Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours)

Cities are at the centre of Human Futures.

The Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours) is your pathway to a career in Urban Planning where you will interrogate, understand, manage and change cities for improved liveability, equity and sustainability.

In the program, you will be part of an active and collegiate student cohort with extensive interaction between staff and students.

Our staff are leaders in their fields and our programs are based on world’s best, high quality research and practice.The program has been designed for you to develop coherent knowledge and technical skills in urban and regional planning applicable to employment in a wide range of sectors, especially local government, state government departments and with private sector planning and design consultancies.

You will engage with planning practices and be conversant in key concepts and processes that are responsive to political and social context.

You will be able to independently solve problems by exercising responsibility, engage in critical analysis informed by professional standards of practice and have a regard for key values such as equity and respect for individuals the natural environment.

You will also learn to use social research as part of planning practice to design, conduct and disseminate professional and scholarly findings.In your final year, you will undertake an research project, as a capstone experience.

You can choose either an individual research thesis or a major research project as part of a research team.

This project will enable you to synthesise and integrate your knowledge from previous urban-planning courses, connect theory and practice, and demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.On completion of the program you will be a professional practitioner with coherent knowledge of the planning industry.

You will be able to confidently communicate and work with others and provide informed insights into directions of the industry.

You will be able to research developments and apply informed judgement, balancing economic development with the needs of communities and the environment.

As a graduate you can build a career in areas such as strategic and statutory land-use planning, transport planning, urban design, community health and welfare, housing, and environmental policy.

Our graduates make a real difference for communities and the environment and are in strong demand throughout Australia, and the degree is highly transferable to international contexts.

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To graduate you must complete the following:

All courses listed may not be available each semester

Year One of Program

Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:

AND

Year Two of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from any:

AND

Year Three of Program

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:

AND

Year Four of Program

Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Thesis Stream: Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Project Stream: Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:

You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent senior secondary school) qualification.

For equivalents to Australian academic entry requirements, see the Country equivalents web page

Prerequisites

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in any other English.

International English language requirement

A minimum IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0, or equivalent.

For equivalents to English entry requirements, see the English equivalents web page

Upon successful completion of the program you will be able to:

- Demonstrate creativity, critical thinking and innovation when identifying and solving urban and regional problems in diverse contexts and assessing implications of decisions and actions.

- Discern the value of information and knowledge from a wide variety of sources and experiences and reflect on and evaluate their application in planning practice and research.

- Apply a range of social science research methods to conduct research and undertake policy development that consider theoretical, historical, local and international contexts for decision making.

- Communicate ideas using diverse formats and strategies to academic and professional audiences within and external to the discipline of urban and regional planning

- Work with others in a range of roles and contexts, demonstrating cultural and social sensitivity, environmental stewardship and ethical and reflective practice.

- Critically reflect on the interconnectedness of environmental, social, economic systems both locally and internationally and apply in your professional practice or further study.

- Initiate positive contributions to the wider community through professional planning practice, establishing empathy, equity and shared understanding across diverse interest groups.