StudyQA — Master: International Schooling, Education and Development

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The Master of Urban and Regional Planning offers a thorough grounding in urban and regional planning both to graduates wishing to enter the profession and to practising professionals wishing to upgrade their knowledge.

Besides acquiring knowledge and necessary skills, for their professional accreditation, graduates will be in high demand and will be able to access employment opportunities within and outside Australia.

Students complete two trimesters of coursework (48 credit points) followed by one trimester of research (24 credit points) in which the student will undertake a full-trimester research dissertation.

Career Opportunities
Examples of career opportunities include positions in local and state government, private consulting firms, development companies, state and federal government departments involved with urban affairs, environmental management, transport, community development, heritage conservation, regional prosperity and related fields, as well as opportunities in higher level policy advice and research roles.

Course Aims
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning enables graduates to contribute towards making the world more liveable and sustainable through developing understanding and skills in all major and core areas relating to place-making and land use planning, including through original research.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

* demonstrate the ability to critically understand and apply planning knowledge appropriately, ethically and professionally and the capacity to exercise planning skills responsibly and with professionalism;
* demonstrate critical understanding of the major principles and theories of planning and place-making, the role of planning and the challenges of contemporary social, environmental and governance issues in relation to planning;
* demonstrate critical understanding of the social, cultural, environmental, economic, governance, design and legal aspects, challenges and implications of land use problems, and use this understanding to develop appropriate and ethical solutions, including through the development, implementation and review of land use plans and instruments;
* demonstrate critical thinking skills, problem-solving ability and analytical capacity, group participation, team work, collaboration and communication skills and facility in a range of media including written, oral and graphical forms;
* demonstrate the ability to maintain and communicate a current and critical knowledge of planning through locating, evaluating and applying information from a variety of sources in an appropriate manner; and
* demonstrate the ability to undertake original research, to answer a research question competently and ethically using the appropriate methodology and analysis, and communicating the problem, approach, results and conclusions effectively.

Graduate Attributes
Knowledge of a Discipline

Advanced knowledge of place-making and land use planning, will be taught in lectures, unit materials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, practised in interactive media (such as tutorials and online) and assessed in all assessment tasks throughout the course.

Communication Skills

Advanced communication skills will be taught and practised in lectures, tutorials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, and assessed in all assessment tasks throughout the course. These skills will include oral, graphical, online and written communication appropriate for a range of different audiences and involve a variety of media.

Global Perspectives

Land management and planning are important issues globally and an advanced global perspective will be taught in lectures, unit materials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, practised in interactive media (tutorials and online) and assessed in all assessment tasks throughout the course.

Information Literacy

The advanced ability to locate, evaluate and apply information from a variety of sources, including the researching and interpretation of primary data, in an appropriate manner will be taught in lectures, unit materials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, practised in interactive media (tutorials and online) and assessed in all assessment tasks throughout the course.

Life-Long Learning

The development of advanced intellectual capacity, curiosity and creativity and critical thinking skills as well as professional responsibility will be fostered in lectures, unit materials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, practised in interactive media (tutorials and online) and assessed in all assessment tasks throughout the course.

Problem Solving

The advanced ability to undertake independent ethical research and to critically analyse problems and formulate and evaluate solutions applying the knowledge and skills gained in the course will be taught in lectures, unit materials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, practised in interactive media (tutorials and online) and assessed in all assessment tasks throughout the course.

Social Responsibility

The development of social responsibility, and advanced appreciation particularly of sustainable development, will be promoted in lectures, unit materials and online activities supported by a range of learning materials, practised in interactive media (tutorials and online) and assessed in all assessment tasks.

Team Work

The advanced development of professional and ethical behaviour, respect for others and collaboration and group participation skills, including leading and contributing effectively, will be fostered on-campus and online, practised in interactive media (tutorials and online) and assessed in a number of pieces of assessment throughout the course.

A candidate shall hold:(a) a bachelor degree from a recognised university in a discipline related to the built environment including architecture, planning, environment or geography; or(b) the Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of New England or equivalent qualification from a recognised university and attained at least a Credit average in 48 credit points.International students from non-English speaking countries require evidence of English proficiency such as TOEFL (550) or IELTS (Overall 6; subtests 5.5). English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550