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Master of Science by Coursework in Sustainable Urban Development

  • 1. The Continuing Education Strategic Management Board shall offer a course of instruction in the theory and practice of Sustainable Urban Development. 

  • 2. The course is available on a part-time basis only over a period of six terms.

    3. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:

    • a) six written assignments, one on each of the units 2, and 4-8 listed in the Schedule below. Assignments relating to units 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall each be of not more than 3,000 words in length; the assignment relating to unit 4 shall be of not more than 1,500 words in length;

    • b) research skills training (unit 3 in the Schedule) consisting of a literature review and a research methodology, each of not more than 1,500 words in length; 

    • c) a dissertation of not more than 10,000 words on a subject selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by any two of the examiners.

  • 4. All work shall be submitted via the University approved online assessment platform. Assignments set out in a) and b) shall be submitted by the dates set out in the course handbook published at the start of the year. The dissertation under c) shall be submitted by noon on the last Thursday in September of the second year of the course.

  • 5. Candidates may be required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies at the discretion of the examiners.

  • 6. Candidates admitted to the MSc who satisfy the examiners in the assessments under 3a and b, but do not complete the dissertation or fail to submit the dissertation or fail the dissertation may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Urban Development. 

  • 7. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in any part of the examination may be permitted to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts of the examination that they have failed for examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the original failure.

Schedule

  1. Introducing Sustainable Urban Development
  2. Climate Change 
  3. Researching the Urban
  4. Financing Sustainability 
  5. Sustainable Mobilities 
  6. Place, Community and Urban Design 
  7. Southern Urbanisms 
  8. Governance, Leadership and Future Cities 

Not all units will be available in any one year.