Distance degree programs for Adults & Professionals.
Bircham International University - Diploma Online.
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Business & Media
Urban Development via distance learning
This Specialist - Expert Diploma explores urban economics and impacts on real estate development. It emphasizes on land allocation, location theory, rent / value theory, factors affecting growth and decline of cities, and the role of governmental regulation, policy, and finance in controlling real estate and urban development.
Academic Supervisor : Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
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The Bircham International University Specialist and Expert diploma online via distance learning offer professional training and continuing education for a specific job skill. More info...
* Duration ranges from 3 to 9 months.
* Program Structure: 100% based on textbooks.
* Applicants over 19 years of age are eligible for enrollment.
* The final exam consists of writing one or two 20 to 35 pages report based on your assigned textbook.
Fees include all: Program of study, textbooks, study guide, evaluation and assessment, diploma, and transcript.
Cost per BIU earned undergraduate credit: 70 Euros (90 US$)
Specialist -Diploma Online via distance learning
15 Academic credits
Tuition Fee :1.050 Euros (1.350 US$).
Expert -Diploma Online via distance learning
21 Academic credits
Tuition Fee :1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Specialist - Expert Diploma
Urban Development via distance learning
Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board.
Construction Industry
Economic Development
Housing & Community Facilities
Land Use Planning
Real Estate
Sustainable Development
Urban Design Implementation
Urban Development
Urban History & The City
Urban Plan Evaluation
Urban Planning
Urban Policy
Valuation of Real Estate
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1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
Bibliography: Urban Development via distance learning
The corresponding textbooks are included in the fees. Once the fee has been paid, the books may take between two to five weeks to reach your address. Bircham International University offices may inform you at any time of the status of your books. If the book is in English, the required report must be written in English unless you have requested to write it in other language and have gained Bircham International University authorization. More info...
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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. " Mahatma Gandhi.
Admission requirements: Diploma - Urban Development
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
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Continuing Education for Adults & Professionals
Bircham International University offers a great variety of distance learning continuing education courses in an attempt to provide practical companies' training and online continuing education in various specialization. More info...
Department of Urban Development
COURSE FEES & MATERIALS: 500 Euros (700 US$)
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
Architectural Environmental Integration
Architectural Structures
Architecture Design
Building Acoustics & Illumination
Building Active Control Systems
Building Design
Building Technology
Civil Engineering
Commercial Spaces
Concrete Design & Construction
Construction Cost Analysis
Construction Firm Management
Construction Industry
Construction Law & Safety
Construction Management
Construction Materials & Assemblies
Domotics
Ergonomics
Foundation Engineering
Geographic Information Systems
Geotechnical Engineering
Ground Mechanics
Ground Retaining Structures
Housing & Community Facilities
Human Habitat
HVAC System Design
Land Use Planning
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Art & Perception
Landscape Construction
Landscape Design
Landscape Planning
Planting & Recreational Design
Real Estate
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Management
Steel Design & Construction
Structural Engineering
Surveying
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Design Implementation
Urban Development
Urban Geospatial Analysis
Urban History & The City
Urban Plan Evaluation
Urban Planning
Urban Policy
Valuation of Real Estate
Wood Design & Construction
There are over one thousand online continuing education courses via distance learning prepared at Bircham University, so if you do not find the subject you are looking for, do not hesitate to ask. More info...
Learning outcomes: Diploma - Urban Development
The following learning outcomes are compatible with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning and continuing education. The EQF directives facilitate acceptance of this course credits by many higher education institution. These learning outcomes are achieved after completion of this course with a passing grade. Better grades will demonstrate higher analysis, evaluation and critical thinking skills. More info...
EQF LEVEL 3. General knowledge and comprehension.
Outcome resulting from reading the book and the selection of the main concepts from the course content.
The student will be able to identify and sort Urban Development key concepts by reading the course assigned textbook. These concepts will have to be classified and rearranged in order to prepare a coherent index or table of contents. This index will demonstrate the student's ability to grasp the interrelationships, hierarchy, and overall meaning of the Urban Development key elements. More info...
EQF LEVEL 4. Specialized knowledge and comprehension.
Outcome resulting from the course textbook content summary and draft report writing.
The student will examine the assigned textbook to integrate selected text extracts according to the previously elaborated table of contents in order to meet the written report format length limits (20 to 35 pages). Thus, the student may need to either expand the report content or summarize it further. This recurrent content adjustment will lead the student to interpret, synthesize, and reorganize the information read in the required textbook in order to demonstrate in writing a clear comprehension and specialized knowledge about Urban Development. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Business & Media
Urban Development Online
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Specialist - Expert Diploma - Urban Development
