BA (Hons) Human Geography & Planning
Course Overview
This RTPI-accredited course in Human Geography and Planning equips you to shape sustainable and livable communities by tackling contemporary issues like globalization, identity, and urban development. You will engage with live projects through immersive field trips, from local site visits in Leeds to international excursions, allowing you to apply theoretical learning to real-world planning challenges. Upon enrollment, you will also receive free student membership to the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Key Program Highlights
- Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
- Examines contemporary themes including sustainability and globalization
- Engage with live projects through local and international field trips
- Learn to shape cities and towns into better, more sustainable places to live
- Entitled to free RTPI student membership
Course Overview
This RTPI-accredited course in Human Geography and Planning equips you to shape sustainable and livable communities by tackling contemporary issues like globalization, identity, and urban development. You will engage with live projects through immersive field trips, from local site visits in Leeds to international excursions, allowing you to apply theoretical learning to real-world planning challenges. Upon enrollment, you will also receive free student membership to the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Key Program Highlights
- Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
- Examines contemporary themes including sustainability and globalization
- Engage with live projects through local and international field trips
- Learn to shape cities and towns into better, more sustainable places to live
- Entitled to free RTPI student membership
Requirements
Modules
- Sustainable Places & Residential Field Trip
- Geography in the Contemporary World
- Introduction to Planning
- City & Society
- Placemaking
- Techniques in Geographical Research
- Work Placement & Employability Skills
- Research Methods
- Development of Planning Thought
- International Field Trip
- Energy & Environmental Policy
- Urban Design
- Housing Markets
- Dissertation
- Planning Policy & Practice
- Inter-Professional Studies
- Geographies of Consumption
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Geographical Imaginations
- Heritage & Conservation
- Women & the Built Environment
