Town & Country Planning

Snapshot

Overview

The joint distance learning MA in Town and Country Planning provides a broad coverage of the social and economic context within which the profession of Town and Country Planning operates. In addition, it incorporates specific coverage of relevant areas of professional competence, such as design and planning law, which enable students to gain a professional qualification. It also allows students to specialise to a degree by choosing an optional element in line with their personal interests and the course involves the production by students of a dissertation which allows students to explore in depth a topic of their own choosing.

The University of Dundee Town and Regional Planning operates in a consortium together with the Open University, the University of the West of England (Bristol), Leeds Metropolitan University, and London South Bank University to teach this distance learning course. The course is fully recognised by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI accreditation) and is the only course of its kind in Britain. It combines a consideration of activities and skills in relation to town and country planning practice (as part of the planning elements) with an understanding of the social, economic and technological context within which takes place (as part of the OU elements). 

Programme Content

There are two distinct but complementary elements of the course, the precise structure followed will depend on the student's previous qualifications and experience (especially whether graduate or non-graduate), though a sequence of courses will have to be followed which will allow new material to build on that already covered.

Planning Courses are devised and run by the four universities in the consortium, and focus specifically on town and country planning practice, considering both the activities involved and the skills required, often related directly to the use and development of land.

Open University Courses provide a contextual understanding of the social, economic, and technological context within which the activity of town and country planning takes place.

Student Support

All students are allocated a 'study base' (Dundee for students from Scotland, Ireland or Northern Ireland) together with a personal tutor at that study base. The personal tutor will act as the normal first point of contact, and there is opportunity for face to face contact from time to time with the personal tutor, as well as other course tutors and other students, at the university-based sessions. Students also have the opportunity to make use of library facilities at the study base.

Methods of Assessment

The course is assessed by a mixture of examinations, tutor-marked assignments undertaken individually by students, and participation in exercises at university-based sessions.

Entry Requirements

This course is available for graduate or non-graduate entry - We welcome applications from students without the conventional entrance requirements but who have substantial relevant work or other experience and whose motivation and skills would enable them to succeed on the course.

English Language Requirement: IELTS of 6.0 (or equivalent), if your first language is not English. Please check our Language Requirements page for details of equivalent grades from other test providers, and information about the University of Dundee English Language courses.

Sources of Funding

Information about the School of the Environment scholarships can be found on the School of the Environment scholarships webpage.

Other sources of funding for postgraduate students can be found on our Scholarships webpage.

Contact

Dr Dumiso Moyo
Town & Regional Planning
University of Dundee
Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4HN
Scotland

Telephone: 01382 385 240 (from the UK)
Telephone: +44 1382 385 240 (from outside the UK)

Fax: 01382 388 588 (from the UK)
Fax: +44 1382 388 588 (from outside the UK)

Email: d.moyo@dundee.ac.uk