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MA/MSc/PgDip/PgCert
Built Environment Studies

Location
Southwark

Duration
1 year (full-time)
2.5 years (part-time)

Start date
September and February

Number of places
20

Simple timetable info
Timetable depends on package of units chosen

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
Full-time: 1317
Part-time: 1322

Course contact
Dr Philip Pinch

Course Director
pinchpl@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7349

Non-standard entry requirements
Entry is also normally subject to an interview in order to discuss your areas of interest and the package of units to be chosen.

Course units

Guided by the course director you will select a bespoke package of units from a range of built environment related parent courses offered by the University, in study areas such as:

– Town Planning Studies

– Urban Regeneration

– Housing Studies

– Property Development

– Estate Management

– Architecture

– Building and Quantity Surveying

– Civil Engineering

– Construction Project Management


Course description

The built environment is integral to the functioning of all aspects of society. Debates concerning the quality and design of the built environment, transport infrastructures, housing provision, urban regeneration, conservation and the natural environment will continue to dominate policy making. In this broad-based programme you will gain a thorough and critical understanding of the kinds of issues that affect such decision making, as well as gain skills to enable you to enhance your career opportunities and contribute towards your personal development. The emphasis is on choice.

This programme offers you the opportunity to study a bespoke higher degree in the subjects that you choose. These will be drawn from existing postgraduate programmes in disciplines such as Town Planning, Housing, Urban Regeneration, Property Development and Planning, Civil Engineering and Structural Design, Architecture, Construction and Construction Project Management, and Building and Quantity Surveying. It will provide you with the opportunity to study a unique blend of technical, managerial and policy issues.

To provide flexibility, the award is staged with a PgCert after one year part-time study, PgDip after two years and an MA following the successful submission of a dissertation in a topic of your choosing.

Career opportunities

This course can provide a broad foundation from which to launch a career within built environment professions, or a specific vehicle for constructing a bespoke package of units of continuing professional development (CPD) for existing professionals wishing to acquire new skills relevant to their changing career needs.

Typical background of applicant

Students with a relevant first degree looking to understanding processes and mechanisms of the built environment, or those with an existing professional qualification looking to undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Professional contacts/industry links

Whilst this course is not subject to professional accreditation, the parent courses from which units are chosen are and all have close links to public and private sectors.

Additional notes

Please contact the course director for a full list of the units available. The availability and timetabling of units is governed by the requirements of the parent courses, which may in some cases place restrictions on the combinations available to be chosen.