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MSc - Master of Science
Plymouth University
Full Time
23-SEP-24
1 year
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MSc - Master of Science
Plymouth University
Full time
23-SEP-24
1 year
MSc - Master of Science
Plymouth University
Part time
23-SEP-24
2 years
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About the course
Do you want to pursue a professional career in planning? Our fully accredited postgraduate pathway has been designed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing the formulation and delivery of spatial planning policy across the built and natural environments. You will be prepared to develop or enhance a career as a chartered town planner in a rapidly changing world. Choose to take this programme either full-time over one year or part-time over two years.
Key features
- Develop broad-based, multidisciplinary and cross-professional approaches to place making and the planning and management of the built and physical environment for sustainable development.
- Deepen your understanding through specialist options.
- Explore planning issues of particular relevance to south-west England, set within the context of national and international experience.
- Expand your skills through applied and experiential learning, including fieldwork, practicals, case studies, role play, debates and engagement with professional practitioners.
- Benefit from a supportive learning environment with an emphasis on small-group teaching and high levels of staff-student interaction.
- Fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
- Develop the key skills and professionalism to prepare you for an effective contribution to the workplace, including lifelong learning and preparation for the RTPI’s Assessment of Professional Competence (APC).
You require the minimum of a second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (planning, geography, architecture, engineering, sociology or environmental science). Other subject areas considered. If you have no formal qualifications, but do have relevant work experience, you may still be considered and are encouraged to enquire about your suitability.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,400 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£17,600 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£17,600 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
The University of Plymouth’s campus is centrally located within Britain’s Ocean City, perched on the South Westerly coast of Devon...