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Planning & Environmental Management

  • 23-08-2010 9:25am
    #1
    jack67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭


    heya everyone just wonder has anyone done or doing Planning & Environmental Management .I got offered it and now having second guesses can any1 give me some info on exactly what i would be studyin in the course as when i read up on the course i was unsure of some of the topics... nd if people could tell me about how they find the course and what to expect thanks :)


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  • #2
    Gary4279
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 419 ✭✭Gary4279


    got offered that myself. was my 1st choice so im delighted. obviously i dont have any experiance of it myself but my mates cousin is doing it and she said it really good. nice mix of science and government/politics to keep you interested.


  • #3
    tennessee time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭tennessee time


    first year is general enough modules - we did introduction to spatial planning, lanscape and settlememt, physics and chemistry, sociology and government, biology, economics, intro to the design process, intro to env management, a project module and transferable skills




    if you specialise into planning in 2nd year you would do - Urban and Regional Development, Rural Planning, Transport and Communications, Property Development, Planning Techniques, Environmental Impact Assessment

    other modules: env soc and pol, rural planning, urban design, planning theory


    some projects we did


    Projects: Area Action Plan for Richmond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin.
    Local Area Plan for Portarlington, Co Laois.
    Environmental Impact Assessment of Portmarnock Village.
    Strategic Development Zone project for Clonburris/ Balgaddy.


  • #4
    jack67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭jack67


    ok thanks for that any idea when the course starts? i heard from other people who are goin to D.I.T that you get a letter with info so jus wondering do they go course by course or what ?


  • #5
    Docnic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭Docnic


    I don't want to put the frighteners on you but I would try and transfer out! It's an interesting course but 2nd and 3rd year are woefully underused (we had 14 hour week in 2nd year!) and in 4th year everything is crammed into the 3 months before christmas. The lecturers are good - professionals who have tonnes of experience and make most lectures really interesting.

    But career prospects are ridiculously crap at the minute. One person in my year of forty actually got a planning/environmental related job and I know loads more who did the masters and are completely lost as to what to do next. There are no planning jobs in Ireland/UK at the minute particularly for graduates with little/no experience. Its not something that will change in a few years either - with the oversupply in offices & housing, development & therefore planning is going to be on the backfoot for the next decade (imao). So if it was me....I would look at transferring out...i loved the course but i wish i had never done it. A complete waste of my time.


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