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Housing Studies

  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
City CampusC
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Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University)
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Course summary

Learn how to shape our world into a better place on this reflective course for modern housing professionals.

As part of this course, you’ll:

  • Understand contemporary and relevant critiques of the current housing sector

  • Explore topics within the context of housing studies, such as the ways different groups co-exist in urban areas, leadership, professional ethics, and tenants’ law

  • Be encouraged to enhance your learning by taking part in debates, contributing to research seminars, or helping out in partnership meetings with housing employers

  • Study modules with embedded professional development to enhance your employability

  • Learn from practising housing studies professionals, whose wide-ranging experience will inform your learning

ACCREDITATION
This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Housing.

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Your employability
You’ll have the chance to support your learning and experience different urban and cultural environments on field trips. Working alongside students from other universities on joint fieldwork projects will enable you to develop your teamworking, communication, and planning skills.

Why study the BA Housing Studies course at Leeds Beckett University?

  • Validated by the Chartered Institute of Housing

  • Excellent placement opportunities

  • Part-time study available

  • Learn from practising housing professionals

  • Work on real-life projects and experience varied urban environments on field trips

Modules

Course Modules

<strong> Year 1 Core Modules: </strong>

  • Study Skills
  • Context for Housing Organisations
  • Leadership in Practice
  • City & Society
  • Reflective Practitioner
  • Legal Frameworks & Regulation

<strong> Year 2 Core Modules: </strong>

  • Housing Needs
  • Research Methods
  • Development of Planning Thought
  • Housing Markets
  • Urban Design
  • International Field Trip

<strong> Year 3 Core Modules: </strong>

  • Geographical Imaginations
  • Dissertation
  • Housing Policy
    In addition, choose from a list of Year 3 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • City CampusC

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Part-Time • 5 Years

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Application codes

Institution code:
L27

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Application codes

Institution code:
L27

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

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Offer: 112

A minimum of 72 from two A levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English Language at Grade C or above (Grade 4 for those sitting their GCSE from 2017 onwards) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy are accepted in place of GCSE.

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