MA International Planning and Sustainable Development
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This course is designed for planning, architecture and
other built environment professionals who need updating in current
best practice in spatial planning, urban design and regeneration
and sustainable development to improve career prospects in their
country or enter international practice. The course offers the
possibility of study in London and access to
internationally-recognised expertise. It explores contemporary
theories, public policy thinking and good practice in city and
regional planning that spans both developed and developing world
contexts.
Length of course: 1 year full-time or 24 months part-time
one day a week
This course (Spatial Development Planning Pathway) is
accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Location: Marylebone campus
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students
Course Aims
The aim is to address in an inter-disciplinary
manner, the growing problems of sustainable development facing
cities and communities in a rapidly urbanising world. The course is
aimed mainly at international students and taken full-time. It is
also open, both to full-time and part-time UK-based students
wishing to explore an international pathway for their career
development.
Pathway
The Spatial Development pathway is a combined
planning programme providing both the spatial (two-thirds) and
specialist (one-third) elements of planning education.
The specialism pathway allows for up to 3
option modules from the following related course:
MA Housing Practice
MA Real Estate Development
MA Urban and Regional Planning
MA Urban Design
MA Urban Regeneration
Course content
Core modules
Introduction to International Planning and
Sustainable Development
International Spatial Planning Practice
Sustainable Neighbourhood Development
Urban Design and Development Planning Skills
Urban Research Methods and Spatial
Analysis
Dissertation/Major Project
For the pathway award of MA International
Planning and Sustainable Development (Spatial Development Planning)
students must also take the Urban Design and Development Planning
Skills double module.
Option modules
Conservation Policy and Practice
Disaster Reconstruction and Development
Practice
The Integrated Metropolis
International Perspectives on Urban Policy
Public Space and the Public Realm
Sustainability, Climate Change and the Built
Environment
Sustainable Communities and Regeneration
Urban Regeneration
Options may be chosen from other postgraduate
courses offered in the School.
Teaching and
Assessment
Teaching and learning are organised to help
you develop core competencies in spatial planning for sustainable
development in the international context. Much of the teaching is
centred on development planning projects at a variety of scales. A
wide variety of teaching and assessment methods are used and
contributions from visiting speakers and external practitioners are
fully integrated in the modular format.
You can also study for an intermediate award
of Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate.
Entry Requirements
A good first degree in a relevant built
environment or land management discipline from a higher education
institute in the UK or EU country, or a comparable qualification
from another country.
Or, a good first degree in a relevant
geography, social or environmental science subject from a higher
education institute in the UK or EU country, or a comparable
qualification from another country; and some relevant practical
experience of working in a built environment discipline.
Or, membership of one of a built environment
professional body such as the Royal Town Planning Institute, Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Institutions of Civil and
Municipal Engineers, Royal Institute of British Architects, or the
Landscape Institute, or the local equivalent in another
country.
Or, a qualification giving exemption from one
of the above.
Where English is not the applicant’s first language, an IELTS
score of 6.5 or equivalent, with a score of 6.5 in all elements.
Those with an IELTS score of at least 6.0, or equivalent, can apply
to undertake the 5-week Pre-Sessional English Course run by the
University prior to the commencement of the Master’s degree. The
fee for 2008 is £750. Those with the requisite IELTS score but
without evidence of an acceptable standard in academic English may
also be recommended or requested to take this course as a condition
of acceptance on the MA.
Course Leader
Tony Lloyd-Jones
Room M223
Ext 3343
Lloydjt@westminster.ac.uk