PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT / PLEANÁIL & BAINISTÍOCHT COMHSHAOIL DT106
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Qualification awarded: BSc (SPATIAL PLANNING) OR (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) Level 8 / BSc (PLEANÁIL SPÁSÚLACHTA) NÓ (PLEANÁIL COMHSHAOIL) Leibhéal 8
Duration of programme:
4 years
Type of programme:
Honours Degree
Number of places:
40 approx.
What is Planning & Environmental Management?
Spatial Planning and Environmental Management, concerns integrating the benefits of natural and social sciences with purely scientific information in order to achieve the sustainable development of a society.
What will I study on this programme?
This innovative programme leads to an honours degree is about learning to interpret scientific, technical and design data and applying it to formulate policies and programmes which take into consideration issues such as resource management, environmental impact concerns, waste management, health and safety. Students take all subjects in Year 1 and in Year 2 choose options from the Spatial Planning or the Environmental Management areas and fully specialise in Year 4. Project and fieldwork are an integral part of the programme and in Year 3 there is a field trip to another EU state (Students need to make financial allowance for this).
Spatial Planning graduates will be equipped to contribute to the preparation of regional, county and urban development plans, to the preparation and evaluation of environmental impact assessments, to assessing planning applications and to the formulation and implementation of community development and rural resource management programmes.
Environmental Management graduates will be equipped to formulate and implement policies and programmes for the environmentally sustainable management of organisations, to carry out environmental audits, to prepare and implement plans for waste management and resource management and to prepare and evaluate environmental impact and risk assessments.
Module listing
Year One
All Modules are Core to both programmes
- Geo-Spatial Awareness I
- Introd. to Environmental Management
- Introd. to Spatial Planning
- Introduction to Economics
- Techniques I
- Project 1a - Settlement Analysis
- Project 1b - Layouts
- Earth Sciences 1
- Environmental Science
- Society and Environment 1
Year Two (Core Modules)
- Techniques II
- Built Environment
- Public Administration & Law
- Earth Sciences II-Habitats
- Spatial Planning Modules
- Regional Planning
- Cultural Heritage
- Development Control I
- Project 2e - Heritage Appraisal
- Project 2f - Residential Layout
- Rural Planning
- Project 2d - Urban Audit
- Project 2g - Development Control
- Environmental Management Modules
- Environmental Economics
- Project 2a - Knocksink
- Project 2b - Catchment Audit
- Environmental Analysis
- Environmental Fieldwork
- Environmental Science II
- Project 2c - Management Plan
Year Three (Core Modules)
- Infrastructure
- Project 3 b/e Impact Assessment
- European Context
- Society and Environment II
- Spatial Planning Modules
- Planning Techniques
- Project 3 f - Local Area Plan
- Urbanism
- Planning Law & Institutions I
- Planning Theory
- Project 3d - Regional Plan Project
- Transport, Mobility and Urban Design
- Urban Economics
- Environmental Management Modules
- Earth Sciences III - River Basin
- Environmental Management Techniques
- Rural Management Plans 1
- Professional Practice I
- Project 3a - Waste Management
- Project 3c Water Basin Plan
- Environmental Law and Institutions I
- Health, Safety and Waste
Year Four
- Spatial Planning Modules
- Collaborative Planning
- Master Planning
- Development Control 2
- Project 4b - Individual Spatial Plan
- Regional/National Planning
- Dissertation
- Environmental Management Modules
- Environmental Auditing
- Environmental Assessment 1
- Environmental Licencing
- Professional Practice 2
- Project 4a - Licensing
- Rural Management Plans II
- Dissertation
What are my career opportunities?
Graduates of the programme may find employment in government agencies, local authorities, with industry or in private practice. Spatial Planning graduates find employment as planners in local authorities, in private sector planning consultancies, construction and property development companies, the semi state sector and in retail. Aspects of such work include production of development plans, assessment of planning applications, environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental impact assessment. Environmental Management graduates will work in industry, state agencies or local authorities on environmental management audits, waste management, environmental impact statements and water, air and soil quality issues.
Are there study abroad opportunities?
There are opportunities to study abroad through the ERASMUS Programme. It is possible to spend one or two semesters abroad in either the second or third year of the DT106 Programme. The Department have a number of bilateral agreements with other European Third Level Institutions which include Hamburg (Germany) and Dundee (Scotland).
What other options do I have after completion?
Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard may have access to a range of Masters Degrees in DIT and elsewhere in Higher Education.
Entry Requirements
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Minimum no of |
Minimum Grade in |
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Subjects |
Honours |
Maths |
English/Irish |
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6 |
2 |
OD3 |
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Further information
School of Spatial Planning
T: 01 402 3745 (Mr Hendrik van der Kamp)
T: 01 402 3610 (Paul Lawlor)
T: 01 402 3742 (School Office)
