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Master of Regional and Urban Planning

Help your community plan for a sustainable future.

In this program, you focus on planning issues facing regional Australia, especially in high growth areas with challenging environmental and community issues.

UniSC program code
AR705
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Duration
2 years full time, 4 years part time
Study mode
on campus (intensive); online
Fee type 2016
  • Postgraduate coursework places
Total courses
16
Footnotes
  • This program has interim accreditation with the Planning Institute of Australia.

In this program, you focus on planning issues facing regional Australia, especially in high growth areas with challenging environmental and community issues.

Develop advanced planning knowledge and skills and concentrate on a specialist planning area. With a strong emphasis on reflective learning, you draw on your formal and informal experiences in planning-related organisations and activities.

You will be challenged to think about major planning issues from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Attend courses in short intensive blocks on campus, and study online with supported reading material and resources. Assessment is done using an online discussion board or as written reports and practical exercises in urban settings.

You learn contemporary planning theory, environmental and planning law, planning practice, and engaging effectively with indigenous communities. Select a further five courses from research design: methodology of literature review, urban design, water allocation and planning, participation and conflict resolution, applied futures studies and Indigenous peoples and sustainability.

You can choose additional electives and complete a planning research project. You need to hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised university and be able to access a computer to use Blackboard to participate in online learning.

Admission requirements

To enter the Master of Regional and Urban Planning you will normally be required to hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised University.

You will need to be able to access a computer which enables you to use blackboard and participate in on-line learning sessions.

Students who have completed a Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) or equivalent in the same discipline may be eligible to receive credit of up to 48 units (4 courses).

 

Program structure

Required courses: (9)

ENP701 Public Health Foundations
ENP702 Contemporary Planning Theory
ENP703 Environmental and Planning Law
GEO700 Planning Practice

PLUS select 5 courses from:
CMN574 Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability
ENP704 Research Design: Methodology and Literature Review
ENP705 Urban Design Studio
ENP707 Water Allocation and Planning
ENP708 Regional Infrastructure Planning
FUT700 Participation and Conflict Resolution

PLUS select 1 of the following Options:

Option 1

ENP710 Applied Futures Studies: Methods, Values and Strategy

PLUS choose 3 courses of planning related electives from postgraduate courses from the Faculty of Arts and Business or the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering with the express permission of the Program Coordinator and subject to prerequisite or degree structure requirements.

Option 2

ENP709 Planning Thesis B

PLUS choose  5 courses of planning related electives from postgraduate courses from the Faculty of Arts and Business or the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering with the express permission of the Program Coordinator and subject to prerequisite or degree structure requirements.

Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

 

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements
  • Students are required to successfully complete:
    • four required courses and a further five courses from the list of courses offered
    • select either:
      • Option 1 ^: Complete a thesis (48 units) plus three electives (36 units); or
      • Option 2: Complete a research project (24 units) plus five electives (60 units).
  • Refer to related policies, rules, plans and procedures.
  • Not available to international students on a Student Visa.
  • Refer to the University's English language proficiency requirements.
  • Students who have completed a Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) or equivalent in the same discipline may be eligible to receive credit of up to 48 units (4 courses).

^ Students must have achieved a minimum GPA of 5.5 across the required courses ENP701 , ENP702 , ENP703 and GEO700 to undertake Option 1.