Housing Studies | BA (Hons) at Leeds Beckett University

Course Details

Learn how you could help shape our world into a better place on this reflective course designed for modern housing professionals, or those aspiring to work in the sector.

This course will have a strong strand of professional development embedded throughout your modules and will develop your skills and knowledge, so you can understand contemporary and relevant critiques of the current housing sector.

Your studies will address both academic and practical perspectives, covering topics such as the ways different groups co-exist in urban areas, how to use legal frameworks, leadership, professional ethics and tenants’ law. In your final year, you will be able to tailor your studies to meet your professional aspirations.

Course Benefits

This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). You will have the opportunity to examine the latest housing policy, take part in debates with local professionals and expand work-related research skills by contributing to research seminars or helping out in partnership meetings with housing employers. You will be taught by practising housing studies professionals, whose wide-ranging work will inform your learning.

There are field trips abroad visiting places such as France, Germany and Lithuania – giving you the chance to experience different urban and cultural environments. You will work alongside students from other universities on joint fieldwork projects. You will also have the chance to study abroad for one semester – usually in your second year – and you can choose from a wide selection of universities. Popular choices include Macquaire University in Sydney, Australia and the University of San Diego in America.