Master of Urban and Regional Planning
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Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. |
PLAN9073: Departmental permission is no longer required for this unit |
07/02/2022 |
| 2. |
ARCH9082: Unit is only available in CC mode. |
07/02/2022 |
| 3. |
ARCH9083: Departmental permission is required for Camperdown Campus (CC) mode only. |
07/02/2022 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Urban and Regional Planning |
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Master of Urban and Regional Planning |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) minimum 48 of core units of study | |||
| (i) All Master degree candidates are required to complete either a Report or Dissertation. | |||
| (b) maximum 24 credit points of elective units of study | |||
Heritage Conservation stream: |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) minimum 48 credit points of core units of study | |||
| (i) All Master degree candidates are required to complete either a Report or Dissertation. | |||
| (b) minimum 18 credit points of optional units of study | |||
| (c) maximum 6 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning |
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| Students must complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) minimum 30 credit points of core units of study | |||
| (b) maximum 18 credit points elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) minimum 18 credit points of core units of study | |||
| (b) maximum 6 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Core units |
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| PLAN9061 Planning Principles, Systems and Practice |
6 | N PLAN9020 or PLAN9044 |
Semester 1 Semester 2a |
| PLAN9063 Strategic Planning and Design |
6 | N PLAN9027 |
Semester 1 |
| PLAN9068 History and Theory of Planning and Design |
6 | N PLAN9031 or ARCH9062 or ARCH9031 or MARC4201 |
Semester 1 |
| PLAN9045 Economics for the Built Environment |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PLAN9064 Land Use and Infrastructure Planning |
6 | A ARCH9100 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9100 Urban Design Foundations Studio |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https //www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1a Semester 2a |
| PLAN9018 Planning Report |
12 | P 48 credit points of units N ARCH9031 or ARCH9060 or ARCH9045 or ARCH9046 or PLAN9010 or PLAN9011 This unit is for Master of Urban and Regional Planning students only. As PLAN9018 is the capstone unit, it is undertaken in the final semester of a student's candidature. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PLAN9010 Planning Dissertation 1 |
12 | A PLAN9068, PLAN9061, PLAN9063, PLAN9045, PLAN9064, ARCH9100 N PLAN9018 or ARCH9031 or ARCH9045 or ARCH9046 or ARCH9060 Note: Department permission required for enrolment The dissertation is suitable for students with a grade average at Distinction (75%) level or above or who wish to pursue a research career. The dissertation should be undertaken towards the end of the degree. This unit is for Master of Urban and Regional Planning students only. It MUST be undertaken in conjunction with PLAN9011 Planning Dissertation 2, either in the same or following semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PLAN9011 Planning Dissertation 2 |
12 | A PLAN9068, PLAN9061, PLAN9063, PLAN9045, PLAN9064, ARCH9100 C PLAN9010 This unit is for Master of Urban and Regional Planning students only. It MUST be taken in conjunction with PLAN9010 Planning Dissertation 1, either in the same or preceding semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units |
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| Students may complete up to 18 credit points of related units of study from within the School or the University if they can substantiate that a unit undertaken elsewhere strengthens and complements their professional interest area in urban and regional planning. | |||
| PLAN9049 Foundations of Informal Urbanism This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment In 2020, this unit will be run as an overseas 8-10 day intensive in Bandung at a date to be confirmed in Semester 1. There is a cap of 25 students maximum in this overseas field trip. In Semester 2, the unit will be an intensive unit at the University of Sydney, maximum number of students 30. |
Semester 1 |
| PLAN9071 Housing and Urban and Regional Development |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PLAN9073 GIS Based Planning Policy and Analysis |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive June |
| ARCH9063 Urban Form and Design |
6 | A Some prior study of architectural, urban or planning history P ARCH9100 N ARCH9021 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9080 Urban Ecology, Design and Planning |
6 | N PLAN9048 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9090 Dialogue, Deliberation and Engagement |
6 | Intensive November |
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| PLAN9075 Urban Data and Science of Cities |
6 | A Basic mathematics and statistics; all required programming and mathematics needed for the unit will be taught from the basics |
Semester 1 |
| ITLS5100 Transport and Infrastructure Foundations |
6 | N TPTM6241 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Heritage Conservation stream |
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Optional units |
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| ARCH9082 Conservation of Traditional Buildings |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students only need to complete either ARCH9082 or ARCH9083 to complete the core of the Master of Heritage Conservation degree. If students choose to attempt both units the second unit will be treated as an elective for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the degree. |
Intensive November |
| ARCH9074 Principles of Heritage Conservation |
6 | N ARCH9003 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCH9075 New Design in Old Settings |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARCH9083 Conservation of Modern Buildings |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students only need to complete either ARCH9082 or ARCH9083 to complete the core of the Master of Heritage Conservation degree. If students choose to attempt both units the second unit will be treated as an elective for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the degree. |
Intensive March |