The Master of Philosophy in Urban Infrastructure: Design and Management programme is aimed at building capacity amongst government and the private sector practitioners who are committed to the future of African cities, and in particular, to the servicing of poorer urban inhabitants. The programme is presented by the Department of Civil Engineering, within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and is supported by the African Centre for Cities.
The programme has a strong interdisciplinary focus, as the Faculty believes that urban problems can only be addressed through the proactive integration of specific disciplinary backgrounds. To this end the programme draws on staff from engineering, architecture, planning, environmental sciences, geography, the social sciences, and management. Whilst presenting perspectives from their specific disciplines, the presenters have been selected specifically for their experience in approaching challenges that require interdisciplinary approaches. This is a central theme of the degree programme.
Course activities include both formal lectures and problem-based learning, through projects and cases specifically aimed at seeking out solutions that go beyond business as usual and fundamentally question current paradigmatic perspectives. Course material is thus a mix between academic work and practitioner experience. The programme includes some of the world's best academics and practitioners in this field.
The degree is constituted and operated as a module- based degree. Students are able to graduate by completing one of the following degree approach options, each amounting to 180 credits:
Option 1: Module based degree approach: Four core modules (20 credits each), elective coursework to the value of 40 credits and a research report (to the value of 60 credits); or
Option 2: Modules and reduced dissertation approach: Three (3) core modules and a part dissertation
(120 credit disertation); or
Option 3: Research degree: Full dissertation (100%) (180 credits).
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Updates
2013 Dates for MPhil programme Announced
Jan 29, 2013
CIV5064Z URBAN TRANSITIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH (4 – 8 March 2013) 20 HEQF credits at level 9. Convener: Professor E Pieterse. Course outline: Urbanisation; spatial structuring for ...
JOHANNESBURG: An Introduction to the ACC's MPhil in Urban Infrastructure Programme: Design & Management
Oct 17, 2012 — Johannesburg
A central issue for both South Africa and the broader African continent is the delivery of urban services and infrastructure to rapidly growing urban populations, enabling the urban residents to live ...
MPhil in Urban Infrastructure: Design & Management — Elective (Integrated Urban Water Management - CIV5107Z)
Oct 28–31, 2012 — Cape Town
Neil Armitage is convenor of the Integrated Urban Water Management module. He is a graduate of the Universities of Natal, Cape Town and Stellenbosch and has more than 25 years experience, bo ...
MPhil in Urban Infrastructure: Design and Management: Core Module 4 (Urban Renewal - CIV5065Z)
Oct 8–11, 2012 — Cape Town
Module 4 of the MPhil programme is convened by Ismail Farouk, artist and urban researcher living and working in Cape Town. He holds the position of Researcher at the African Centre for Cities, wh ...
An introduction to the ACC's Mphil in Urban Infrastructure: Design and Management
Oct 10, 2012 — Cape Town
A central issue for both South Africa and the broader African continent is the delivery of urban services and infrastructure to rapidly growing urban populations, enabling the urban residents to live ...
MPhil Module 1
Mar 7–11, 2011 — Cape Town
CIV5064Z: DEVELOPING CITIES: ISSUES AND STRATEGIES International and South African urban conditions and urban policy trends; contemporary approaches to understanding cities and development; poverty, h ...
