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We’ll introduce you to the study of planning and geography through subjects such as planning theory and systems, and urban, regional, social and environmental issues.

Modules

Compulsory Modules Credits
Interconnected World 20
Coasts and Communities: Human Geography Fieldwork 20
Mapping a changing world: GIS for Geographers 20
Planning Processes 10
Economics of Development I 10
Shaping Towns and Cities 20
Planning for a Better World 20

You can specialise by choosing a range of topics from the geography and planning disciplines. You'll also undertake research training and will have the opportunity to develop employment skills.

Modules

Compulsory Modules Credits
Research Skills 20
Optional Modules Credits
Political Geography 20
Economic Geography 20
Social and Cultural Geography 20
Urban Geography 20
Career Development for second year students 20
Houses and Homes 20
Design & Neighbourhood 20
Researching Local Economies 20
Understanding Cities 20
Digital Civics 20
Urban Infrastructures: A Lens on the City 20
Global Course on Institutional Design for Spatial Planning 20

You can continue to specialise by choosing in-depth modules on geography and planning topics, and you'll complete a dissertation on a topic of interest to you. You will also have a further opportunity to develop your employability skills.

Modules

Compulsory Modules Credits
Dissertation 40
Optional Modules Credits
Chinese Cultural History and Urban Development 20
Climate Literacy: From philosophies to practice 20
Geopolitics 20
Local and Regional Development 20
Geographies of Race and Nation 20
Migration, Bordering and Solidarities 20
Humanitarianism and Health Inequalities 20
The Politics of Difference and Identity 20
Geographies of Global South Cities 20
Geographies of Housing 20
Career Development for final year students 20
Strategies into Action: Planning 20
Development Management 20
Planning Theory and Politics 20
Study Abroad 40
Disasters, Monsters and Mess 20
Strategies Into Action: Urban Design 20