Integrated Masters - Master of Arts (Honours) - Geography and Planning

Urban planners collaborate with a wide range of interest groups to positively influence outcomes in the development of cities and the countryside. These include politicians, communities, property developers, the renewable energy sector, environmentalists, and the public health sectors.

Learn about the historical development of cities, as well as their current complex problems and opportunities. How cities and their surroundings develop is complicated and ever changing. This results in global challenges that impact on people’s health, well-being, and access to essential services such as roads, water, housing, and transportation.

Students develop skills that can help them shape the future outcomes of cities across the world. Dundee City itself, together with its surroundings, forms an ideal laboratory.

In Geography students study both social and physical sciences to analyze and understand major challenges facing the world. Students will develop creative skills in problem solving, presentation, and communication. Organizations to help them solve problems that they are currently facing.