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705-414 Environmental Planning Research Project

Credit points: 25.0

Coordinator: To be advised.

Contact: A research project and writing of a report under supervision throughout the year

Objectives:

At the conclusion of the subject students should:

• have prepared an acceptable honours research project on a topic chosen in consultation with staff of the School of Environmental Planning;
• have gained an insight into a specific area of environmental planning, and to give experience in basic research methods such as literature search, objective setting, data collection and problem-solving;
• have developed an ability to handle source materials and data, and to interpret and present them in a coherent manner in accordance with accepted conventions;
• have produced a report which is prepared in a professionally competent manner and which may usefully be made available to a potential employer.

Content:

A project report between 15 000 and 20 000 words on a topic chosen in consultation with the staff of the School of Environmental Planning. Regular meetings will be held with the supervisor during second semester for advice on subject matter and technical execution of the work. Fortnightly meetings will be held with the project coordination team to monitor progress of the work. One oral progress report will be required at the end of first semester and two in second semester.

Assessment:

Final project report 85 per cent; oral and written presentation 15 per cent.

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