LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in Urban Policy
Programme code: TMURPO
Students take the first year at Sciences Po and the second year at LSE. At LSE students will follow the programme regulations for either the MSc Local Economic Development; or MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies; or MSc Urbanisation and Development as follows:
MSc Local Economic Development
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units as shown and a dissertation.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Topics in Local Economic Development (H) | |
2 | ||
Globalisation, Regional Development and Policy | ||
Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (H) | ||
3 |
Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following list: | |
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The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) | |
Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) | ||
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Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (H) | ||
The Economics of Urbanisation (H) | ||
Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy | ||
Applied Quantitative Methods (H) | ||
Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Cities and Social Change in East Asia (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (H) | ||
Urban Futures (H) | ||
Urban Theory and Policy in the Global South (H) | ||
Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis (H) | ||
Concepts in Environmental Regulation (H) | ||
Issues in Environmental Governance (H) | ||
Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (H) | ||
Applied Regression Analysis (H) | ||
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A relevant course from another programme | |
4 |
Dissertation | |
MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation. Additionally all students are required to take GY450 Planning Practice and Research.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (H) | |
2 |
Social and Political Aspects of Regional and Urban Planning (H) | |
3 |
Urban Policy and Planning (H) | |
4 |
Courses to the value of one and a half units: | |
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Globalisation, Gender and Development † | |
Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H) † | ||
Globalisation, Gender and Development: Theorising Policy and Practice (H) † | ||
The Economics of Urbanisation (H) | ||
Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (H) | ||
Gender, Globalisation and Development (H) | ||
Economics of Local and Regional Development (H) | ||
Regional Development and Policy (H) | ||
Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (H) | ||
Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (H) | ||
Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Urban Ethnography (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Cities and Social Change in East Asia (H) | ||
Cities, Politics and Citizenship (H) | ||
The Politics of Housing (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Planning for Sustainable Cities (H) | ||
Urban Futures (H) | ||
Economic Appraisal and Valuation (H) | ||
Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis | ||
Real Estate Finance (H) | ||
Race and Space (H) | ||
Concepts in Environmental Regulation (H) | ||
Global Migration and Development (H) | ||
Urban Revolutions (H) | ||
Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (H) | ||
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (H) | ||
City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (H) | ||
Urban Inequalities (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
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A half-unit course from another programme at the discretion of the Programme Director § | |
5 |
Planning Practice and Research (non-assessed but compulsory) | |
6 |
Dissertation | |
Notes | ||
§ means by special permission only. | ||
This programme is externally accredited by the RICS. Further information is available on the Geography and Environment Department website (see Quick Links to Regional and Urban Planning Studies). | ||
MSc Urbanisation and Development
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four full units.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Urban Theory and Policy in the Global South (H) | |
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Urban Research Methods (H) | |
2 |
Students choose courses to the value of 1 unit from: | |
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Development: History, Theory and Policy | |
Poverty (H)* | ||
Population and Development: An Analytical Approach (H) | ||
African Development (H) | ||
Complex Emergencies (H) | ||
Emerging Health Threats and Development (H) * | ||
The Informal Economy and Development (H) | ||
Key Issues in Development Studies (H) | ||
3 | ||
Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following: | ||
The Economics of Urbanisation (H) | ||
Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (H) | ||
Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Urban Ethnography (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Cities and Social Change in East Asia (H) | ||
Cities, Politics and Citizenship (H) | ||
The Politics of Housing (H) (n/a 15/16) | ||
Planning for Sustainable Cities (H) | ||
Urban Futures (H) | ||
Economic Appraisal and Valuation (H) | ||
Race and Space (H) | ||
Global Migration and Development (H) | ||
Urban Revolutions (H) | ||
Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (H) | ||
Urban Inequalities (H) | ||
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Other urban and/or development courses available in the School as approved by the programme director | |
4 |
Dissertation on an approved topic | |
Notes |
* Capped course with priority for International Development students so admission not guaranteed. | |
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In exceptional cases it may be possible to make alternative choices for papers 2 & 3 with the approval of the Programme Director. |
