Planning and Sustainable Development (MPlan)
University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
Description
The Master’s Degree in Planning and Sustainable Development (MPlan) is an internationally-recognised, professionally-accredited master’s course in spatial planning and development for cities, regions, towns, rural areas, and neighbourhoods.
As chartered professionals, MPlan graduates tackle real-world sustainability and environmental challenges in public, private and community settings throughout the world.
The MPlan is a comprehensive, two-year course compatible with European standards and with international professional training models for planning. Graduates come from many different disciplines, so the course offers a rich learning environment for people to fine-tune their areas of interest into a practical, ethical and effective field of action with relevance in the contemporary world.
The degree, which has a strong theoretical and ethical foundation, develops a wide range of skills and abilities leading to a strong capacity for making real-world, imaginative and balanced proposals and recommendations about the future of places.
Having graduated from the MPlan course, students will be able to make a genuine and enduring contribution to society. The course content and learning progression of the MPlan has been designed around the professional accreditation requirements of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Irish Planning Institute.
Modules will cover topics including:
place-making and design community engagement spatial planning at various different scales environmental awareness development and growth in rural and urban areas legal and political know-how technical competence and a deep understanding of the realities of sustainable development.