MSc Building and Urban Design in Development

The normal minimum qualifications are a good second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Consideration will also be given if the qualification is a degree of lower than second-class Honours standard, or an equivalent overseas qualification, in a subject appropriate to the programme, plus relevant work experience. Applicants who do not hold a first degree may, in exceptional cases, be admitted to the programme if they are able to demonstrate considerable senior-level professional experience in planning or a related field.

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93.6% of graduates from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit were in work or further study 15 months after graduation and are working in 55 countries around the world ( HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017-23 ).

Compulsory modules

• Critical Urban Theory and Design
• Engaged Urban Design
• Spatial Design Practices
• Development and Planning Dissertation
• Post Disaster Recovery: Policies, Practices and Alternatives
• Housing as Urbanism: Housing Policy and the Search for Scale
• Housing Policies: Practical Dimensions and Alternative Options
• Society and Market: Private Agency for Development
• Contemporary Approaches to Development Management
• Managing the City Economy
• The Political Ecology of Environmental Change
• Urban Environmental Planning and Management in Development
• Adapting Cities to Climate Change in the Global South
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• The City and its Relations: Context, Institutions and Actors in Urban Development Planning
• Urban Development Policy, Planning and Management: Strategic Action in Theory and Practice
• Transport Equity and Urban Mobility
• Social Diversity, Inequality and Poverty
• Communication, Technologies and Social Power
• Urbanisation and Development
• Health, Social Justice and the City 1
• Urban Health and Development Planning Strategies 2
• Health, Social Justice and the City 2
• Gender in Policy and Planning
• Economic Policy Evaluation Tools
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities
• Critical Ideas of Development: Conceptions and Realities
• An Introduction to Public Economics and Public Policy
• Industrialisation and Infrastructure
• Urban Health and Development Planning Strategies 1
• Social Policy and Citizenship

Optional modules

• Post Disaster Recovery: Policies, Practices and Alternatives
• Housing as Urbanism: Housing Policy and the Search for Scale
• Housing Policies: Practical Dimensions and Alternative Options
• Society and Market: Private Agency for Development
• Contemporary Approaches to Development Management
• Managing the City Economy
• The Political Ecology of Environmental Change
• Urban Environmental Planning and Management in Development
• Adapting Cities to Climate Change in the Global South
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• The City and its Relations: Context, Institutions and Actors in Urban Development Planning
• Urban Development Policy, Planning and Management: Strategic Action in Theory and Practice
• Transport Equity and Urban Mobility
• Social Diversity, Inequality and Poverty
• Communication, Technologies and Social Power
• Urbanisation and Development
• Health, Social Justice and the City 1
• Urban Health and Development Planning Strategies 2
• Health, Social Justice and the City 2
• Gender in Policy and Planning
• Economic Policy Evaluation Tools
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities
• Critical Ideas of Development: Conceptions and Realities
• An Introduction to Public Economics and Public Policy
• Industrialisation and Infrastructure
• Urban Health and Development Planning Strategies 1
• Social Policy and Citizenship
• Critical Urban Theory and Design
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