MSc in Urbanisation and Development
Programme Code: TMURDV
Department: Geography and Environment
For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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Paper 1 |
GY459 Global Urbanism (0.5) |
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Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: A GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5) |
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GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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GY452 Urban Research Methods (0.5) |
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GY470 Urban Africa (0.5) |
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GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5) |
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Paper 3 |
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Courses up to the value of 1.0 unit(s) in the Department of Geography & Environment or outside the Department (max 0.5 unit) from the following: DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5) |
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DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5) |
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DV433 The Informal Economy and Inclusive Development (0.5) |
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DV456 Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26) |
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DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5) |
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DV465 Labour, Social Services and Development (0.5) |
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GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation in Developing Countries (0.5) # |
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GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26) |
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GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5) |
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GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5) |
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GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5) |
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GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5) |
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GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human cities (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5) |
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GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5) |
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GY477 Race, Capitalism and Resistance (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) |
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GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5) |
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SO480 Urban Inequalities (0.5) |
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Paper 4 |
GY488 Dissertation - MSc Urbanisation and Development (1.0) |
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Footnotes
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
A: Paper 2: In exceptional cases it may be possible to make alternative choices for Paper 2 with the approval of the Programme Director.
B: Paper 3: Other urban and/or development courses available in the School as approved by the programme director.
C: Paper 4, GY488: On an approved topic.
Note for prospective students:
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