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2010 Course Handbook

Bachelor of Planning

PLAN01

Faculty:
Faculty of Science
Department:
Department of Environment and Geography
Award:
Bachelor of Planning (BPlan)
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points for the degree 96
Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above 60
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above 30
Completion of a designated People unit
Completion of a designated Planet unit
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below

In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the degree: see the general requirements listed above.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Foundations for Resource and Environmental Management (3)
Required
either
or
 
Biophysical Environments (3)
3
Biophysical Environments (3)
Required
either
or
 
Demographic Fundamentals (3)
3
Demographic Fundamentals (3)
Required
either
or
 
Geographies of Global Change (3)
3
Geographies of Global Change (3)
Required
3cp from
3
COMP or ISYS or STAT units at 100 level

200 level

Required
either
or
 
Environment and Sustainability (3)
3
Environment and Sustainability (3)
Required
either
or
 
Geographic Information Systems (3)
3
Introduction to Geographic Information Science (3)
Required
3
Resource and Environmental Management: Issues and Solutions (3)
Required
either or

 

 
Environmental Economics (3)
 
Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
3
Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
Required
either
or
 
Planning and Development (3)
3
Planning and Development (3)
Required
either
or
 
Cities and Planning (3)
3
Urban Planet: Cities and Planning in the Anthropocene (3)
Required
6cp from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Development Studies: The Anthropology of International Aid (3)
 
Topics in Demography (3)
 
Business Demographics (3)
 
Climate Change (3)
 
Earth Surface Processes (3)
 
Geographies of Development (3)
 
Geographical Perspectives on Population (3)
 
Climate Change (3)
 
Earth Surface Processes (3)
 
Geographies of Development (3)
 
Geographical Perspectives on Population (3)
 
Workforce Demography and Planning (3)
 
Consumer Demographics (3)
6
Methods of Social Research (3)

300 level

Required
one of

 

 

 
Urban Strategic Planning (4)
 
Urban Strategic Planning (3)
3
Urban Strategic Planning (3)
Required
one of

 

 

 
Human Geography in Action (4)
 
Human Geography in Action (3)
3
Human Geography in Action (6)
Required
one of

 

 
Resource Management (4)
 
Resource Management (3)
3
Resource Management (3)
Required
one of

 

 

 
GIS for Urban and Regional Management (4)
 
Applied GIIS (3)
3
Applied GIS (3)
Required
either
or
 
Environmental Decision Making (3)
3
Environmental Decision Making (3)
Required
6cp from
6
ANTH, DEM, ENV, ENVE, ENVG, ENVS or GEOP units at 300 level

400 level

Required
either
or
 
Planning and Design Project (3)
3
Planning and Design Project (3)
Required
either
or
 
Planning Experience (9)
9
Planning Experience (9)
Required
either
or
 
Social Impact Assessment (3)
3
Social Impact Assessment (3)
Required
one of

 

 

 
Local Government and Planning Law (4)
 
Local Government and Planning Law (3)
3
Local Government and Planning Law (3)

Balance of credit points required:

 
 
13
Electives

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

91