MSc in City Design and Social Science
Programme Code: TMCIDSS
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
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 four full units.
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.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SO448 City Design: Research Studio (1.0) | |
Papers 2 & 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
|
PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5) | |
|
SO451 Cities by Design (0.5) | |
|
SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5) | |
|
SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
|
GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5) | |
|
GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (not available 2023/24) | |
|
GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
|
GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
|
GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) | |
|
GY448 Social and Political Aspects of Planning (0.5) | |
|
GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5) | |
|
GY477 Race and Capitalism in North America (0.5) | |
|
GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
|
MY424 Advanced qualitative field methods for researching space and place (0.5) # (not available 2023/24) | |
|
PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5) | |
|
SO451 Cities by Design (0.5) | |
|
SO473 Crime, Control and the City (0.5) | |
|
SO475 Material Culture and Design (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
|
SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5) | |
|
SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5) | |
|
SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
|
SO4C5 The Social Life of Infrastructure (0.5) | |
|
SP435 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (0.5) # (not available 2023/24) | |
|
SP437 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
|
Any other course in the Department of Sociology, or other departments (special permission only), by agreement with the course tutor. | |
Paper 5 |
SO449 Independent Project (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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.