International Public Policy MSc

Students develop an appreciation of planning approaches and systems, alongside an understanding of planning as a culturally specific, context-dependent activity taking different forms in different countries and regions. The programme aims to provide students with a broad range of skills and knowledge in planning and urban theory in a global context while offering them the opportunity to develop a specialisation.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of six core modules (90 credits), one specialism with two modules (30 credits), a research dissertation (60 credits), and a field trip (not credit bearing).

A Postgraduate Diploma, six core modules (90 credits), two optional modules from the list of possible specialisms available (30 credits), full-time nine months, is offered.

• Urban Design: Place Making
• Pillars of Planning
• Comparative Planning Systems and Cultures
• Critical Debates in International Planning
• Dissertation
• International Planning Project

Students choose two linked modules from the following to form a specialist study area:

• Communities and Planning
• Planning for Housing
• Infrastructure Planning
• Sustainable Governance
• Urban Design
• Urban Regeneration
• Historic Cities
• Smart City Theory and Practice

All MSc students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10,000 words.

The programme is delivered through a combination of individual and group project work, skills-based practical and IT work, traditional lectures, tutorials and seminars, field trips and direct practitioner involvement. Student performance is assessed through individual and group work, essays, examination, and skills-based practical work.