Urban Design, BA Hons

Bachelor's degree

In

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    3 Years

This new urban design degree explores the speculative design of future cities and urbanisation, informed by site-focused research, within specific local, regional and global contexts. You'll discover more about ecological justice and urban inequalities, from urban strategies to architectural interventions.

The course brings together three distinct areas. One is a focus on inventive design projects, from future cities to historic urban precedent. Second is ecological justice and urban equity, which is how we make environmental and social issues the main priority when designing cities. We explore shared public spaces, who has access to these, how the wider city is developed, and how fair this development is. Third, we address urban change across vast scales of space (planetary to material) and time (from daily lives to generational struggles).

Facilities

Location

Start date

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now closed

About this course

In the second year, there is a module that is designed to help you gain experience with professional practices. Our team works with urban design, landscape architecture and architecture practices to support this work experience.

For entry in September 2021, you will require:

120 UCAS points from A-Levels (we also accept UCAS points from alternative Level 3 qualifications including: BTEC Nationals, the International Baccalaureate and Scottish and Irish Highers)
GCSE English (Language or Literature) and GCSE Maths at grade C/4 or above. We also consider equivalent qualifications in English and Maths at Level 2 in place of GCSEs.
At both Level 2 and Level 3, Art and Design subjects are preferred but are not a requirement.

What you should know about this course
Explore the design of cities, from urban strategies to architectural interventions.
Focus on concerns of environmental justice and urban equity - who has access to public spaces and how fair this is.
Ideal for roles in urban design and urban planning, architecture or landscape architecture practices, and in public sector bodies requiring urban design expertise.

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

This centre's achievements

2020

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 11 years

Subjects

  • Design
  • Urban Design
  • Architecture
  • Contexts
  • Cultural
  • Compulsory
  • Urban
  • Modules
  • Processes
  • Practices

Course programme

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Cultural Contexts of Architecture (15 credits)
  • Urban Texts (15 credits)
  • Urban Design 1: Cities, Neighbourhoods, Streets (30 credits)
  • Urban Design 1: Experimentation and Communication (30 credits)
  • Urban Challenges (15 credits)
  • Urban Forms (15 credits)
Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Urban Design 2: Natures, Regions, Processes (30 credits)
  • Urban Design 2: Resolution (30 credits)
  • Urban Design Practices (30 credits)
  • Urban Processes (15 credits)
  • Contemporary Theories of Urbanism (15 credits)
Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Urban Design 3: Planetary, Infrastructural, Urbanisation (30 credits)
  • Urban Design 3: Resolution (30 credits)
  • Urban Infrastructures (15 credits)
  • Urban Futures (15 credits)
  • Urban Design Dissertation (30 credits)

Additional information

Duration: 5 years part-time

Urban Design, BA Hons

Price on request