Urban Studies BSc
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Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The Urban Studies BSc shares common modules with the Urban Planning, Design and Management BSc, but allows a more flexible mode of study. In addition to a specified number of core modules, students are free to choose from a range of eligible modules across the faculty and university in the second and third years.
Core modules are structured around the three streams of understanding, managing and delivering urban change. They include a range of theoretical and practical modules in the urban planning, social science and design disciplines.
The programme offers the opportunity to study overseas for a term in the second year. The school has long-established links with many universities in Europe as well as a growing list in the USA and the Asia-Pacific including universities in Hong Kong and Melbourne.
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This degree provides a broad-based education in urbanism and the built environment, offering flexibility to choose additional related modules across UCL and benefit from the wide educational offerings across the university.
The Bartlett has a strong history of research and leading policy advisory work. It places itself at the heart of international debates on the future of cities and regions.
Based in London, we are able to offer our students a range of fascinating 'live projects' to use as case studies in their academic work, access to a diverse range of employers, and an unrivalled concentration of professional meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibitions and events.
The school has a strong international outlook and provides opportunities for combined study overseas in Europe, North America, Australia and Hong Kong.
The programme enables you to acquire highly transferable knowledge and skills such as data collection, analysis and presentation, graphic skills, resolution of problems and conflicts, negotiation and mediation, team work and leadership, managing work tasks, preparing and writing professional reports, as well as written, graphic and oral presentation skills.
Graduates work in a vast range of positions in the private, public and third sectors within the built environment and urbanism disciplines (such as planning, property, urban design, economic development, housing, transport, and regeneration), as well as in other sectors where their analytical, negotiating, problem-solving and creative skills are valued.
English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required.
This BSc does not lead to eligibility for professional membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). If students are interested in gaining these accreditations, they would be advised to choose one of our sister programmes, the Urban Planning, Design and Management BSc or the Planning and Real Estate BSc. Alternatively, students can apply for a suitable accredited Master's programme following graduation, which would be an alternative route leading to eligibility for professional membership.
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It is a great environment, it has every possible facility imaginable and is available to use. London is one of the world's cultural centers.
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It was a great experienece. it helps to get enganged with the local community and it broadens your horizon.
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Subjects
- Design
- Planning
- Urban Planning
- Environmental Politics
- Planning and Policy
- Planning Project
- Green Futures
- Economics
- Economics of Finance
- Economics of Education
Course programme
Core or compulsory module(s)
- Contemporary Cities
- Beyond Cities*
- Introducing Planning Systems
- Introducing Urban Design: Design Skills
- Management for Built Environment Professionals I
- Making Cities
- Planning History and Thought
- Urban Lab I: Graphic Skills
may be exchanged for a language
YEAR 2
- Economics of Cities and their Regions
- Green Futures
- Strategic Planning Project
- Cities and Social Change
- Urban Lab II: Spatial Analysis
You will take 1.5 credits of optional undergraduate modules offered within the School of Planning or other departments of UCL.
YEAR 3
- Urban and Environmental Politics
- Real Estate Development
- Transport Policy and Planning
- Regional Development Planning and Policy
You will take 2.0 credits of optional undergraduate modules offered within the School of Planning or other departments of UCL.
Your learningThe School of Planning advocates and employs a very interactive, hands-on form of learning. Alongside lectures, seminars and tutorials we include field visits, group project work, and laboratory and design work sessions to improve your learning experience.
AssessmentYour final marks will reflect your success in a wide range of assessment types. Examinations typically constitute about a third, with essays, individual projects and group work making up the balance. This is a distinctive feature of our planning programmes, and of The Bartlett's approach in particular. As an Urban Studies student, the balance of your assessments will depend on the free modules chosen in the second and third years.
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Urban Studies BSc
