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Qualification
MSc - Master of Science
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Location
Sheffield Hallam University
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP
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Duration
1 Year
Course summary
Course summary
- Explore key planning issues at a global, national and local scale.
- Learn with academic and professional practitioners.
- Adapt the course to meet your academic interests and career aspirations.
- Gain core knowledge and skills for contemporary planning practice.
- Create a professional profile to kickstart your career
Understand how our cities and neighbourhoods are developed and gain the relevant skills to shape their future. Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), this course provides an adaptable approach to learning with a range of specialisms to explore. Choose from environmental planning, urban design & development, planning for housing, historic environment, transport & infrastructure or economic development.
How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
The course explores the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge through our dynamic approach to teaching. You’ll develop your skills as an independent, critical and reflective learner through a range of professional learning experiences. You’ll benefit from a mix of face-to-face lessons and online tutorials. Not only does our virtual learning platform help you interact with course material and other students – it also gives you the skills you need to operate as a contemporary planning professional.
You learn through
- seminars
- workshops
- gateway talks and lectures
- individual and group tasks
- virtual fieldwork
- case study analysis
- real-life planning scenarios
- online learning platforms
Future careers
A planning qualification can open up opportunities in
- strategic planning and policy development
- regeneration
- development implementation and management
- environmental protection
- infrastructure planning
- transport and accessibility planning
- housing planning, development and delivery
- economic development
- health
- health planning
- heritage and historic environment
- waste, energy and minerals planning
Planners are also employed across a range of public and private sector bodies in wider roles in wider policy development and in campaign bodies and pressure groups.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Modules
Tuition fees
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University information
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Campus address
Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 1WB, England