MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research)
Programme Code: TMHUGYRE
Department: Geography & Environment
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students are required to be examined in elements from the three parts of the programme as specified below to the value of four units. Precise examination arrangements are listed under each course guide.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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Part I - Research Core | ||
1 |
Contemporary Debates in Human Geography Seminar (H) | |
2 |
Advanced Research Methods course to the value of one unit chosen from: | |
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Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (H) | |
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Doing Ethnography (H) | |
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Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data (H) | |
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Special Topics in Qualitative Research: Introspection-based Methods in Social Research (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Part II - Substantive Specialism | ||
3 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following: | |
Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H) | ||
Globalisation, Gender and Development: Theorising Policy and Practice (H) | ||
Globalisation and Regional Development (H) | ||
Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H) | ||
Urban Ethnography (H) | ||
Cities and Social Change in East-Asia (H) | ||
Cities, Politics and Citizenship (H) | ||
Planning for Sustainable Cities (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (H) | ||
Social and Political Aspects of Regional and Urban Planning (H) | ||
Urban Futures (H) | ||
Urban Theory and Policy in the Global South (H) | ||
Race and Space (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Global Migration and Development (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Urban Africa (H) | ||
Urban Revolutions (H) | ||
Remaking China: Geographical Aspects of Development and Disparity (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
OR Another coherent combination of GY and non-GY courses to the value of one and a half units as approved by the Programme Manager. | ||
Part III | ||
4 |
Dissertation | |
Note for prospective students:
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