Program Overview

The Housing and Community Planning MA will provide you with a critical understanding of the contemporary challenges associated with housing and community planning, including their interaction with social, economic, environmental and political issues.

You will develop a range of practical and analytical skills and experience that will enable you to pursue a career related to housing, planning, and the built environment.

Studying the Housing and Community Planning MA will give you high-level, expert understanding and experience of housing and community planning practice. You will study housing and planning within the context of social, economic and environmental challenges, and develop a range of skills and techniques, including written, oral and digital forms of presenting and communicating information.

The programme has a strong practical focus, including a field class, project work, and a professional practice module where students are encouraged to apply learning and skills to real-world work-based scenarios through a placement or project.

This programme has specialist accreditation from the Royal Town Planning Institute, which means that your specialist skills and expertise will be formally recognised by a professional organisation.

Who is this course for?
This programme will appeal to students from a range of backgrounds, including those who have studied cognate social science subjects at undergraduate level, students with professional experience and expertise, and students seeking to study part-time in parallel with their day job.

What you'll learn

• You will develop a critical understanding of the contemporary challenges associated with housing and community planning, including social, economic, environmental and political issues
• You will learn analytical skills and techniques that enable students to develop appropriate solutions to complex problems
• You will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills gained through this programme to professional practice, and reflect on this application through practice-based work