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

B C

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) #

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)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

Papers 1 & 2 options list

Paper 4

D

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. 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

GY448 Social and Political Aspects of Planning (0.5)

Paper 3

B C

GY454 Urban Policy and Planning (0.5)

Paper 4

D

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)

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

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