MSc in Regional And Urban Planning Studies
Programme Code: TMRUP
Department: Geography and Environment
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 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) | |
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Paper 4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
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GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) | |
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GI420 Transnational Feminist Development Agendas (0.5) | |
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GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) | |
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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) | |
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GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5) | |
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GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) | |
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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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GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5) | |
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GY470 Urban Africa (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5) | |
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GY477 Race and Capitalism in North America (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) | |
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GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) | |
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PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5) | |
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SO473 Crime, Control and the City (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SP437 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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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 |
GY484 Dissertation - MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# 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.