MSc in Regional And Urban Planning Studies
Programme Code: TMRUP
Department: Geography & Environment
For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19
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 must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation. Additionally all students are required to take the non-assessed compulsory course GY450 Planning Practice and Research.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
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Paper 2 |
GY448 Social and Political Aspects of Planning (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
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Paper 4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
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GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (0.5) | |
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GI420 Global Development and Its Discontents: Feminist Perspectives (0.5) | |
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GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) | |
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GY407 Globalization, Regional Development and Policy (1.0) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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GY410 Economics of Local and Regional Development (0.5) | |
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GY415 Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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GY421 Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (0.5) # (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5) | |
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GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) | |
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GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5) | |
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GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5) | |
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GY464 Race and Space (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5) | |
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GY467 Global Migration and Development (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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GY470 Urban Africa (0.5) | |
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GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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SA4C6 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SO465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5) (withdrawn 2021/22) | |
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SO473 Crime, Control and the City (0.5) | |
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SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5) | |
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A half-unit course from another programme at the discretion of the Programme Director by special permission only. | |
Paper 5 |
GY450 Planning Practice and Research (0.0) | |
Paper 6 |
GY499 Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
This programme is externally accredited by the RICS. Further information is available on the Geography and Environment Department website (see Quick Links to Regional and Urban Planning Studies).
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.