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K31 Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning

The Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning has been designed to enable students to succeed in their chosen area of planning.  It draws on the University's broadly based expertise and provides a comprehensive and innovative planning program with distinctive strengths in community planning and project development.  The course focuses on the application of the quadruple bottom line with its emphasis on environmental, social, economic and governance accountability within a framework of sustainability. 

 

Students choose the Major they wish to follow.  Currently, the following Majors are available:

  1. Environmental Planning
  2. Governance and Policy 
  3. Project Development and Management
  4. Community Planning and Development 

 

A supplementary program offers students a choice of Elective units to complete their degree. 

 

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Students must meet the ECU standard admission requirements, however entry to the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning is competitive and meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee entry to the course.

 

 
SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Students applying for this course will be required to attend an interview. The interview will be carried out by faculty staff within the Centre for Planning.
 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.

All studies will be based at the Joondalup campus. However, depending on choice of subjects, students may be required to travel to either of the Metro campuses (Joondalup, Mount Lawley).
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.

Please note that some of the units are available in online supplementary mode
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

The Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning degree requires a minimum of 360 credit points and requires three years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent.

 

The degree has the following main components:

  1. A core program of 240 credit points
  2. A Major program from one of those listed above of 120 credit points (including two units from the core program of 15 credit points each) 
  3. A supplementary program of 30 credit points consisting of two Elective units.
 
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1
PLN1600 Foundations of Planning 15
BES1100 Foundations of Business Knowledge 15
GEO1104 Introduction to Geography: Environment, Space, Place 15
 
Plus one unit from the Major or Electives
 
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 2
SCI1185 Ecology 15
BES1200 Business Knowledge Development 15
CSV1101 Introduction to Community Work 15
 
Plus one unit from the Major or Electives
 
YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 1
PLN2600 Contemporary Planning 15
LAW1100 Legal Framework I *** 15
CSV3111 Community Development 15
 
Plus one unit from the Major or Electives
 
*** With approval, students who have work experience in local or state government or in a relevant private sector organisation may choose to take LAW2601 Planning and Development Law 1.
 
YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 2
PLN2601 Principles of Urban Design 15
LAW2602 Environmental Law and Administration 15
 
Plus two units from the Major or Electives
 
YEAR THREE - SEMESTER 1
PLN3600 Strategic Urban and Regional Planning 15
IAS3303 Political Economy of Indigenous Australia 15
 
Plus two units from the Major or Electives
 
YEAR THREE - SEMESTER 2
PLN3601 Statutory Planning 15
PHR3124 Ethics 15
ECF3602 Economics for Planning and Development 15
 
Plus one unit from the Major or Electives
 
 
MAAACPCommunity Planning and Development Major
MAAACQEnvironmental Planning Major
MAAACRProject development and management Major
MAAACSGovernance and Policy Major
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 31/03/2008 VET: 31/03/2008