Planning - 5147
Program Summary
Faculty: Built Environment
Contact: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical Duration: 1 Years
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 3
Max UOC Per Semester: 27
Min UOC For Award: 48
Award(s):
Graduate Diploma (Specialisation)
Program Description
Program Summary
Planning is a dynamic activity that impinges on many aspects of everyday life in metropolitan and rural areas. Planning as a general term can mean an activity that seeks to provide an alternative to uncoordinated and ad hoc decision-making. For cities, suburbs and regions, planning targets the development, improvement, conservation and general management of the environment. There are in fact many specialist areas of planning: land use, social, transport, regional, and so on.
The GradDipPlan degree addresses many of these aspects. Core courses cover skill and knowledge areas essential for practising planners. The programs are available to suitably qualified local and international students and provide opportunities for full-time or part-time study.
Career Opportunities
Planners are employed under many different labels in many different organisations with some stake in the built environment. The major employment sectors are state and federal government departments (dealing with land use, development, transport, heritage, infrastructure, urban services etc), local councils, consultant planners, property companies, and environmental organisations. There is an increasing demand for planners and other built environment professionals with appropriate knowledge and skills that the Program offers.
The GradDipPlan degree addresses many of these aspects. Core courses cover skill and knowledge areas essential for practising planners. The programs are available to suitably qualified local and international students and provide opportunities for full-time or part-time study.
Career Opportunities
Planners are employed under many different labels in many different organisations with some stake in the built environment. The major employment sectors are state and federal government departments (dealing with land use, development, transport, heritage, infrastructure, urban services etc), local councils, consultant planners, property companies, and environmental organisations. There is an increasing demand for planners and other built environment professionals with appropriate knowledge and skills that the Program offers.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
The new Program aims to produce high quality graduates who have acquired UNSW Graduate attributes. Graduates will be capable, through their skills, knowledge and experience, of undertaking a wide range of tasks in the planning field and may also choose to proceed to the MPlan degree.
Program Structure
The GradDipPlan Program is taken over two academic semesters (full-time equivalent), and requires the successful completion of 8 courses totalling 48 units of credit. The 48uoc in the Program comprise seven core courses (42uoc) and one elective (6uoc).
CORE COURSES
- BENV7715 Social Planning (6 UOC)
- BENV7720 Land and Environment Law (6 UOC)
- BENV7721 Planning and Land Policy (6 UOC)
- BENV7723 Spatial Policy (6 UOC)
- PLAN7122 Planning Project (12 UOC)
- PLAN7123 Urban Planning & Infrastruct (6 UOC)
- REST0017 Urban Economics (6 UOC)
- SUSD0004 Human Factors, Sustain & Habit (6 UOC)
ELECTIVES
Environmental Sustainability Stream
- BENV7724 Transport, Land Use & Env (6 UOC)
- CVEN9888 Environmental Management (6 UOC)
- GEOH9011 Environmental Impact Assess't (6 UOC)
- IEST5001 Frameworks for Env. Mgt. (6 UOC)
- IEST5002 Tools for Env. Management (6 UOC)
- SUSD0001 Sustainable Dev & Urban Envir (6 UOC)
- SUSD0003 Energy & the Built Environment (6 UOC)
Urban Governance and Management Stream
- BENV7191 Urban Heritage Conservation ( UOC)
- BENV7724 Transport, Land Use & Env (6 UOC)
- BENV7725 Rural Planning (6 UOC)
- BENV7726 Planning in Asia ( UOC)
- CONS0014 Project Management (6 UOC)
- REST0006 Property Development (6 UOC)
- UDES0006 Case Stud in Urb Dev & Design (6 UOC)
- UDES0009 Urban Landscape & Heritage (6 UOC)
Urban Design Stream
- ARCH7304 Architecture and the City (6 UOC)
- BENV7142 CAD and Visualisation (6 UOC)
- BENV7143 Advanced Visualisation (6 UOC)
- BENV7727 Urban and Regional Design (6 UOC)
- UDES0001 Urban Design Studio (12 UOC)
- UDES0002 Urban Design Studio (12 UOC)
- UDES0004 Hist & Theory of Urban Dev (6 UOC)
- UDES0006 Case Stud in Urb Dev & Design (6 UOC)
- UDES0009 Urban Landscape & Heritage (6 UOC)
Urban Modelling stream
- BENV7142 CAD and Visualisation (6 UOC)
- BENV7143 Advanced Visualisation (6 UOC)
- BENV7148 Object Based CAD Modelling (6 UOC)
- BENV7149 Design Collab using BIM (6 UOC)
- CVEN9405 Urban Transport Planning Prac (6 UOC)
- GEOH9018 Transprt Applicns Geog Inf Sys (6 UOC)
- GEOS9016 Principles of Geog Inf Systems (6 UOC)
Academic Rules
Admission Requirements
A Bachelor degree or equivalent. Where an applicants qualifications are not considered adequate, admission may be permitted on the basis of professional experience.
Advanced Standing
Some advanced standing may be granted for completed or partially completed postgraduate awards from UNSW or from another institution. When considering the granting of advanced standing on the basis of previous postgraduate study at another institution, the program authority will take into account the quality of the institution and the quality, level and content of courses previously undertaken.
Upgrading and Articulation
The GradDipPlan Program is part of an articulated coursework Planning degree. A postgraduate coursework student enrolled in an articulated program may apply to progress from the Graduate Certificate to Masters level with full credit for courses completed in earlier programs in the sequence, provided that the earlier awards are not conferred. Applications for progression through a particular articulated program will be refused if six years have elapsed since completion for the earlier award.
A Bachelor degree or equivalent. Where an applicants qualifications are not considered adequate, admission may be permitted on the basis of professional experience.
Advanced Standing
Some advanced standing may be granted for completed or partially completed postgraduate awards from UNSW or from another institution. When considering the granting of advanced standing on the basis of previous postgraduate study at another institution, the program authority will take into account the quality of the institution and the quality, level and content of courses previously undertaken.
Upgrading and Articulation
The GradDipPlan Program is part of an articulated coursework Planning degree. A postgraduate coursework student enrolled in an articulated program may apply to progress from the Graduate Certificate to Masters level with full credit for courses completed in earlier programs in the sequence, provided that the earlier awards are not conferred. Applications for progression through a particular articulated program will be refused if six years have elapsed since completion for the earlier award.
Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html
Related Program(s)
8147 Planning