MPlan Town and Regional Planning
Course Overview
This MPlan in Town and Regional Planning provides the foundational knowledge and practical skills required for a professional career in urban, regional, and environmental planning both in the UK and internationally. The programme is fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), fast-tracking your path to becoming a Chartered Member. Students can tailor their studies through a chosen specialism and have the unique opportunity to spend a year studying in China.
Key Program Highlights
- Full accreditation from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
- Option to specialize and develop expertise in a specific area of planning
- Unique opportunity for a Year in China at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
- Prepares for professional practice with a focus on both UK and international contexts
- Includes a dedicated dissertation project for in-depth research
Course Overview
This MPlan in Town and Regional Planning provides the foundational knowledge and practical skills required for a professional career in urban, regional, and environmental planning both in the UK and internationally. The programme is fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), fast-tracking your path to becoming a Chartered Member. Students can tailor their studies through a chosen specialism and have the unique opportunity to spend a year studying in China.
Key Program Highlights
- Full accreditation from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
- Option to specialize and develop expertise in a specific area of planning
- Unique opportunity for a Year in China at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
- Prepares for professional practice with a focus on both UK and international contexts
- Includes a dedicated dissertation project for in-depth research
Requirements
Modules
- Community Planning
- Contemporary Town Planning
- Ecology and Conservation
- Town and Country Planning: An Introduction
- Understanding Place
- Urban and Environmental Economics
- Context 1.1: History of Architecture
- Human Geography Through Merseyside
- Living with Environmental Change
- New Horizons in Human Geography
- Research Frontiers in Human Geography
- Global Challenges: Development, Inequality, Alternatives
- Cities and Regions
- Planning for Environmental Sustainability
- Rural Planning
- GIS for Planners
- People and Place
- Strategic Plan Making
- Urban Morphology and Place-Making
- Planning and Property Development
- Planning Law and Governance
- International Planning Studies
- Urban Design Studies
- Politics of the Environment
- Geographic Data Science
- Building Better Worlds
- Contemporary Population Dynamics
- Green Infrastructure Planning
- Social and Spatial Inequalities
- Urban Design Project
- Climate Change - A Critical Review
- Environmental Assessment of Policies, Plans, Programmes and Projects
- Urban and Regional Regeneration
- Environmental Planning and Management Project
- Urban and Regional Regeneration Project
- MPlan Dissertation
- Planning in Practice
- Spatial Planning and Design Project
- Theory, Power and Ethics
- Planning Practice Placement
