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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 a designated Participation 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 award: see the general requirements listed above.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

100 level

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

200 level

Required
either
or
 
Environment and Sustainability (3)
 
3
Environment and Sustainability (3)
 
Required
either
 
Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
 
 
Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
 
3
Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Introduction to Geographic Information Science (3)
 
3
Introduction to Geographic Information Science (3)
 
Required
3
Australian Environmental Futures (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)
 
 
Australia's Population: Past, Present and Future (3)
 
 
Population, Markets and Labour Force (3)
 
 
Climate Change (3)
 
 
Climate Change (3)
 
 
Earth Surface Processes (3)
 
 
Earth Surface Processes (3)
 
 
Geographies of Development (3)
 
 
Geographies of Development (3)
 
 
Geographical Perspectives on Population (3)
 
 
Geographical Perspectives on Population (3)
 
 
Workforce Demography and Planning (3)
 
 
Consumer Demographics (3)
 
6
Methods of Social Research (3)
 

300 level

Required
either
or
 
Environmental Decision Making (3)
 
3
Environmental Decision Making (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Resource Management (3)
 
3
Resource Management (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Urban Strategic Planning (3)
 
3
Urban Strategic Planning (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Human Geography in Action (6)
P
6
Human Geography in Action (6)
P
Required
either
or
 
GIS for Urban and Regional Management (3)
P
3
Applied GIS (3)
P
Required
6cp from
 
ANTH units at 300 level
 
DEM units at 300 level
 
ENV units at 300 level
 
ENVE units at 300 level
 
ENVG units at 300 level
 
ENVS units at 300 level
6
GEOP units at 300 level

400 level

Required
either
or
 
Planning and Design Project (3)
C
3
Planning and Design Project (3)
C
Required
either
or
 
Planning Experience (9)
P
9
Planning Experience (9)
P
Required
either
or
 
Social Impact Assessment (3)
 
3
Social Impact Assessment (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Local Government and Planning Law (3)
 
3
Local Government and Planning Law (3)
 

Balance of credit points required:

 
 
15
Electives

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

96
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
 
Units marked with a P are Participation units.