Critical Debates in Urban Design (BPLN0032)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
Teaching department: Bartlett School of Planning
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: This module is only available to students registered for the MSc Urban Design and City Planning or MRes Interdisciplinary Urban Design.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module provide you with an opportunity for in-depth reading, reflection and critical discussion around key urban design and city planning themes and debates.

At the end of the module you should have developed:

鈥� Knowledge of current literature on key issues in Urban Design and its context within City Planning;

鈥� Critical thinking towards established theoretical and empirical arguments;

鈥� Ability to understand, summarise and discuss key points of a complex argument;

鈥� Research, analytical and writing skills necessary to explore academic sources of information and undertake critical and well-informed reviews of the literature on urban design topics.

This module is taught through a combination of small group debates, occasional lectures, and tutorials.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 47
Module leader: Dr Juliana Borowczyk Martins
Who to contact for more information: bsp.pgt@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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