The Ebenezer Howard School of Planning offers the MSc Sustainable Planning degree, which focuses on the modern planning implications of the world's first garden towns. The course includes a variety of modules such as Planning Law, Policy, and Practice, Sustainable Energy, and Urban Design and Conservation, as well as three pathways: MSc Sustainable Planning, MSc Sustainable Planning and Environmental Management, and MSc Sustainable Planning and Transportation. The course is meant to equip graduates with valuable abilities in a rapidly evolving professional field, making them highly employable in a variety of fields. The course is intended to address critical sustainability issues such as climate change, urban sprawl, social cohesion, and personal mobility needs. The course is flexible and versatile, with a blended learning approach that includes workshops, field activities,
University of Hertfordshire
MSc Sustainable Planning and Environmental Management
Entry Requirements
- An honours degree with a minimum classification of second class (2.2) or higher in any subject.
- If English is not your first language, you will need a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent
Career Prospects
Graduates of this course will have good employment options in planning, environmental management, urban design, community development, transportation management, climate change mitigation, and other planning-related fields. Employers include local governments, private sector planning consultancies, public involvement groups, national government agencies, third-party employers, and professional organizations. Graduates of this degree work in a variety of national and international roles, addressing contemporary planning and sustainability concerns. They are also engaged by public engagement organizations, national government agencies, third-party businesses, and professional associations. The training aims to maximize sustainability expertise.
Course Details
The MSc Sustainable Planning programme structure is based on a series of modules each of which requires 150 hours of study. These modules are centred on short courses of two-to-three-day short courses that usually run Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
If you wish to study full-time, the short course components of the modules run approximately twice a month which means that you’ll be attending classes on four weekdays and two Saturdays.
If you want to study alongside your work commitments, the part-time offering enables you to take modules between two and five years. This makes the course flexible and easy to attend.
You’ll benefit from a blended learning approach. Teaching combines a face-to-face teaching and tutorials approach with virtual live teaching allowing easy contact with module leaders and tutors, excellent access to learning materials and online submission of assignments. Modules include workshops, field work, class exercises, seminars and group work. The costs of UK and European field visits are included in the programme fee. During the COVID-19 pandemic our modules have generally being delivered virtually through live sessions, workshops and seminars, virtual field trips and in class exercises. We intend to return to classroom-based teaching on campus as soon as we can do so.
All of the modules are assessed through coursework. The Environmental Management module only, has one exam. The nature of the coursework will vary, but will include experience in report writing, practical urban design work (no architecture background is required), oral presentations and negotiation skills.Â
An extended individual project, the sustainable planning dissertation, will give you the the opportunity to explore an area you’re interested and do primary research with support from an allocated supervisor. The supervisor will encourage you to explore the latest research and provide industry insight. You'll be encourage to link with external organisations, such as local government, voluntary sector organisations or planning consultancies, to produce this piece of primary research that is both academically challenging and of practical benefit.
Modules
Urban Design and Conservation - 15 Credits
Sustainable Planning Dissertation - 30 Credits
Research Methods - 15 Credits
Development Viability and Assessment - 15 Credits
Planning Law, Policy and Practice 15 Credits
Spatial Planning Theories and Strategies - 15 Credits
Comparative Planning and Transport Practice - 15 Credits
Place-making and Spatial Mediation - 15 Credits
Sustainability & Environmental Systems - 15 Credits
Sustainable Energy - 15 Credits
Environmental Policy and Governance - 15 Credits
Study Skills - 0 Credits
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