AP3EP3-Rural Policy and Countryside Planning

Module Provider: Agr & Food Econ
Number of credits: 10 [5ECTS credits]
Level: 6
Terms in which taught: Autumn
Module Convenor: Professor R Bennett
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Module version for: 2009/0

Email: n.f.beard@reading.ac.uk

Aims:
To give students an understanding of the main rural issues affecting the UK and EU and the policy options for addressing them.

Assessable learning outcomes:
By the end of the course students attending it should be able to:
1. Describe the development of the current framework of land-use planning in the UK and assess its impact on rural areas.
2. Describe and evaluate current UK rural policy and future options.
3. Describe the concept of "integrated rural development"; assess its merits and current impact in a UK context; evaluate the constraints on its future development.
4. Identify the key rural issues facing policy makers in the UK and EU and assess their relative importance from a UK and EU perspective.

Additional outcomes:

Outline content:
1. UK Town and Country Planning
2. Integrated rural policy
3. Farming and the countryside
4. Conserving the countryside
5. Rural service provision
6. Rural housing
7. The rural economy.
8. Rural community planning and governance.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Lectures, seminars and exercises.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures	6
Tutorials/seminars	4
Practicals
Other contact (eg study visits)
Total hours	10
Number of essays or assignments	1
Other (eg major seminar paper)

Assessment:
Coursework:
Policy logbook
Relative percentage of coursework: 30%
Examinations:
2-hour examination paper requiring the answers to two questions from four provided
Relative percentage of Examination: 70%
Requirements for a pass:
An overall mark of 40%
Reassessment arrangements:
By Re-examination in August/September

Last updated: 23 November 2009