Town Planning MSc (PGCert PGDip)

  • Overview

    With a curriculum that promotes an education in town planning that is both embedded in the local community and a vehicle for global citizenship, the Town Planning MSc is a model for the type of education that meets personal, professional and societal needs. At the heart of this is thinking and acting locally and globally. In addition to promoting a shift from instruction to facilitation, a fusion of formal and informal learning, mentoring, and through local and international study visits and blended learning, the programme benefits from an international and environmentally conscious curriculum that promotes critical thinking, community engagement, partnership building and leadership. Postgraduate town planning education at Brighton was set up with the active support and involvement of planning practitioners and stakeholders in the south-east and is delivered by an effective planning school, strong in aspects of institutional support, research, delivery and staffing.

    This programme is for:
    * graduates with unrelated first degrees seeking to study for planning qualifications
    * graduates in any relevant discipline - such as geography, architecture, building, surveying, law, wishing to gain a higher or specialist planning qualification
    * graduates with a first degree in planning wishing to study for a masters qualification as a route to a professional career or further study at doctorate level
    * candidates without a degree who can demonstrate significant work experience and wish to build a professional career will be considered for entry on to the certificate programme initially.

    Course duration Help

    Full-time: 1 year

    Part-time: 2 years

  • Course content

    Course structure

    In order to meet the high professional standards required by the RTPI, students are required to study for core modules as part of the course and have the opportunity for specialist study in allied areas.

    Course delivery is divided into three parts:
    (i) taught portion requiring attendance at the university for lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, laboratory classes, individual supervision sessions and team working;
    (ii) individual research programme (the masters project) where students broaden their learning and develop research skills directed at critical appraisal, examine innovative solutions to the problem at hand, and are enabled to produce and defend a written thesis on a selected town planning topic using a university-based supervisor;
    (iii) individual professional learning log using industry-based mentor.

    Areas of study

    With a specialism in coastal regeneration, the programme provides the academic and professional core knowledge, understanding, skills and experience that are necessary to practice professionally as town and country planners. You will be equipped to critically evaluate how urban development is regulated to bring about the best social and economic outcome, through an understanding of the issues which make up the complex nature of the built environment in the south-east. Employing scenario planning techniques, students investigate the problems surrounding sustainable development in order to identify potential. The programme includes work-based assignments, field visits including a European study visit and the production of a significant dissertation.

    Syllabus

    Planning Theory
    Policy and Implementation in Town Planning
    Sustainable Urbanism in Coastal Communities
    Management of People and Organisations
    International Practice in Property Planning
    Learning Log
    Masters Dissertation

    Options including:
    Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
    Applications in Geographical Information Systems
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    Sustainable Energy for Buildings
    Environmental Policy and Law
    Case Studies in Environment Assessment

  • Entry requirements

    Typical entry requirements Help
    individual offers may vary

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.5 overall and 6.0 in writing.

    Degree and/or experience:
    normally a second class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. Candidates with differing qualifications may apply for the PGCert or PGDip. Applications from candidates with other qualifications, and appropriate industrial experience will be assessed on an individual basis. Candidates will be interviewed.

  • Location

    Location Help Moulsecoomb

  • Career opportunities

    This course is an accessible and flexible route to the skills needed to work in the current and future spatial planning environment including areas of planning policy, research and analysis, and strategy formulation in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Graduates are able to take up the challenges facing the profession, push the boundaries, exercise professional judgement, and understand that planning is about peoples' lives as well as outcomes. As part of this vision, the course equips them with skill sets that will allow them to manage change, think spatially, understand planning policy and law, and work in partnership with others. This is severely lacking in the south-east coastal region where much of the development over the next decade will occur. The university is helping to fill this gap by building the fundamental principles of sustainability into the Town Planning course.

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  • Fees and costs

    The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study.

    The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Different rules apply to research degrees - please contact the Doctoral College for advice.

    To help you plan for your time here we will be providing further information about what is included in your tuition fee, and any optional costs you may need to budget for, later in the autumn.

    Our website wwww.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.

    Town Planning (MSc) (Full time)  [P2BH027]
    UK/EU (Full Time)4,320 GBP
    Island Students (Full Time)8,925 GBP
    International (Full Time)12,750 GBP

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    You should not apply unless you can meet all the entry requirements for this course. Please contact the course team before applying if you are unsure about any of the specific entry requirements.

    Entry requirements

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.5 overall and 6.0 in writing.

    Degree and/or experience:
    normally a second class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. Candidates with differing qualifications may apply for the PGCert or PGDip. Applications from candidates with other qualifications, and appropriate industrial experience will be assessed on an individual basis. Candidates will be interviewed.






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01273 642288
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If you are an international student, contact us on:

+44 (0) 207 250 6749
international@brighton.ac.uk

 

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