Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics

Contribute to healthy city futures with our Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics.

You’ll gain the skills and knowledge required to respond to the growing challenges of mass urbanisation, including accommodating dense populations, responding to climate change, public health, housing affordability, and growing spatial complexity.

You’ll learn why multi-dimensional approaches to urban planning are needed, and how to embrace creative and speculative design thinking, and engage with people, data and advanced technologies.

Graduates will be prepared to make meaningful contributions in careers as specialist urban informatics consultants.

land use, safety, alongside economic, environmental, social and cultural aspects of the city.

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics, students must complete 50 credit points:

• 4 core units of study (50 credit points)

Units of study

Student must complete the following 4 units of study: ARC80001 Dynamic Modelling of Cities ARC70004 Theories of Buildings and Cities ARC70005 Urban Informatics and Modelling ARC80006 Urban Economics and Governance

* Outcome units - matched exemptions are generally not granted for higher education outcome units.

• successful completion of the Swinburne Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
• successful completion of the Swinburne Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a major in Architecture
• successful completion of the Swinburne Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) (Honours) with an Advanced Minor in Architecture or
• successful completion of another three year undergraduate architectural course*.

*In the case of completing another three year undergraduate architectural course, a review of prior learning of the Swinburne Bachelor of Design (Architecture) will be necessary. Supplemental transitionary classes may be required. Selection will be made using a range of criteria which can include (but not be limited to):

• a pre-selection kit requiring submission of an online portfolio (between 10 and 20 pages) **
• a personal motivation statement
• university transcripts.

**Pre-selection kit: Applicants are required to submit a portfolio of between 10 and 20 pages, which must address architecture- and/or urban design-related questions and include visual examples; and provide a 200-400 word written statement, the prompts for which can be found on the application portal.

• conceptual thinking and level of ambition in your projects;
• spatial thinking, planning and a sense of scale;
• digital and analogue communication skills, including the use of architectural drawing conventions; and
• construction and environmental technology.

Think carefully about how you present your portfolio as we will also consider how you structure your content into a clear, compelling story about yourself and your passion for, and commitment to, architecture and urban design.

• critically reflect on and apply knowledge of contemporary Urban theory demonstrating comprehension of international and local planning theory and history, urban economics, sustainability and strategic planning
• apply analytical design research methods with an understanding of sourcing credible, relevant data to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and apply these to the broader social, economic and environmental urban processes
• apply spatial thinking and innovation approaches in a range of settings and scales while critically presenting design research results to explain, interpret and evaluate the impact urban situation
• communicate clearly and concisely using a range of media
• apply technical design modelling and planning skills to research, analyse, design, and evaluate plans, policies, strategies and guidelines, land uses allocations, resources and manage implementation processes.

• capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas
• entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
• effective and ethical in work and community situations
• adaptable and able to manage change
• aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing.