailored for each student individually according to the area of under-performance in close discussion with the responsible teacher.

(1) Group project assignment: Project report prepared in groups of 2 students (or more), approx. 20 pages (excl. appendices), weighted 80%.

(2) Oral group presentation of the project, weighted 20%

Grading is individual, which means that grades may differ within each group. Both oral and written examinations can be presented/written in teams. To ensure that individual grading should be possible, each group of students will provide a written and signed statement in where each individual's contribution is clearly stated and explained.

All assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) to pass the course.

Assessment parts: 1) can be appealed and 2) cannot be appealed.

1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

2) None

Graded scale A-F.

1) Two internal examiners,

2) Two internal examiners

External examiners are used regularly.

Claudia Hedwig Yamu, Email: claudia.yamu@oslomet.no