132 town & regional planning
minimum requirements SQA Higher: GCE A-Level: ILC Higher: IB Diploma:
Essential subjects: why study at dundee?
ABBB BCC
ABBB 30 points with 5, 5, 5 at HL
None, but see entry requirements for other Joint Honours subjects.
advanced entry (to Level 2)
SQA Advanced Higher: BB + BB (H) in different subjects GCE A-Level: IB Diploma:
ABB 34 points with 6, 6, 5 at HL
Essential subjects: MA Geography and Planning: geography (AH, A-L, HL). MA Spatial Economics and Development: economics and geography (AH, A-L, HL).
Note: Advanced entry to MA Town and Regional Planning is not available on the basis of Advanced Highers or A-Levels but a relevant HND with some merits in final year will be considered.
other qualifications
Please see ‘Social and Environmental Sciences’ on page 140 for details.
degree programmes (with UCAS Codes) MA Town and Regional Planning MA Geography and Planning
MA Spatial Economics and Development See making your application on page 32.
K410 LK74 LK14
professional accreditation The MA Town and Regional Planning is fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), the planners’ professional body, which means you can go on to become a chartered planner.
Planning is an exciting and creative profession that links a diverse range of subjects, including building design, sustainable development, urban regeneration, community engagement and much more. It is about creating quality places where people want to live and work.
Dundee is a long established centre of excellence for professional planning education. It is an ideal place to study for a planning qualification as the City of Dundee and its rural surroundings offer excellent case studies of innovative planning practice. The Dundee Central Waterfront Master Plan and the Ardler Regeneration Strategy are two outstanding examples of best practice.
Our staff are engaged in research of national and international importance in the fields of housing and homelessness, urban regeneration, environmental assessment and urban conservation.
Students have the chance to undertake some of their studies in North America, through a planning exchange programme with the University of North British Columbia in Canada, and via the University’s Transatlantic Student Exchange programme, which allows students to study in a range of universities across the USA and Canada.
employability
We maintain close links to the planning profession and our graduates readily find work in Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad. As well as jobs in central and local government, planners are employed by planning consultancies, regeneration companies, house builders, supermarkets and utility companies.
Planners perform a variety of tasks such as: • preparing national and regional development strategies • regenerating declining urban areas • shaping new and sustainable housing • protecting and enhancing historic buildings • promoting biodiversity • conserving sites of nature conservation value • negotiating with property developers • engaging with local people.
The MA degree provides students with a sound knowledge and understanding of the built and natural environment and a range of transferable skills such as problem solving, IT, communications and team work. These qualities have allowed some of our graduates to obtain rewarding jobs in careers other than planning such as business management, retailing, computing and tourism.
Further study is available by taking one of our postgraduate Masters programmes specialising in aspects of the built environment.
www.dundee.ac.uk/prospectus/trp
In the National Student Survey 2010 we were ranked No. 1 in Scotland and No. 2 in the UK for student satisfaction. 100% of our students were satisfied with the quality of the course.
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