Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Support local governance choices
• Contribute to the development of knowledge and its dissemination to professionals and the general public
• Analyse the dynamics of the creation and transformation of areas: referring to theories, historical processes, constraints and potential, the interplay of stakeholders, and the various relevant spatial and temporal scales in order to identify the issues and set out forward-looking scenarios
• Identify the various working hypotheses in relation to an urban planning problem and linked to urban and rural policy
• Demonstrate skills in research, analysis and evaluation, as well as the ability to make appropriate decisions based on quantitative and qualitative evidence
• Master the contemporary societal challenges of spatial planning
• Draw up a critical and personal analysis of theories and practices, while demonstrating ability and the development of personal skills to enter the professional world and the debate on the future of cities and regions
• Explain, through critical analysis, the political and methodological nature of sustainable urbanism and reflect on how planners work effectively within democratic decision-making structures
• Assume the social responsibility of the planner by adapting professional practice over time and across contexts

Learning Outcomes of UE

By developing a reflective attitude enriching the theories and practices linked to urban planning, the student will acquire the following skills, in whole or in part:
- Analyze a territory, its resources, its constraints, its challenges;
- Build a culture relating to the development of cities and territories and express it in a personal approach;
- Integrate the operational set-up of urban and territorial projects (financial, programmatic, procedural, legal, organizational aspects, etc.);
- Master a set of theoretical and methodological bases of the disciplines associated with town planning and regional planning (human and social sciences, political sciences, sociology, environment);
- Integrate these essential resources, be able to make critical and thoughtful use of them;
Create and transmit urban planning or territorial expertise using skills acquired in the disciplines of representation and communication;
- Identify, understand and deconstruct evidence, opinions and commonplaces by adopting a critical stance with regard to town planning and regional development in its multiple dimensions and reactions that it arouses;
- Interact with all stakeholders involved in territorial issues: demonstrate listening skills, capacity for analysis and synthesis;
- Problematize research questions in scientific terms and be able to communicate them;
- Communicate, in a clear and structured way, to informed or uninformed audiences, information, reflections, ideas around land use planning issues

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

The Master's thesis is the result of collaboration between the student and his or her promoter(s).

Student and promoter are strongly invited to establish an initial supervision agreement, setting out in writing:
- objectives and prerequisites with the memorator, to ensure follow-up;
- the rhythm of the meetings;
- the production of intermediate results capable of guaranteeing compliance with deadlines and the expected level of quality.
These mutual commitments are intended to ensure the monitoring of the work, but also to protect the student and promoter in the event of non-compliance with expectations.

In addition to the collaboration between the student and his promoter(s), the progress of the end-of-study work could be discussed, debated or be the subject of a reflective approach based on chosen methods or themes, as part of the "Introduction to research" course and the "Urban planning debates: critical readings of texts" course.

Prior Experience

Not applicable