- The University of Hertfordshire offers an MSc in Sustainable Planning and Transport with a duration of 1 year.
- The program is a course-based and delivered on-campus.
- The program is available on a full-time (1 year) and part-time (2 years) basis.
- It is accredited by The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
- All of the modules are assessed through coursework.
- The MSc Sustainable Planning program for 2019/2020 consists of three courses in MSc Sustainable Planning, MSc Sustainable Planning, and Environmental Management, and MSc Sustainable Planning and Transport.
- The MSc Sustainable Planning course structure is based on a series of two to three-day short courses and tutorials.
- It provides graduates with excellent career opportunities in planning, environmental management, urban design, community development, regeneration, transport management, climate change mitigation, and other planning related careers.
- Some of the modules students will study are:
- Place-making and Spatial Mediation
- Planning law, policy, and practice
- Urban Design and Conversation
- Development Viability
- Sustainable Energy
- Transport Policy and Travel Planning
- Research Methods
- Students will learn both an academic and a practical subject.
- Students from other disciplines who have developed an interest in planning from voluntary work, work experience or project work.
- New graduates starting their career in planning with the first degree in geography, environmental science, conservation, sociology, architecture, and urban studies.
- The student-faculty ratio is 4:5.
- According to payscale, the average salary goes up to 68,454 USD.