Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Certificate, Diploma and Master of Urban and Regional Planning |
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| All Master degree candidates are required to complete either a Report or Dissertation. | |||
All streams |
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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 Semester 2 |
| 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 Introduction to Urban Design |
6 |
Students may apply for a waiver for this unit based on their academic and/or professional experience. |
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 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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| PLAN9049 Foundations of Informal Urbanism |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment In 2019, this unit will be run as an overseas 8-10 day intensive in Bandung at a date to be confirmed. There is a cap of 20 students maximum in this unit. |
Semester 1a |
| 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 Intensive November |
| 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 Undergraduate-level mathematics and statistics, some experience with programming preferred |
Semester 1 |
| GOVT6163 Critical Challenges of Governing Cities |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ITLS5100 Transport and Infrastructure Foundations |
6 | N TPTM6241 This is the foundation unit for all transport and infrastructure management programs and should be completed in the first period of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| 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. | |||
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 This unit of study is offered in even-numbered years only. |
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 This unit of study is offered in odd-numbered years only. |
Intensive March |