PgDip; MA Town and Country Planning
Overview
Planning with public interest
If you are passionate about current and emerging challenges facing our towns, cities and rural areas, want to help shape our future built and natural environments and want to study planning at the heart of one of the world’s most exciting cities then the MA or the PG Diploma Town and Country Planning* provide the answer. The courses focus on interactions between people and place and how to facilitate high quality developments in the right location.
At LSBU, ‘We Educate Britain’s Town Planners’ and focus clearly on the British Town Planning system but the course includes international perspectives to provide useful comparisons.
The courses are fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute. After graduation you can become a licentiate member of the RTPI. With two years relevant work experience (with at least 1 year of this experience gained whilst registered as a licentiate), you can apply to take the RTPI Assessment of Professional Competence exam and become a chartered member of the RTPI
Our academic staff have expertise in a range of planning related fields and are all research active with a strong track record in national and international research networks, projects and publications.
*On completion of the PG Diploma it is possible to top up to a Masters by taking the dissertation module.
Why Town and Country Planning at LSBU?
- LSBU has been delivering professionally accredited planning courses for over 50 years.
- Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute.
- Studying planning in the heart of one of the most dynamic global cities on the planet with plenty of opportunities to participate in ongoing projects, complimenting the practical focus with theoretical understanding.
- Taught by staff with track records in research and relevant publications. Guest and visiting lecturers from professional practice supplement teaching throughout the course.
- Specialise in the fields of Housing and Regeneration, Urban Design Project or Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobilities.
Modules
This course is offered in full and part time modes. There are three modules per semester in the full time and two modules (day release mode) in the part time.
There are no examinations in this course. Instead, we have emphasised the skills and knowledge that planners will have to use in their professional lives. We have put an emphasis on research; writing, project development, map and policy analysis, presentations and critical reviews.
- Planning, politics and theory
- The making of place
- Planning law in practice
- Sustainable places
- Transitioning into practice
Plus one specialist option from:
- Housing and regeneration
- Urban design project
- Sustainable infrastructure and mobilities
MA students:
- Dissertation or major project.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have at least a UK lower-second first degree (2:2) or overseas equivalent, although priority will be given to applicants with an upper-second or first. All disciplines are acceptable in line with RTPI and LSBU objectives of widening participation.
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.