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This course has been designed to enable students to succeed in their chosen area of planning. It draws on the University's broadly-based expertise and provides a comprehensive and innovative planning program. The course focuses on the application of the quadruple bottom line with its emphasis on environmental, social, economic and governance accountability within a framework of sustainability. The range of units in these studies reflects the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of the planning profession.
This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.
Students have the opportunity to shadow a professional planner in a private practice or government planning department.
Students are required to attend a private practice or government department for three days.
This activity is undertaken within the unit PLN2605 Practice of Planning.
Students are provided with information on required behaviour in the workplace.
This course has been Accredited by: Planning Institute Australia (PIA).
Students can apply for membership with Planning Institute of Australia . Graduates are eligible for membership with Planning Institute of Australia .
Academic admission standard for the following entry pathways:
Some majors are delivered across campuses and will require students to attend both the Joondalup and Mount Lawley campuses.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| BES1500 | Business Communication and Analysis | 15 |
| GEO1150 | Geography and Environment: People, Pattern, Process | 15 |
| PLN1600 | Foundations of Planning | 15 |
| SCI1001 | Introduction to Sustainability | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| LAW1100 | Legal Framework I | 15 |
| BES2500 * | Business Professionalism and Career Management | 15 |
| CSV1101 | Introduction to Community Work | 15 |
| PLN2601 | Principles of Urban Design | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PLN2600 | Contemporary Planning | 15 |
| PLN3609 | Heritage Planning | 15 |
| PLN2608 | Statutory Planning | 15 |
| Unit from Major | x 1 | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| LAW2601 | Planning and Development Law I | 15 |
| PLN2605 | The Practice of Planning | 15 |
| Unit from Major | x 2 | 30 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| MAN3105 | Business and Professional Ethics | 15 |
| PLN3623 | Urban Design Case Study | 15 |
| PLN3600 | Strategic Urban and Regional Planning | 15 |
| Unit from Major | x 1 | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PLN3606 | Urban Planning for Health | 15 |
| PLN3607 | Transport Planning | 15 |
| Unit from Major | x 2 | 30 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PLN4061 | Planning Project | 60 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| MAN3612 | Project Management | 15 |
| ECF3602 | Economics for Planning and Development | 15 |
| Unit from Major | x 2 | 30 |
* Students will be assessed to see if they have achieved the ECU minimum standard of English language proficiency in this unit. Students who don't meet the minimum standard will be provided with appropriate English language support and development.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
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