Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning : Guide to courses

7. Urban Planning

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 7. Urban Planning

Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development

Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design)

Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Urban Planning)

Master of Urban Planning (by coursework)

Master of Planning and Design (by research)

 7.1. Career Options

Urban planners help shape cities and towns by trying to reconcile the competing demands for space, for housing, work, play and movement. At the same time, they must consider questions of social equity, accessibility, environmental sustainability, compatibility and the quality of life. To do this, they use a system of land-use strategies and incentives, along with negotiating skills, to mediate and help resolve conflicts between residents, developers, industrialists, farmers, conservationists and government departments. Graduates are employed in both the private and the public sector. In the public sector, they are employed by state and local governments. In state government they advise on planning legislation and a wide range of policy issues such as metropolitan structure, urban design, streetscape, housing, industry and technology, transport, and open space. In local government they administer municipal planning schemes, give advice on the range of policy issues listed above, and provide detailed designs for specific projects. In the private sector, graduates are employed to advise clients on land development and dealings with the public sector in getting projects approved. This can involve researching the suitability and feasibility of specific development projects, presenting arguments in support of them, and preparing detailed designs for specific sites.

 7.2. Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development

The Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development offers professional studies in urban planning leading to accreditation with the Royal Australian Planning Institute. It provides students with an analytical understanding of contemporary (and past) urban contexts, within which human intervention has occurred in the management of urban change. It aims to teach urban planning as an intellectual endeavour and a professional practice based on community obligation, a commitment to collective and diverse interests, and recognition of environmental and ecological constraints providing a strong focus of study which reflects the needs of the Australian and Asian professional planning markets.

 7.2.1. Course structure - Bachelor of Urban Planning

First year
Urban Planning subjects		Points
	Semester 1
	705-173 Shaping the Metropolis	12.5
	705-112 Skills for Urban Planning and Management	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-117 Culture & History of Urban Planning	12.5
	702-115 Property 1	12.5
Geography/Environmental Studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including two of the following subjects:
	Semester 1
	121-012 Environmental Change	12.5
	Semester 2
	121-011 Australia in Asia	12.5
	121-013 Global Ecology and Biogeography	12.5
	(Note: in order to achieve the major in Geography students must complete a total of 100 points of Geography subjects after first year.)
Total Points		100.0

Second/third year
Urban Planning subjects		Points
	50 points of the following subjects in each year:
	Semester 1
	705-274 Introduction to Urban & Landscape Design	12.5
	705-235 Urban & Landscape Design 2A	12.5
	705-489 Urbanisation & Urban Development	12.5
	702-335 Housing Diversity	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-218 Urban Infrastructure & Services	12.5
	705-219 Strategic Plg & Development Management	12.5
	705-220 Urban Development in Asian Megacities	12.5
	705-236 Urban & Landscape Design 2B	12.5
	702-330 Housing Sustainability	12.5
	702-211 Property 2	12.5
Required subject for Year 3
	705-445 Planning Law	12.5
Geography/Environmental Studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including two of the following subjects in each year:
	Semester 1
	121-016 Landscapes of Power	12.5
	121-020 Aust.&Pacific Rim in a Global Economy	25
	Semester 2
	121-024 GIS and Remote Sensing in Geography	12.5
	121-022 Urban Environments	12.5
	121-015 Development and the Third World	12.5
Total Points		200.0

Fourth year
Urban Planning subjects		Points
	50 points of the following:
	Year-long subject
	705-403 Research Project C	25
	Semester 1
	705-431 Transport & Land Use Planning	12.5
	705-457 Shopping and Retailing	12.5
	705-435 Urban & Landscape Design 4A	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-441 Western Lineages of Urban Planning	12.5
	705-382 Planning Theory in Urban Governance	12.5
	705-438 Comparative Cities: Asian Planning	12.5
Geography/Environmental Studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including two of the following subjects:
	Semester 1
	121-017 Society and Environments	12.5
	121-021 Environmental Politics and Management	12.5
	Semester 2
	121-023 China in Transition	12.5
	121-028 Sustainable Development	12.5
Note:
	Students enrolled in 705-403 Research Project C may elect to take as part of their 50 points in Year 4:
	Semester 1
	121-003 Environmental Impact Assessment (Theory)	12.5
	Semester 2
	121-004 Social Impact Assessment (Theory)	12.5
Total Points		100.0

 7.2.2. Honours

Honours in Planning is awarded within the four-year degree, to students who undertake the subject 705-403 Research Project C, and achieve a minimum overall fourth year grade of H2B. Honours in an Arts Faculty discipline would require a fifth year of study in the relevant discipline. Check the Undergraduate Studies Handbook and the Faculty office for prerequisites and further information.

 7.3. Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design)

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) can provide a pre-professional course which enables students to pursue studies which lead to postgraduate Urban Planning programs in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.

Students completing the major at the pass (three-year) level, together with appropriate studies in Geography, should have met the requirements for selection into a one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Urban Planning). Students successfully completing the Postgraduate Diploma would normally satisfy the academic requirement for membership of the Royal Australian Planning Institute.

 7.3.1. Course structure

Refer to Faculty of Arts section on the Planning and Design major.

 7.4. Master of Urban Planning

The Master of Urban Planning is a two year full-time or four year part-time coursework masters degree of at least 200 points or study approved by the Faculty. It is recognised by the Royal Australian Institute of Planning for membership (after a period of practical experience).

Graduates from other disciplines typically have backgrounds in planning or related areas (such as urban studies, transport engineering, urban economics, urban geography), but those with other backgrounds may apply.

The Master of Planning and Design program provides graduates with the opportunity to pursue further studies by research in the urban planning area.

For detailed information about these courses, refer to the Faculty's Postgraduate Handbook for 2000.

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