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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Law and Justice

This unit 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.

  • Unit Title

    Heritage Planning

  • Unit Code

    PLN3609

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides an introduction to European and Indigenous heritage issues and their relationship with Australian planning systems. It examines the history of heritage identification, heritage management, development of designated heritage buildings and places, and the regulatory planning framework for heritage in Australia and Western Australia.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply fundamental heritage knowledge to the planning and development process.
  2. Explain the fundamental principles and processes for the identification, development and management of heritage buildings and places.
  3. Identify why heritage is important to the community.
  4. Interpret and communicate the foundations of heritage planning knowledge and skills.

Unit Content

  1. Approaches to development in heritage buildings, places and areas.
  2. Contemporary heritage issues in Western Australia.
  3. Contemporary heritage management, incentives, grants and heritage advisors.
  4. Heritage identification, assessment criteria and conservation plans.
  5. Heritage in the planning, development and appeals processes.
  6. Legislation, policies and the role of heritage agencies.
  7. Local government inventories, heritage lists, heritage areas and town planning schemes.
  8. Origins and overview of the heritage movement in Australia and Western Australia.
  9. The Burra Charter; the principles of heritage conservation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be conducted in the on-campus and off-campus mode. On-campus students have a weekly lecture and tutorial (or site visit). Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through development of the heritage planning concepts and their applications. Tutorials allow students to workshop through questions that enable them to identify and apply the concepts presented in the lecture. The on-campus mode will be supported by materials located on the ECU Blackboard website and electronic communication between instructor and students. A major project will consolidate learning by requiring students to prepare an assessment for a real location utilising heritage planning concepts developed in the unit. Off-campus students will access the program via the MyECU/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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportHeritage assessment report20%
AssignmentHeritage development application20%
ProjectLocal government heritage report60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportHeritage assessment report20%
AssignmentHeritage development application20%
ProjectLocal government heritage report60%

Text References

  • ^ Walker, M., & Marquis-Kyle, P. (2004). The illustrated Burra Charter: Good practices for heritage places. Australia: ICOMOS.
  • Butcher, W. (1996). Dictionary of building preservation. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Pitt Morison, P., & White, J. (1979). Western towns and buildings. Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press.
  • Apperly, R., Irving, R., & Reynolds, P. A. (1989). A pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson.
  • Bennett, H. (2006). Using the criteria: A methodology. Brisbane: Queensland Heritage Council.
  • Western Australian Planning Commission (2007). State planning policy 3.5: Historic heritage conservation. Perth, WA: The Commission.
  • Government of Western Australia. (1990). Heritage of Western Australia act (1990). Perth, WA: WA State Publisher.
  • Kerr, J. S. (2000). The conservation plan. Sydney: The National Trust of Australia (NSW).
  • NSW Heritage Office (2005). Design in context. Sydney: NSW Heritage Office/Royal Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter).
  • Pearson, M., & Sullivan, S. (1995). Looking after heritage places: The basics of heritage planning for managers, landowners and administrators. Carlton: Melbourne University Press.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Law and Justice

This unit 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.

  • Unit Title

    Heritage Planning

  • Unit Code

    PLN3609

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides an introduction to European and Indigenous heritage issues and their relationship with Australian planning systems. It examines the history of heritage identification, heritage management, development of designated heritage buildings and places, and the regulatory planning framework for heritage in Australia and Western Australia.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply fundamental heritage knowledge to the planning and development process.
  2. Explain the fundamental principles and processes for the identification, development and management of heritage buildings and places.
  3. Identify why heritage is important to the community.
  4. Interpret and communicate the foundations of heritage planning knowledge and skills.

Unit Content

  1. Approaches to development in heritage buildings, places and areas.
  2. Contemporary heritage issues in Western Australia.
  3. Contemporary heritage management, incentives, grants and heritage advisors.
  4. Heritage identification, assessment criteria and conservation plans.
  5. Heritage in the planning, development and appeals processes.
  6. Legislation, policies and the role of heritage agencies.
  7. Local government inventories, heritage lists, heritage areas and town planning schemes.
  8. Origins and overview of the heritage movement in Australia and Western Australia.
  9. The Burra Charter; the principles of heritage conservation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be conducted in the on-campus and off-campus mode. On-campus students have a weekly lecture and tutorial (or site visit). Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through development of the heritage planning concepts and their applications. Tutorials allow students to workshop through questions that enable them to identify and apply the concepts presented in the lecture. The on-campus mode will be supported by materials located on the ECU Blackboard website and electronic communication between instructor and students. A major project will consolidate learning by requiring students to prepare an assessment for a real location utilising heritage planning concepts developed in the unit. Off-campus students will access the program via the MyECU/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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportHeritage assessment report20%
AssignmentHeritage development application20%
ProjectLocal government heritage report60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportHeritage assessment report20%
AssignmentHeritage development application20%
ProjectLocal government heritage report60%

Text References

  • ^ Walker, M., & Marquis-Kyle, P. (2004). The illustrated Burra Charter: Good practices for heritage places. Australia: ICOMOS.
  • Butcher, W. (1996). Dictionary of building preservation. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Pitt Morison, P., & White, J. (1979). Western towns and buildings. Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press.
  • Apperly, R., Irving, R., & Reynolds, P. A. (1989). A pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson.
  • Bennett, H. (2006). Using the criteria: A methodology. Brisbane: Queensland Heritage Council.
  • Western Australian Planning Commission (2007). State planning policy 3.5: Historic heritage conservation. Perth, WA: The Commission.
  • Government of Western Australia. (1990). Heritage of Western Australia act (1990). Perth, WA: WA State Publisher.
  • Kerr, J. S. (2000). The conservation plan. Sydney: The National Trust of Australia (NSW).
  • NSW Heritage Office (2005). Design in context. Sydney: NSW Heritage Office/Royal Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter).
  • Pearson, M., & Sullivan, S. (1995). Looking after heritage places: The basics of heritage planning for managers, landowners and administrators. Carlton: Melbourne University Press.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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