School: Business and Law

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

    Planning Study Tour
  • Unit Code

    PLN3616
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is designed to enable undergraduate students to undertake a planning project, involving an international offshore experience, which is relevant to their course of study. This unit aims to provide students with the personal experience of planning and built environment issues within an international context. The project will provide students with an opportunity to draw together theory and practice in the country or region visited. Acceptance to this unit will be by application only.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the complexities of the relevant urban and regional planning discipline area in an international context.
  2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the major social, political, cultural and economic challenges facing the urban and regional planning discipline area.
  3. Identify recent trends in the internationalisation and globalisation of the relevant urban and regional planning discipline area.
  4. Develop and demonstrate cultural awareness and cross-cultural skills.

Unit Content

  1. International contexts of the planning discipline.
  2. Legal frameworks and government regulations.
  3. Social, political and economic structures.
  4. Cultural elements and sensitivities.
  5. Project methodology.
  6. Sustainable built environments, sustainable transport systems, urban design, public open space.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit comprises participation in an intensive field trip to a country or region, usually in Europe or Asia. The field trip (varies between one and three weeks) includes visits to local and national government departments, universities, planning and design consultancies and will involve a combination of on-site visits, lectures, briefings, meetings and/or presentations. Students will usually be required to complete assessments pre and post tour. The travel and study schedule will be arranged by the Unit Coordinator.

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
AssignmentProject proposal30%
ReportProject report50%
PresentationPresentation20%

Text References

  • American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Burton, L. J. (2010).  An interactive approach to writing essays and research reports in psychology. Milton, Qld: John  Wiley & Sons Australia. 
  • Lester, J. D. (2009). Writing research reports: A complete guide. New York: Pearson Longman.
  • Sprake, J. (2012). Learning through touring: Mobilising learners and touring technologies to creatively explore the built environment. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers
  • Yeoh, B. S.A. (1996). Contesting space: Power relations and the urban built environment in colonial Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

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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School: Business and Law

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

    Planning Study Tour
  • Unit Code

    PLN3616
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is designed to enable undergraduate students to undertake a planning project, involving an international offshore experience, which is relevant to their course of study. This unit aims to provide students with the personal experience of planning and built environment issues within an international context. The project will provide students with an opportunity to draw together theory and practice in the country or region visited. Acceptance to this unit will be by application only.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the complexities of the relevant urban and regional planning discipline area in an international context.
  2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the major social, political, cultural and economic challenges facing the urban and regional planning discipline area.
  3. Identify recent trends in the internationalisation and globalisation of the relevant urban and regional planning discipline area.
  4. Develop and demonstrate cultural awareness and cross-cultural skills.

Unit Content

  1. International contexts of the planning discipline.
  2. Legal frameworks and government regulations.
  3. Social, political and economic structures.
  4. Cultural elements and sensitivities.
  5. Project methodology.
  6. Sustainable built environments, sustainable transport systems, urban design, public open space.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit comprises participation in an intensive field trip to a country or region, usually in Europe or Asia. The field trip (varies between one and three weeks) includes visits to local and national government departments, universities, planning and design consultancies and will involve a combination of on-site visits, lectures, briefings, meetings and/or presentations. Students will usually be required to complete assessments pre and post tour. The travel and study schedule will be arranged by the Unit Coordinator.

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
AssignmentProject proposal30%
ReportProject report50%
PresentationPresentation20%

Text References

  • American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Burton, L. J. (2010).  An interactive approach to writing essays and research reports in psychology. Milton, Qld: John  Wiley & Sons Australia. 
  • Lester, J. D. (2009). Writing research reports: A complete guide. New York: Pearson Longman.
  • Sprake, J. (2012). Learning through touring: Mobilising learners and touring technologies to creatively explore the built environment. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers
  • Yeoh, B. S.A. (1996). Contesting space: Power relations and the urban built environment in colonial Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

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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