Urban Design

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ENVS-MAJ+1010 (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009

Coordinator

Associate Professor Paul Walker

Contact

Environments and Design Student Centre
Old Commerce Building
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010
T:+61 3 8344 6417
F: +61 3 8344 5532
E: envs-courseadvice@unimelb.edu.au
Overview:

Urban Design and Planning is founded upon the social, environmental, political, aesthetic and economic importance of design in the public realm, serving the public interest. It focuses on the intersections between architecture, landscape architecture, planning and geography. Students who have a desire to learn about and engage in the design of urban features will explore two strongly related fields of environmental practice: urban design as the shaping of urban space and urban planning as the strategic and regulatory mediation of urban change.

Careers and Further Study

Completion of the Urban Design and Planning major will provide a basis from which to gain professional practice in the field and to apply for the two-year program in the master of Urban Planning and Master of Urban Design, or for the three-year Masters programs in Architecture and Landscape Architecture. For more information on the Masters programs, please visit the Melbourne School of Design web site: www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-school
Objectives: By the end of a three year Bachelor of Environments degree with a Urban Design and Planning major, students will have developed a strong base of design competence and knowledge across a wide range of Urban design and planning issues. For more information visit: www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au
Subject Options:

Second core subjects for the Urban Design and Planning major

Students must take the following second year core subjects in order to complete a major in Urban Design and Planning:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
AND one of either:
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
OR
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

PLUS two subjects selected from the following list of four subjects:

  • Principles of Urban Planning (available from 2010);
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50

Core third year subjects for the Urban Design and Planning major

  • Urban Precinct Studio (available from 2010)
  • Morphological Mapping (available from 2010)
  • Urban Landscape Studio (available from 2010)

Breadth subjects

Students must complete 75 points of breadth subjects. For a listing of available breadth subjects for Bachelor of Environments subjects please see:

https://app.portal.unimelb.edu.au/CSCApplication/faces/htdocs/user/breadth/BreadthSearch.jsp

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Bachelor of Environments elective subjects

Students must take 37.5 points of Bachelor of Environments Electives. For a complete listing of subjects please see:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/managing-your-degree/

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For more information on this major and to view a sample course plan please visit:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/about/fields-of-study/urban-design.html

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Related Course(s): Bachelor of Environments

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