This course focuses on property markets, investment decisions and real estate economics. It builds on the core programme offered within the School of Planning focusing on urban planning and design. It is accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and recognized by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). The School of Planning advocates and employs a very interactive, hands-on form of learning. Alongside lectures, seminars and tutorials we include field visits, group project work, and laboratory and design work sessions to improve your learning experience. Means of assessment are balanced throughout the programme with a combination of individual and group work, essays, project work and other skills-based practical work, and examinations. After graduation you are eligible to apply for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) which leads to full professional membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The programme enables you to acquire highly transferable knowledge and skills such as data collection and analysis; resolution of problems and conflicts; negotiation and mediation; presenting complex data and ideas; managing work tasks; preparing and writing professional reports; and preparing and using graphics for effective presentations. Graduates will be equipped to take up employment in a vast range of positions with the property and planning sectors where their analytical, negotiating and problem-solving skills will be valued. Demand for people with planning skills combined with knowledge of the real estate sector in the UK and abroad is strong. Due to the nature of our BSc programmes as a route for eligible membership of RICS/RTPI, it is also expected that many of our students will go on to further study.