C07002v8 Graduate Diploma in Planning

University of Technology Sydney

About

The Graduate Diploma in Planning provides a new career path for design, planning and property professionals, equipping graduates with a broad understanding of planning issues alongside the negotiation skills and creative thinking required to resolve them.Whereas planning has often been seen as an approval process, UTS approaches the discipline as a critical task, one that connects communities with governments, institutions and developers.Property development and planning students study a common first year, which develops a mutual understanding of how to balance private and public interests in urban development.

Structure

The course requires the completion of eight 6-credit-point subjects, totalling 48 credit points of study.

Course completion requirements

course credit
STM90502 Core subjects (Planning PG) 24cp
STM90503 Level 2 core subjects (Planning) 24cp
Total 48cp

Course program

An example program is below.

Autumn commencing, full time

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
15142 Property Development Process 6cp
15251 Spatial Analysis in Planning and Property 6cp
15222 Urban Design 6cp
15241 Urban Economics and Infrastructure Funding 6cp

Spring session

course credit
17700 Planning and Environmental Law 6cp
15146 Sustainable Urban Development 6cp
15144 Group Project B: Greenfields Development 6cp
15145 Development Negotiation and Community Engagement 6cp

Spring commencing, full time

Year 1

Spring session

course credit
17700 Planning and Environmental Law 6cp
15144 Group Project B: Greenfields Development 6cp
15142 Property Development Process 6cp
15145 Development Negotiation and Community Engagement 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
15222 Urban Design 6cp
15241 Urban Economics and Infrastructure Funding 6cp
15251 Spatial Analysis in Planning and Property 6cp
15146 Sustainable Urban Development 6cp

Spring commencing, part time

Year 1

Spring session

course credit
17700 Planning and Environmental Law 6cp
15142 Property Development Process 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
15146 Sustainable Urban Development 6cp
15222 Urban Design 6cp

Spring session

course credit
15144 Group Project B: Greenfields Development 6cp
15145 Development Negotiation and Community Engagement 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
15241 Urban Economics and Infrastructure Funding 6cp
15251 Spatial Analysis in Planning and Property 6cp

Autumn commencing, part time

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
15142 Property Development Process 6cp
15222 Urban Design 6cp

Spring session

course credit
17700 Planning and Environmental Law 6cp
15146 Sustainable Urban Development 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
15241 Urban Economics and Infrastructure Funding 6cp
15251 Spatial Analysis in Planning and Property 6cp

Spring session

course credit
15144 Group Project B: Greenfields Development 6cp
15145 Development Negotiation and Community Engagement 6cp

Institution