Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Business and Law

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• Unit Title

  Foundations of Planning

• Unit Code

  PLN1600

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Edward Edmond ANDRE

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Description

This unit asks the questions what is planning and why do we plan. It provides an introduction to the contributions to planning knowledge and skills, the development of planning thought and its application and to the influences and outcomes for traditional and contemporary planning in Australia and Western Australia.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PLN5600

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply the fundamental planning knowledge and skill to simple development issues.
2. Explain planning and why we plan, in historical terms.
3. Interpret and communicate the foundations of planning knowledge and skills; and contemporary developments.
4. Understand introductory planning concepts and principles from a variety of viewpoints.

Unit Content

1. Built forms, places, landscapes and environments.
2. Contemporary issues for planning and development.
3. Contemporary planning issues in Western Australia.
4. Economic entities and their interaction.
5. Introduction to planning and development.
6. Legislation and Institutions for planning and development .
7. Origins and purposes of planning in a world context.
8. People, community organisation and social structure.
9. Planning ideas and concepts .

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be conducted in the on-campus and off-campus mode. The on-campus mode will be supported by materials located on the ECU Blackboard website and electronic communication between instructor and students. On-campus students have a weekly lecture and tutorial. Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through development of the planning concepts and their applications. Seminars allow students to workshop through questions that enable them to identify and apply the concepts presented in the lecture. A major project will consolidate learning by requiring students to prepare a simple strategy for a real location utilising planning concepts developed in the unit. This activity will be developed to be conducted on-line and involving on-campus and off-campus students sharing information through an on-line project and progress log. Off-campus students will access the program via the Blackboard website. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• (2012). Planning Australia : an overview of urban and regional planning. (2nd ed.). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

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