Planning, Regeneration and Development BSc (Hons)/MSci (Hons)

Program Overview

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This program equips students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in the built environment and contribute to creating sustainable cities, towns, and communities. Students will learn about sustainability, urban design, planning systems, regeneration practices, and development processes. The program offers opportunities for students to apply their learning through a year-long placement and experience global planning practice through study exchanges.

Program Outline

• Gain a 96% student satisfaction rate (Unistats).
• Discover the fascinating ways in which the planning system, regeneration practices, and development processes work.
• Develop wide-ranging skills for creating sustainable development and healthy places by learning about environmental protection, planning law and practice, urban design, stakeholder engagement, housing market analysis, financial appraisals of property development, and leadership for managing change.
• Gain opportunities to apply your learning through a year-long placement and experience global planning practice through study exchanges.

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Description

This program will equip you with the knowledge and skills to become a leader in the built environment and contribute to creating sustainable cities, towns, and communities. You will:

• Learn from highly qualified academics and practitioners.
• Benefit from excellent teaching.
• Develop research and analytical skills.
• Enhance your leadership skills.
• Acquire the ability to recognize and apply different evaluation and financial valuation practices.
• Understand the needs of communities.
• Gain the tools to guide appropriate land use and property development.

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Outline

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Content

• Sustainability
• Urban Design
• Environmental Sustainability
• Healthy Place-Making
• Development Processes
• Planning System
• Regeneration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Financial Appraisals
• Leadership
• Property Development

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Structure

This course is offered as a:

• 3-year full-time (BSc)
• 4-year full-time (Integrated Master's - MSci).
The first three years of both courses are identical and both courses have an optional placement year. You will:
• Study two semesters in each academic year.
• Take three 20 credit point modules each semester.
• Complete 60 credits in each semester.
• Spend 1 credit equal to 10 hours of student participation on a module.
• Attend classes across 2-3 days per week, working in the library or the Urban Planning Studio during the rest of the week.

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Modules

The course modules are organized around the following themes:

• Year One: Creating Development, Sustainable Development in the Built Environment, Law, Governance and Society, Planning and Regeneration, Valuation Principles, Housing and Neighbourhoods
• Year Two: Ethics and Professional Planning Practice, Planning and Digital Technologies, Spatial Planning and Practice, Law of Real Property, Integrated Regeneration Project, Urban Design and Place Making
• Year Three: Ethics and Professional Planning Practice (optional), Professional Practice - Planning, Regeneration and Development (optional)
• Year Four: Healthy Communities, Resilient Places, Community Planning and Regeneration, Environmental Impact Assessment, Research Methods and Literature Review, Integrated Development & Finance Project, Community Planning and Delivery Outcomes, Professional Practice - Planning, Regeneration and Development (optional)
• Year Five: International City Planning and Development, Inclusive Engagement, Leadership for Planning and Regeneration, Research Design and Regeneration Project I, Research Design and Regeneration Project II, Coastal and Marine Planning
Each module consists of a combination of:
• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Seminars
• Studio classes
• Field trips
• Project work
• Independent study

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Assessment

Assessments vary by module and can include:

• Individual coursework (e.g., reports and research projects)
• Group reports (e.g., site layout and design proposals)
• Presentations
• Written examinations

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Teaching

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Methods

• Face-to-face teaching sessions in a classroom setting (lectures, tutorials, studio classes).
• Lab classes for learning computer skills (GIS, urban design software, development appraisal software).
• Guest lectures and contributions from practitioners.
• Study (field) trips (local and international).

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Careers

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Career options

• Graduate Planning Consultant
• Local Government Planning Officer
• Planning and Development Surveyor
• Planning Officer Technician
• Researcher
• Town planner
• Planning consultant

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Graduate Employers

• Northern Ireland Civil Service
• RPS
• Local government (councils)
• NI Housing Executive
• Ulster University
• Turley
• Tuath Housing

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Other

• International study visit to a European country in the final year of the course (optional).
• Additional costs associated with the visit including flights, accommodation, subsistence, and in-country travel.
• Students participate in field trips throughout the program.
• The program is taught by passionate academics with research-led teaching informed by employers and civic leaders.
• You will have access to high-quality facilities and learning materials.
• There are opportunities for students to participate in placements and gain valuable work experience.

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Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and EU Settlement Status Fees £4,750.00 England, Scotland, Wales and the Islands Fees £9,250.00 International Fees £16,320.00