Urban Studies and Planning

heohrafichnyi fakultet

Name
Urban Studies and Planning
Program code
23295
Qualification awarded
Bachelor of Geography. Assistant specialist in urban and regional planning
Length of programme
4 years
Number of credits
240
level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework
6
Qualification level
First (Bachelor)
Discipline
Natural sciences
Speciality
KnowledgeField EN
Specific admission requirements
Complete general secondary education
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Diploma of secondary education
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
On the basis of successful mastery of competencies provided by the elective block of disciplines of professional orientation with grades not less than 75 points, grade for Practical Training and Internship in the specialty not less than 75 points, receiving a score of not less than 75 points for the defense of qualifying work
Programme learning outcomes
P01. Know, understand and be able to use in practice the basic concepts of the theory of geography and worldviews. P02. Know and understand the main types of geographical activities, their division. P03. Explain the features of the organization of geographical space. P04. Analyze the geographical potential of the territory P05. Collect, process and analyze information in the field of geographical sciences. P06. Use information technology, cartographic and geoinformation models in the field of geographical sciences. P07. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the landscape shell and its components. P08. Apply models, methods of physics, chemistry, geology, ecology, mathematics, information technology, etc. in the study of natural and social processes of formation and development of geospheres. P09. Analyze the composition and structure of natural and sociospheres (in accordance with the professional direction) on different spatial and temporal scales. P10. Know the goals of sustainable development and the opportunities of their professional field to achieve them, including in Ukraine. P11. Adhere to the moral and ethical aspects of research, honesty, professional code of behavior.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
Written and oral exams, tests, differentiated tests, current control, oral presentations, defense of practice reports, defense of course works, certification exam, public defense of bachelor's thesis
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
Elective according to an individual schedule
Work placement
1. Practical Training on Methods of Acquiring Geographical Information. 2. Practical Training on Methods of Geographical Information Processing. 3. Practical Training on Methods of Geographical Information Dissemination. 4. Practical Training on the Basics of Field Research in Urban Studies. 5. Practical professionally oriented Training. 6. Internship
Work-based learning
Student-centered problem-oriented learning, which is conducted in the form of lectures, seminars, practical classes (including urban labs), coursework, independent work based on textbooks, textbooks and abstracts, consultations with teachers, teaching and production practices, bachelor's degree work in the last year studying
Director of the course
Nataliia Ivanivna Provotar
Economic and Social Geography
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Occupational profiles of graduates
Graduates work as specialists in the field of urban and spatial planning, management of regional and local development, analysts on sustainable and safe development of cities, territorial communities, housing market, urban land use
Access to further studies
It is possible to continue education after the second (master's) level of higher education, as well as promotion qualifications and additional postgraduate education

Subjects

As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines

Physical Geography
Code: ОК 1,
Human Geography
Code: ОК 2,
Introduction to Urban Studies
Code: ОК 3,
Cartography with the Basics of Topography
Code: ОК 4,
Historical Geography
Code: ОК 9,
Regional Geography and Local Lore
Code: ОК 40,
Introduction into University Studies
Code: ОК 6,
Foreign Language
Code: ОК 7,
Practical Training on Methods of Acquiring Geographical Information
Code: ОК 8,
World Geography: Regions
Code: ОК 41,
Urban Tourism
Code: ОК 10,
Practical Training on the Basics of Field Research in Urban Studies
Code: ОК 11,
World Geography: Cities
Code: ОК 5,
Economic Geography
Code: ОК 13,
Research Methods in Urban Studies
Code: ОК 14,
Planning Theory and Practice
Code: ОК 15,
Fundamentals of Landscape Ecology
Code: ОК 16,
Ukrainian and Foreign Culture
Code: ОК 17,
Geography of Population and Settlement
Code: ОК 12,
Urban Transport and Communication
Code: ВК 1.1.1,
Urban Lab 1: Spatial Analysis
Code: ВК 1.1.2,
Practical Training on Methods of Geographical Information Processing
Code: ОК 18,
Social Geography
Code: ОК 19,
Introduction to Urban Planning
Code: ОК 20,
Urban Ecology 
Code: ОК 21,
Practical Professionally Oriented Training
Code: ОК 22,
Physical Geography of Ukraine
Code: ОК 23,
Urban Environmental Impact Assessment
Code: ОК 24,
Urban Land-Use Planning and Land Assessment
Code: ОК 25,
Construction Geographies and Urban Real Estate Market
Code: ОК 26,
Urban Lab 2: Urban Design
Code: ВК 1.1.3,
Socio-Political Studies
Code: ОК 28,
Practical Training on Methods of Geographical Information Dissemination
Code: ОК 29,
Internship
Code: ОК 30,
Selected Chapters of Labour Law and Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Activity
Code: ОК 31,
Geography of Labour and Gender
Code: ВК 1.1.4,
Urban Lab 3: Urban Regeneration
Code: ВК 1.1.5,
Socio-Economic Geography of Ukraine
Code: ОК 27,
Philosophy
Code: ОК 32,
Urban Sociology
Code: ОК 33,
Modelling in Geography
Code: ОК 34,
Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning
Code: ОК 35,
Sustainable Development of Cities and Regions
Code: ОК 36,
Geography of Kyiv and Metropolitan Region
Code: ОК 37,
Urban Theory and Practice
Code: ОК 38,
Bachelor's Thesis
Code: ОК 39,
Climate Change
Code: ВК 1.1.6,
Regional Development and Regional Policy
Code: ВК 1.1.7,
Urban Development Problems Seminar
Code: ВК 1.1.8,
Rural Geographies
Code: ВК 1.1.9,
Urban Lab 4: Urban Public Spaces
Code: ВК 1.1.10,