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Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours)
UndergraduateUSQ-URP-DEG2025
Plan cities, regional and rural areas in Qld and NSW
This accredited course gets you ready to work on environmental and transport planning, urban renewal projects, and more. You’ll develop planning expertise and professional skills to graduate job-ready. Topics include GIS and community consultation.
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 4 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 32
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
- CSP available
- Yes
Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours)
About this degree
- Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to: Review and apply theories, concepts, methods and technologies, with initiative and judgement, to a range of diverse contexts associated with urban and regional planning. Critically analyse, consolidate, synthesise and evaluate information to generate innovative and sustainable solutions to solve complex Urban and Regional planning problems. Apply advanced technical and cognitive skills to design, collect, store and manipulate research data. Accept responsibility for own learning and autonomously apply well-informed judgements regarding professional practices, theories and processes. Employ a range of advanced oral and written communication skills to clearly and coherently communicate concepts, information and ideas to relevant stakeholders. Consistently apply academic norms and ethical standards to decision making processes when working collaboratively in a professional capacity.
- Have you ever stopped to think how new suburbs are planned, where the next railway station will pop up or how to balance urban growth and the environment or agriculture or mining? In all these processes, an Urban and Regional Planner has been involved. You can explore town planning with UniSQ’s Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours). As the only university in Queensland that offers a fully online planning qualification, your studies will cover both the Queensland and New South Wales planning legislation and equip you to be an Urban and Regional Planner and designer of the future for cities, regional and rural areas. Develop skills in community consultation, using land and human resources sustainably, planning legislation and processes, economics, transport planning, urban design, plan making, and project management. Study online or on-campus and gain practical experience through a number of residential schools at UniSQ Toowoomba. Chose a research project in your fourth year to investigate a specific urban and regional planning area, which also can provide a pathway for further study and research.
Recommended study pattern
Year 1
URP1001 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
LAW1501 Business Law and Ethics
FNA1001 First Nations Philosophy and Perspectives
URP2002 Local Government Planning Practice and Technology
ENP1001 Engineering Fundamentals A
ANT1001 Cultural Diversity: an Introduction to Anthropology
GIS1402 Geographic Information Systems
1 x Approved Course
Year 2
URP2001 Planning Structures and Statutory Planning
PRL2002 Community Consultation and Engagement
REN1201 Environmental Studies
URP3201 Sustainable Urban Design and Development
STA2100 Evaluating Information
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use
ECO1002 Market Behaviour
1 x Approved Course
Year 3
CLI3301 Climate and Environment Risk Assessment
SVY3302 Property Valuation and Development
SBE4401 Research Practices in Surveying and Built Environment
URP3200 Regional Planning
SCI3302 Work-Integrated-Learning
2 x Approved Course
SBE4402 Research Project
Year 4
SBE4402 Research Project - continued
URP4002 Urban and Regional Planning Theory
URP4001 Movement Network Planning
LAW2107 Environmental Law
SVY4309 Practice Management for Spatial Scientists
3 x Approved CoursesAward requirements
Completion of 32 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.Choose your subjects
Electives
Approved Course List
ACC1101 Accounting for Decision-Making
ANT3006 Indigenous Peoples in the Nation
AGR3304 Soil Science
ECO3030 Sustainable Economies
ECO2000 The Macro-economy and Business
LAW2107 Environmental Law
CLI3302 Adaptation to Climate Change
GIS3405 Spatial Analysis and Modelling
GIS3406 Remote Sensing and Image Processing
MGT1000 Organisational Behaviour
PRL3004 Organisational Communication and Culture
SVY1102 Surveying A
SVY4304 Land and Cadastral Law
Exit points
Associate Degree of Surveying.
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Indicative first year fee
$10,790
Indicative total fee $43,160
The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
As Australia’s #1 university for graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide, 2022), University of Southern Queensland is the right place to make real progress. Regardless of your education history, your age or your aspirations, at UniSQ you’ll be inspired by quality learning experiences matched with top resources and research. Having delivered distance and online learning for over 40+ years, UniSQ supports you to learn at your own pace—exactly how it suits you.
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- 25
Entry requirements
- ATAR - 63.00 or equivalent Subject pre-requisite - English (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent. Proof of meeting the English Language Proficiency requirements is also required.
- Completed VET qualifications can be used to derive an ATAR score or Selection Rank which may be used to meet the Entry Requirements for the program. We encourage you to reach out to the UniSQ team to discuss your options further.
- Work and Life experience may be used to derive an ATAR score or Selection Rank which may be used to meet the Entry Requirements for the program. We encourage you to reach out to the UniSQ team to discuss your options further.
All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements. For entry to the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning program, applicants are required to meet the Category 2 English Language Proficiency requirements.
- Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the UniSQ Credit and Exemption Procedure. Claims for credit for previous study should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Each claim will be assessed on individual merit in line with UniSQ policy.
Study method requirements
Practical experience is desirable and encouraged but is not required for the completion of the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours) program. Students are encouraged to obtain practical experience during vacation periods.
Residential School requirements to complete practical components of some courses.
Career opportunities
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours) is accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia and graduates may seek Planner registration with the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA).Australian job snapshots
Data sourced from Australian Jobs 2023.
| Role | Earnings | Employment change |
|---|---|---|
| Urban and Regional Planners | $93K to $120K | Up 29.4% |
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