Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning : Guide to courses

6. Urban planning

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 6. Urban planning

Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development

Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design)

Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning

Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning

Master of Urban Planning (by coursework)

Master of Planning and Design (by research)

 6.1. 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.

 6.2. 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.

 6.2.1. Course structure - Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development

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
	705-118 Australian Urban Planning in History	12.5
Geography/environmental studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including two of the following:
	Semester 1
	121-012 Environmental Change	12.5
	121-010 Famine in the Modern World	12.5
	Semester 2
	121-011 Australia in Asia	12.5
	121-013 Global Ecology and Biogeography	12.5
Total Points		100.0

Second year
Urban planning subjects		Points
	50 points of the following:
	Semester 1
	705-218 Transport and Land Use Planning	12.5
	705-289 Urbanisation and Urban Development	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-219 Planning and Development Management	12.5
	705-174 Designing the Local Urban Landscape	12.5
	702-115 Property 1	12.5
	705-118 Australian Urban Planning in History	12.5
Geography/environmental studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including three of the following:
	Semester 1
	121-006 Urban Economic Geography (compulsory subject)	12.5
	121-021 Environmental Politics and Management	12.5
	121-017 Society and Environments	12.5
	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		100.0

Third year
Urban planning subjects		Points
	50 points of third and fourth year subjects from:
	Semester 1
	705-445 Planning Law (compulsory subject which must be taken in third year)	12.5
	702-335 Housing Diversity	12.5
	705-220 Urban Development in Asian Megacities	12.5
Semester 2
	702-211 Property 2	12.5
	705-338 Planning & Development: Asia-Pacific, or	12.5
	705-441 Western Lineages of Urban Planning	12.5
	702-330 Housing Sustainability (not offered 2001)	12.5
Geography and environmental studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including two of the following:
	Semester 1
	121-016 Landscapes of Power	12.5
	121-026 The Mobile World: Migration and Tourism	12.5
	Semester 2
	121-028 Sustainable Development	12.5
Total Points		100.0

Fourth year
Urban planning subjects		Points
	50 points of third and fourth year subjects from:
	Year-long subject
	705-403 Research Project C (only available in fourth year)	25
	Semester 1
	705-457 Shopping and Retailing	12.5
	705-458 Planning Theory and Urban Governance	12.5
	705-435 Advanced Urban Planning and Design	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-419 Advanced Transport Planning	12.5
	705-437 Social Planning for Urban Diversity	12.5
	705-412 GIS for Planning and Management B	12.5
	705-338 Planning & Development: Asia-Pacific, or	12.5
	705-441 Western Lineages of Urban Planning	12.5
Geography/environmental studies subjects
	50 points of subjects from the Faculty of Arts including two of the following:
	Semester 1
	121-003 Environmental Impact Assessment (Theory)	12.5
	121-034 Environmental Field Class	25
	Semester 2
	121-004 Social Impact Assessment (Theory)	12.5
	121-036 China Field Class	25
	166-108 Computer-aided Policymaking	12.5
Total Points		100.0

 6.2.2. 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.

 6.3. 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.

 6.3.1. Course structure

Refer to Planning and design in the Faculty of Arts section of the Handbook.

 6.4. Postgraduate programs in urban planning

 6.4.1. Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning

The Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning provides professional development options for practioners in the built environment. The Graduate Certificate is a 50-point program intended for those who wish to increase their knowledge in a specialist field but cannot spend the time required for a graduate diploma or masters degree. It is designed as an intermediate step towards a Graduate Diploma or Master of Urban Planning degree as well as providing a specialist qualification standing on its own.

 6.4.2. Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning

The Graduate Diploma in Urban Planing is a 100-point program providing a range of options that provide a grounding in urban planning for graduates of disciplines other than urban planning, and a pathway of entry to the Master of Urban Planning program.

 6.4.3. Master of Urban Planning

The Master of Urban Planning is a 100-point program which satisfies the educational requirements of the Royal Australian Planning Institute. Entry into the Master of Urban Planning requires satisfactory completion of either a four-year undergraduate degree in urban planning or a minimum of 100 points of preliminary studies in the form of a graduate diploma.

For detailed information about these programs refer to the Faculty's Postgraduate Handbook for 2001.

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