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Urban and Regional Planning – (M.A.)
University of Westminster
School of Architecture and the Built Environment
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,700 - ≈ € 13,100 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Westminster
This course will give you the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to practise professionally as a spatial planner. It is designed to meet the growing needs of employers for staff who can investigate changes in the natural and built environments, manage the challenges of climate change through sustainable development, and debate and critically reflect upon the knowledge and values underpinning current approaches to land use development.
The course will support your personal and professional development. You will be able to work in the interdisciplinary and cross-sector environment of urban and rural development, in a variety of private, public and community contexts, and apply your knowledge to practise in specialist areas of planning. The course builds on the University’s experience of delivering postgraduate courses in town planning for more than 60 years.
Contents
Core modules
* Dissertation/Policy Implementation Project
* Making and Managing Places
* Planning Field Trip
* Planning Theory and Practice One
* Planning Theory and Practice Two
* Research Methods and the Built Environment
* Skills for Planning Practice
* Sustainable Cities and Neighbourhoods
Option modules
* Conservation Policy and Practice
* Environmental Policy and Climate Change
* Housing and Regeneration
* Public Participation and Engaging Communities
* Public Realm: Significance, Design, Experience
* Street Design in Practice
IELTS
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Entry requirements
Applications are encouraged from those with one of the following: an undergraduate degree from a UK or European university in any subject; membership of a professional institute involved in the built or natural environment. Those with substantial relevant professional experience but without a first degree may be offered a place at the discretion of the course leader.
If English is not your first language, you must be able to show that you have an adequate standard of written English, with a minimum IELTS of 6.5 in all elements.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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