Urban Studies

This certificate offers a Masters level, flexible introduction to key issues in contemporary cities and debates in urban scholarship. It allows you to select from a range of courses on offer in a leading centre of urban research and teaching.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME
- You can choose from courses in the fields of urban and public policy, real estate, planning, regeneration, transportation and housing.

- Successful completion provides a route to masters study for students without prior degree level qualification.

- You will be taught by academics from a world leading centre of urban research.

- Many courses feature guest lectures from policy and practice experts, study visits or project work.

- The city of Glasgow is the ideal urban laboratory to explore how and why cities are changing.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Full-time students will be enrolled for either semester 1 or semester 2 and can select courses amounting to 60 credits from those on offer in the semester in which they are registered. Part-time students can select any combination of courses up to the value of 60 credits from the full range offered during their period of study. Courses are delivered via lectures and seminars. Some courses include field trips, contributions by external speakers, case studies and projects. There may be opportunities for group work and/or individual presentations depending on the courses selected.

Semester 1
Big Data and Urban Analytics
Contemporary Planning Systems
Development Economics
Development Process
Governance and Markets
Housing Contexts
Principles and Applications of GIS (10 credits)
Programming Tools for Urban Analytics
Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal
Sustainable Urban Futures (10)
Transport Studies
Understanding Housing Markets

Semester 2
Advanced Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal
Community Empowerment and Engagement (collaboration w/ Prince's Foundation for Building Community)
Designing Places
Development Appraisal for Real Estate Surveyors
Evidence, Evaluation and Policy
Housing, Inequality and Society
International Real Estate Analysis
International Real Estate Markets
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Spatial Planning Strategies
Strategic Real Estate Management
Sustainable Housing Development
Transport Planning Methods
Understanding Health Policy
Urban Design Policy And Practice