Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning
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Qualification type
Master's Degree
Credits
180
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
North West University
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 10 - Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences
Subfield
Life Sciences
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
Y
Important dates
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Registration start
2021-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
Purpose
The purpose of this research qualification is to equip students with the necessary competencies to plan, execute and write up innovative scientific research in the urban and regional planning field that will make an original contribution to the existing knowledge, skills and values in the field/discipline.
The qualification thus aims at producing competent, ethical and professional practitioners who will meet the needs of South Africa in the field of urban and regional planning. The Master's qualification is responsive to the urban and regional planning needs and care of the South African population in its diverse contexts.
Rationale
The Master's qualification in Urban and Regional Planning adds much value to the training of Urban and Regional Planners, since national and regional needs were taken into consideration in the development of this qualification. The curriculum accommodates not only career opportunities in the practice of Urban and Regional Planning consonant with the manpower needs of the country, but also in the research thereof.
Entry requirements and RPL
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The institution accepts the principle underlying outcomes oriented, source-based and lifelong learning in which considerations of articulation and mobility play a meaningful role. The institution also underwrites the view that recognition of previous learning, obtained either by formal teaching programmes at this or another institution, or informally (obtained by experience), is an indispensable element in granting admission or credits with the aim of placing in a specifically chosen teaching-learning programme of the institution.
In recognising previous learning, it deals with provable knowledge and learning that the applicant obtained by following formal teaching programmes or by experience. At all times the question will be what level of competence was reached, judged in the context of the exit level skills required for the contemplated teaching-learning programmes (or modules therein) or status for which the applicant is applying and not merely about the experience the applicant can prove. Recognition of previous learning takes place in terms of the relevant skills that the applicant demonstrated in the application with reference to the exit outcomes that should be reached in the chosen qualification.
Entry Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning.
Replacement note
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Qualification rules
This qualification comprises of one compulsory module at Level 9, totalling 180 Credits.
- Dissertation, 180 Credits.
Exit level outcomes
- Apply advanced subject-specific and integrated general planning knowledge and skills in addressing difficult planning issues and in identifying, analysing and solving complex and abstract problems.
- Conduct research under guidance, and collect, process, analyse and interpret data and to write down these findings meaningfully in a dissertation.
- Retrieve new knowledge and to remain at the forefront of the latest technology and experimental methods in planning.
- Apply the knowledge and skills acquired in these studies meaningfully as an entrepreneur or for the benefit of the national economy and the people in a specific work situation.
- Act as a leader in the local or general community; the ability to communicate professionally or in general with scientists and the community, whether orally or in writing, while making use of the appropriate structure, style and graphic and electronic support.
Associated assessment criteria
Integrated Assessment
Assessment is based on integrated assessment through a research thesis and articles, which aim at assessing students' ability to plan, structure, conceptualise and execute innovative scientific research that makes an original contribution to the field/discipline and report the findings thereof. Assessment is initiated when the research proposal is considered by the Committee for Advanced Degrees. Approval by this committee is a requirement for the study. The supervisor also assesses continuously while the dissertation is being written.
Examination of the dissertation is done by at least two examiners of which one is external, all experts in the field of specialisation.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
This qualification enables the following articulation opportunities
Vertical Articulation
- Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Urban and Regional Planning.
International comparability
This Master of Science in Geography and Environmental Sciences is comparable to similar qualifications in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, New-Zealand and Australia, on which the South African Qualifications Authority Level Descriptors for Level 9 with regard to outcomes, assessment, depth and complexity, as well as the notional study hours, are based.
In this field of study, the qualification leader and lecturers are constantly in discussion with peers and colleagues from universities abroad to ensure that the qualification offered here is of international comparable standard. Furthermore, the qualification is based on the Commonwealth approach, as can be seen at Ball State University United States of America-College of Architecture and Planning and the University of Queensland.
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