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Undergraduate BA (Hons)
Housing Studies
Learn how to shape our world into a better place on this reflective course for modern housing professionals.
Course Overview
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K400 -
L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
3 Years -
18 Sep 2023
As part of this course you’ll:
- Understand contemporary and relevant critiques of the current housing sector
- Explore topics within the context of housing studies such as the ways different groups co-exist in urban areas, leadership, professional ethics, and tenants’ law
- Be encouraged to enhance your learning by taking part in debates, contributing to research seminars or helping out in partnership meetings with housing employers
- Study modules with embedded professional development to enhance your employability
- Learn from practising housing studies professionals, whose wide-ranging experience will inform your learning
Your employability
You’ll have the chance to support your learning and experience different urban and cultural environments on field trips. Working alongside students from other universities on joint fieldwork projects will enable you to develop your teamworking, communication and planning skills.
Why study Housing Studies at Leeds Beckett University...
- Validated by the Chartered Institute of Housing
- Placement opportunities
- Part-time study available
- Learn from practising housing professionals
- Work on real-life projects
- Experience different urban environments on field trips
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