BSc Planning and Real Estate / Course details

Students  on the Bachelors  (BA)  and undergraduate  Masters  degree  programmes  are required  to prepare  a dissertation  of 12,000  words  on an agreed  topic.   There  is also  the  option  of submitting a design  dissertation, as an alternative to a conventional dissertation. Both dissertations and design  studies  should  contain  an element  of original  research. 

Provide students  with an opportunity to plan, manage  and conduct a programme of research on a relevant  topic related  to City and Regional Development, Environmental Management or Town and Country Planning

Further students' knowledge of a relevant body of literature

Develop students' writing, presentation and bibliographic skills 

Provide students  with the opportunity to apply in a research context  skills and techniques developed in other course units.

Two lectures, 4 workshops, plus individual/group sessions with a dissertation advisor.

A deeper understanding of a particular topic related to Environmental Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Real Estate and Planning or Urban Studies

The ability to undertake an effective programme of research

Knowledge of the ways in which a range of research methods can be applied

The ability to produce a well-written, clearly presented and properly formatted dissertation

Combined lecture and seminar sessions. Self-directed reading.

Berry, R. (2004) The Research Project: how to write it, fifth edition, Routledge, London.

Bryman, A. and Burgess, R. (1994) Analysing Qualitative Data, Routledge, London.

Creswell, J. (2003) Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Method Approaches, second edition, Sage, London.

Frankfort-Nachmias, C. and Nachmias, D. (2007) Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Arnold, London.

Moser, C. and Kalton, G. (1985) Survey Methods in Social Investigation, Gower, London.

Parsons, T. and Knight, P. (2005) How to do your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines, second edition, Routledge, London.

Robson, C. (2011) Real World Research, third edition, John Wiley, London.

Yin, R. (2013) Case Study Research: Design and Methods, fifth edition, Sage, London.