City Planning & Real Estate Development (Taught)

The Masters in City Planning & Real Estate Development will prepare you for working either as a planner or real estate surveyor. You will develop an in-depth appreciation of how different stakeholders in the planning and real estate sectors make decisions about future places. Cities lie at the heart of the many challenges human societies face today, including climate change, infrastructure delivery, affordable housing, and social inequality. These challenges ensure that the professions of city planning and real estate development are in high demand around the world.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• This programme is accredited by professional industry bodies, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Dual accreditation will significantly enhance your employment prospects in this field.

• The philosophy of the programme is to break down the professional barriers between two built environment disciplines that make better place-based decisions when they work together.

• The skills and knowledge this degree delivers are crucial in our rapidly changing world, particularly in the context of rapid urbanisation and climate change.

• Our students have excellent employment prospects with alumni working in major international planning consultancies, local and national government, and in the third sector.

• These are underpinned by ongoing funded national and international staff projects, and our two substantial research centres, which are a fundamental part of this success: the Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), and the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC).

• Our teaching is strongly engaged in policy and practice. Through our research centres and staff networks we have close links to the Scottish Government, local authorities and other agencies who also contribute to teaching. We also have opportunities to network with professional practice at various points in the year.

• This programme is rooted in place-based learning through tackling complex urban sites across Greater Glasgow. Glasgow as a city is an exciting place to study planning and real estate. It provides a rich lens to understanding how planning and real estate practice engages with urban issues. Glasgow’s economic, social and architectural history provides a fascinating dynamic context to study planning and real estate.

• You will have the opportunity to participate in an optional field trip to London which will provide you with the insight into the complexities of city planning in a world city. Past trips have included visits to The Shard, King’s Cross, Battersea Power Station and a number of grassroots projects that focus on community development.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
This programme allows you a greater insight into city planning and real estate. Split into three parts, you gain a grounding on the principles and practice of city planning and real estate, with a major research project or dissertation at the end.

The programme is delivered via a combination of lectures, workshops and seminars, alongside numerous field visits that use the city as an urban laboratory. Courses are assessed through a mix of continuous methods to enable you to develop a suitable balance of planning and real estate development competencies.

Core courses
Part 1: Principles
Economics of Planning and Development Lab
Planning Systems and Procedures
Property Law for Real Estate Surveyors
Real Estate Markets
Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal (10)

Part 2: Practice
Applied Built Environment Research
Designing Resilient Places
Development Appraisal for Real Estate Surveyors
Sustainable Spatial Strategies Lab

Part 3: Project
Real Estate and Planning Dissertation OR Real Estate and Planning Major Resarch Project