Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units as shown and a dissertation (1 unit). A total of 4 units.

Papers 1 & 2

Courses to the value of 2 unit(s) from the following:

GY404 Inclusive Growth (0.5) #

GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5)

GY410 Economics of Local and Regional Development (0.5)

GY413 Regional Development and Policy (0.5) #

GY415 Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (0.5)

Paper 3

D E

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:Any course not already taken under Papers 1 & 2, from the Papers 1 & 2 options list below

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) #

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

GY420 Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)

GY428 Applied Quantitative Methods (0.5) #

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

GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5)

GY447 The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (0.5) #

GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)

GY460 Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis (0.5) #

GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)

GY470 Urban Africa (0.5)

GY475 Governing Sustainable Enterprise (0.5)

GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5)

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

MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) # (withdrawn 2023/24)

MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) # (withdrawn 2023/24)

Papers 1 & 2 options list

Paper 4

F

GY486 Dissertation - MSc Local Economic Development and MSc Innovation Policy (1.0)

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.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).

Paper 1

GY447 The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning (0.5) #

Paper 2

A B C

GY448 Social and Political Aspects of Planning (0.5)

Paper 3

D E

GY454 Urban Policy and Planning (0.5)

Paper 4

F

Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following:

GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) #

GI420 Feminist Perspectives on Transnational Development (0.5)

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

GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5) #

GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5)

GY410 Economics of Local and Regional Development (0.5)

GY413 Regional Development and Policy (0.5) #

GY415 Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (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)

GY460 Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis (0.5) #

GY462 Real Estate Finance (0.5)

GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)

GY470 Urban Africa (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)

PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5)

SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5)

Paper 5

G

GY450 Planning Practice and Research (0.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 6

GY484 Dissertation - MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies (1.0)

Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four full units.

Paper 1

GY452 Urban Research Methods (0.5)

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)

Paper 3

D E

Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) 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)

GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5)

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

SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5)

Paper 4

F

GY488 Dissertation - MSc Urbanisation and Development (1.0)