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Introduction to Planning
Postgraduate | CUR-URP540 | 2022
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Map the origin and evolution of urban and regional planning.Draft arguments about the planning system's strengths and weaknesses. Evaluate real-world documents. Direct your theoretical research towards areas like transport, retail and rural planning.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Introduction to Planning
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain the history and evolution of planning
- outline a range of planning theories and utopian visions
- identify ethical dilemmas in planning practice
- critically evaluate planning documentation
- demonstrate an understanding of plagiarism, paraphrasing and the principles of Academic Integrity.
- Introduction to Planning
- Planning Ethics
- The Origins of Modern Planning
- The Seers: Pioneer Thinkers in Urban Planning
- The Seers: Pioneer Thinkers in Urban Planning (European)
- Post WWII Planning
- 1960s Planning
- 1970s - 1990s Planning
- Planning Theories: From Modernism to Post-Modernism and Beyond
- The Planning Systems
- Substantive Planning Issues
- Insurgent Planning
The subject will cover the origins, evolution and development of the planning of settlements and cities, from indigenous planning to 21st Century planning. The emergence of modern planning as a profession and as a response to the health issues and problems associated with the industrial city. Utopian ideas and pioneer thinkers in planning. An overview of key planning theories, the evaluation of planning documentation and the ethics of planning practice.
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- Exercise (40%)
- Presentation (20%)
- Portfolio (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-URP-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Development Planning
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Others
This subject is a prerequisite for other subjects and must be completed prior to URP560 Integrated Plan Making and URP570 Planning Dissertation Preparation
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Access to hardware: webcam, speakers and microphone
- Other requirements - Audio video equipment required. Access to the Internet. Admission to degree may be required.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-URP-GCE
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE