University of Pretoria - Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Bachelor in Town and Regional PlanningPretoria, South Africa
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
Town and regional planning is primarily concerned with the planning, design, implementation, and management of public interventions in the development and use of land from site to supranational level so as to widen choice, promote equity, and ensure sustainable development. The guiding motive of the profession is the generation of viable alternatives to present settlement types. At the current juncture in South Africa’s history, town and regional planning is a key profession in the rectification of the spatial and other imbalances in both urban and rural areas, as well as the improvement of inefficient and under-performing living environments.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
Fundamental modules
- Academic information management
- Academic information management
- Academic Literacy for Town and Regional Planning
- Academic orientation
Core modules
- Economics
- Economics
- Sociology
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Statistics
- Site analysis and assessment
- Settlement analysis and assessment
- Planning and settlement histories before the Industrial Revolution
- Planning and settlement histories since the Industrial Revolution
- Principles of settlement design
- Introduction to Planning
Year 2
- Community-based project
- Plan and policy analysis and assessment
- Introduction to development planning
- Municipal development planning
- Settlement design concepts
- Settlement establishment planning and housing delivery
- Theory and practice of land-use management
- Urban land development economics
Year 3
- Regional development planning
- Rural development planning
- Spatial concepts
- Transport planning
- Municipal services provision
- Institutional and legal structures for planning
- Planning prospects
Final Year
- Research Methodology
- Research report
- Planning interventions: Precinct scale
- Planning interventions: Peri-urban and rural scale
- Planning interventions: Metropolitan scale
- Planning interventions: Supranational, national, and provincial scale
- Professional practice
Program Outcome
Total Credits: 536