Paper 1

GY452 Urban Research Methods (0.5) and GY459 Global Urbanism (0.5)

Paper 2

A B C

Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following:

DV400 Development: History, Theory and Policy (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

DV407 Poverty (0.5)

DV411 Population, Development and Environment: an Analytical Approach (0.5)

DV418 African Development (0.5)

DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)

DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV433 The Informal Economy and Inclusive Development (0.5)

DV442 Key Issues in Development Studies (0.5)

DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV464 Democracy and Development (0.5)

DV465 Labour, Social Services and Development (0.5)

Paper 3

D

Courses up to the value of 1.0 unit (or 1.5 units if only choosing a half unit from Paper 2) from the following:

GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation in Developing Countries (0.5) #

GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)

GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5)

GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5)

GY449 Urban Futures (0.5) #

GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)

GY470 Urban Africa (0.5)

GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)

GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5)

GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5)

Paper 4

E

GY488 Dissertation - MSc Urbanisation and Development (1.0)