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University of Glasgow: City Planning
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Social & Political Sciences View department profile |
| Web | glasgow.ac.uk/socialpolitical |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
Climate change and rapid urbanisation ensures a high demand for professional planners. The Master’s in City Planning at the University of Glasgow will help you develop your critical understanding of cities and the positive impact that evidence-based and innovative decision-making can have on human settlements. Students who join our programme will be equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to enter the planning profession and become sustainable place makers of the future.
This programme delivers a highly regarded professional education in City Planning. It has been developed in close consultation with the relevant professional and policy communities and is intended to provide an intensive fast-track entry to a professional career in planning. You will have the opportunity to study with a pathway specialism in either housing, international planning, regeneration, transport, urban design or urban conservation.
- This programme is intended to prepare you for a career as a chartered planner providing an accredited education that is endorsed by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
- Students benefit from world class and research-driven academic instruction alongside opportunities to learn about practice from industry professions working in both the public and private sector.
- Specialist pathways will allow you to explore a particular area of city planning in more detail. Choose from housing, international planning, regeneration, transport, urban design and urban conservation.
- The programme is delivered via a dynamic combination of lectures, workshops, seminars alongside numerous field visits that use the city as an urban laboratory.
- The programme provides you with both a theoretical and practical appreciation of city planning and develops your skills as a critical thinker and innovative practitioner.
- An optional field trip to London will provide you with an insight into the complexities of city planning in a World City. Past trips have included visits to The Shard, King's Cross, Battersea Power Station and a number of grassroot projects that focus on community development.
You will take seven core courses, plus a selection of additional specialist core and optional courses based on your chosen pathway. Core courses in semester 1 will help you develop foundational knowledge of planning and urban theory and the principles of professional planning practice. By the end of Semester 1 you will start to develop core spatial planning skills and continue to do so as you specialise in your chosen pathway during Semester 2 and undertake a research dissertation.
Core courses
All pathways
- CONTEMPORARY PLANNING SYSTEMS
- DESIGNING PLACES
- DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
- DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
- GOVERNANCE AND MARKETS
- PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT
- SPATIAL PLANNING STRATEGIES
- URBAN STUDIES RESEARCH: DESIGN, METHODS & ETHICS
Housing
- PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
- SUSTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Urban design
The urban design pathway will help you to develop your understanding and appreciation for well-designed places and how particular principles and methods can be used to create more sustainable and functional places.
- URBAN DESIGN POLICY AND PRACTICE
- URBAN CONSERVATION
Urban conservation
The urban conservation pathway will encourage you to think critically about the historic environment and help you develop skills in assessing and evaluating built heritage and how conservation responds to the wishes of local people.
- URBAN CONSERVATION
Optional courses may include
Urban design
- COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (COLLABORATION W/ PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY)
- PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
Urban conservation
- COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (COLLABORATION W/ PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY)
- URBAN DESIGN POLICY AND PRACTICE
- PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
As a graduate you will be in possession of an MSc degree recognised by the Royal Town Planning Institute and can develop your career as a chartered town planner. Opportunities exist in planning and development agencies and consultancies, property developers, house builders, local authorities, regeneration and development agencies and the civil service.
MSc
The University of Glasgow’s School of Social & Political Sciences links core social science disciplines to deliver high-quality teaching and cutting-edge research. We offer a wide variety of programmes for those interested in the development and impact of economies and societies globally.
Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world. The University has a history of changing the world and the School of Social & Political Sciences is committed to nurturing the people who make it happen.
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