Geography and Planning BA
Bachelor's degree
In Sheffield
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Sheffield
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
This course is taught jointly with the Department of Geography. The modules offered are a carefully selected combination of geographic and town planning topics, offering insights into the processes, policies and practices operating in urban and rural areas.
If you're interested in studying abroad, there are opportunities for you to spend part of your course in another country such as the USA, Denmark, France or Italy.
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Most of our graduates go on to work in planning or a related career in the built environment professions, including housing, transport planning, development control, forward planning, regeneration, urban design, heritage and conservation.
Employers include private and public sector organisations such as Jones Lang LaSalle, Birmingham City Council, Arup and Network Rail. More than half of our graduate planners take up posts with planning consultancies and several are employed by major global built environment firms.
The types of roles our students enter into in their first year after graduating include Graduate Planner, Environmental Advisor, Property Analyst, Renewable Energy Project Officer, Planning Consultant, Regeneration Project Officer, Chartered Surveyor and Strategic Land Buyer.
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Subjects
- Planning
- Politics
- Economics
- Global
- Human Geography
- Environmental Science
- Geographical
- Research
- Design
- Environmental
- Social
- Cultural
Course programme
Core modules:
- Development, Planning and the State
- Introduction to Human Geography
- The Making of Urban Places
- Information and Communication Skills
- Professional Skills Development (L1)
- Introduction to Environmental Geographies
- New Horizons in Geography
- Planning Project
- Cities
- Economics for Spatial Planning
- Housing, Home and Neighbourhood
- The Environmental Challenge
- Urban Analytics
Core modules:
- Professional Skills Development (L2)
- Design and Development Project
- Environment, Society and Politics
- European Urban Field Class
- Geographies of Development
- Political Geographies
- Profit, Planning and Context
- Social and Cultural Geographies
- Spatial Analysis
- Urban Design and Place-Making
- Urban Theory
Core modules:
- Dissertation
- Professional Skills Development (L3)
In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.
Geography and Planning BA