Bachelor Landschapsarchitectuur& Ruimtelijke Planning

Wageningen University & Research · Wageningen, Netherlands

Level
Bachelor's
Award
BACHELOR
Study mode
Full-time
Campus
Wageningen
Credits
180 ECTS_PUNT

Wageningen University & Research does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for bachelor's programmes is €18,300 a year for international students.

About this programme

BSc Landscape Architecture and Planning (BLP) students study the planning, design and governance of landscapes at various scales. The programme is grounded in learning landscape processes as a basis of planning and design with critical academic reflection on both process and outcomes. The programme takes a critical stance on the practice of humankind's conscious shaping of the environment. This involves recurrent planning, design and management of landscapes to create, maintain, protect and enhance places to be functional, beautiful, sustainable, and appropriate for diverse human, non-human and ecological needs. The programme focuses on the rural and urban landscapes of the Netherlands and Europe in a dynamic context of cultural, ecological, technological, economic and political transformation. As the landscapes we use today are the product of the multi-faceted interactions between people and nature, students learn to comprehend this complex relationship by integrating concepts and approaches stemming from the natural and social sciences and the creative arts. The programme embraces design creativity and academic rigor by combining professional knowledge of landscape design and spatial planning with the ability to conduct research in a scholarly, critical and reflective perspective. The breadth of the common part of the programme allows students to choose one of two specializations at the end of their first year. After this point, while students gain depth in their speciali

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