Newcastle University

Urban Planning BA Honours
UCAS Code: K421 (3 Years)

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Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• TCP1014 Planning Processes
• TCP1027 Shaping Towns and Cities
• TCP1018 Design Awareness and Communication
• TCP1019 Economics of Development I
• TCP1020 Environment and Sustainability
• TCP1023 Geographical Information Systems
• TCP1024 Reading the City
• TCP1025 Social Worlds
• TCP1026 Understanding Place – Methods and Perspectives

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• TCP2023 Understanding Sustainable Development
• TCP2025 Researching Local Economies
• TCP2027 Research Skills
• TCP2029 The Planning Professional

Optional modules

You take two of the following optional modules:

• TCP2005 Housing Policy
• TCP2006 Design and Neighbourhood
• TCP2028 Understanding Cities
• TCP2030 Urban Poverty: A Global Perspective

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• TCP3054 Planning Theory and Politics
• TCP3049 Skills for Planning Strategies
• TCP3053 Development Management
• TCP3052 Strategies into Action
• TCP3099 Dissertation

Our Urban Planning BA Honours degree covers the same modules as our Master of Planning MPlan degree. This means you have the flexibility to transfer to this undergraduate Master's degree until the end of third year should you decide you wish to become a Town Planner. MPlan students complete their planning education with an advanced study year at the University (Stage 4), during which they can choose to specialise in one of two areas of planning:

• urban regeneration
• environmental planning