Town and Regional Planning MA (Hons)

Typical Degree Programme

You will be encouraged to learn in a variety of ways: through lectures, small group tutorials, practical projects, group exercises, site visits, self directed study and My Dundee, the University's virtual learning environment.

Coursework is particularly important in developing the range of skills needed by planners, and we try and make the exercises as close to the real world as possible. For example, Level 3 students compete for the annual Dundee Civic Award, a prize sponsored by Dundee City Council for a project on a topical local theme.

This provides an introduction to Town and Regional Planning. You will find out why planning is necessary, who is involved in the process of land and property development, what is meant by sustainable development, and how to analyse change in the built and natural environments. An example of coursework is the preparation of a Site Analysis Report for a local development opportunity.

• UP11001 - Sustainable Development and the Environment 1
• UP11002 - Planning for Sustainable Cities
• UP12001 - Countryside Planning and Management

This not only builds and develops the knowledge and skills introduced in Level 1, but includes new topics such as management, environmental law and social town planning.

• UP21001 - Management in the Built and Natural Environments
• UP21002 - Planning Theory and Practice
• UP22001 - Introduction to Environmental Law
• UP22002 - Design and Development

You gain experience of preparing strategies and plans and applying design criteria to the assessment of development proposals. You also have the chance to compare British planning practice to that of other European countries, not only from books but from first hand experience. In recent years, students have visited The Netherlands, Malta and Ireland.

• UP31002 - Territorial Planning and Development
• UP31003 - Planning Law and Practice
• UP32002 - European Spatial Planning

You can choose from a range of option modules and prepare a dissertation on a topic that interests you. This allows you to study in depth and develop your own specialism.

• Critical Planning Agendas
• Dissertation
• 2 options from a suite of modules including specialisms in community governance, climate change, environmental management, and urban conservation