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Course Overview

‘Planning’ is both a design and public policy profession. It deals with design as a professional and democratic practice, showing how professional knowledge and deep engagement with communities are both essential if places are to achieve lasting functionality and liveability.

This course will provide you with specialist expertise in urban design, allowing you to study this discipline within the broader framework of town planning and property development. This will allow you to develop a broad range of skills that will be attractive for urban design, planning and property development employers; architectural practices dealing with master planning, government organisations, local authorities, and research institutions are other possible employers.

Teaching and learning

The teaching team has a track record of academic research, professional practice, and consultancy, and has strong links to public, private and voluntary sector employers. Practitioners as guest speakers provide valuable input through lectures, tutorials, and project visits.

In-class lectures will cover key topic areas.  Guest speakers from public, private sector, and third sector organisations, as well as academia, will bring specialisms and real-world contextualisation. Interactive seminars and small group discussions will complement the lectures and encourage the active participation of students throughout the academic year, developing critical reading and discussion, peer learning, the sharing of knowledge and support amongst the diverse student body.  An important teaching and learning method will be studio-based work, where students present and discuss their projects – based on real areas - individually or in groups.

Fieldwork and other forms of experiential learning play an essential role in fostering a deeper understanding of spaces and places and help to put into context what is learned in class and from the student's own reading and research.  Central to the teaching and learning strategy of the course, these include local site visits across London (to project areas and other relevant places) and a residential field trip in Europe with no extra cost to the students.

Entry Requirement 

Applicants are required to have a minimum of a lower second (2:2) Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent, in an appropriate subject area, such as built environment subjects and social science subjects.

Applicants with a non-cognate degree and several years’ relevant work experience may be offered a place if they can demonstrate a suitable level of specialist subject knowledge.

International students additionally require an English Language qualification, with an IELTS score of 6.5, or equivalent.

Fees

The fee shown is for entry 2021/22

  • UK fee: £3786.67
  • International fee: £6622.22

Total course fee:

  • UK fee:  £8520
  • International fee: £14900

This information was accurate on : 01/05/2021
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