Urban Design and Planning

Major/Minor/Specialisation !A04-AA-MAJ+1005 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Dr Alan March

Contact

Environments and Design Student Centre
T: +61 3 8344 6417/9862
F: +61 3 8344 5532
Email: 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 one of the two-year graduate programs, the Master of Urban Planning or the Master of Urban Design, or for the three-year Masters programs in Architecture or Landscape Architecture. For more information on the Masters programs, please visit the Melbourne School of Design web site: http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-school
Objectives: By the end of a three year Bachelor of Environments degree with an 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: http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/
Structure & Available Subjects: Please see details below.
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Course planning for an Urban Design and Planning major

A major in Urban Design and Planning in the Bachelor of Environments consists of:

  • 112.5 points (9 subjects) of Urban Design and Planning subjects;
  • 25 points (2 subjects) of core first year subjects (Natural Environments and Reshaping Environments);
  • 25 points (2 subjects) of first year subjects that are core to the major (Designing Environments and Urban Environments).

This is in addition to elective subjects and breadth subjects to make up the 300 points required for the degree. Specific details of the Bachelor of Environments course structure can be found at:

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/B-ENVS


In order to complete a major in Urban Design and Planning, you will undertake the following subjects:
Subject Options:

1st year level subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

The following 1st year level subject is recommended

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

2nd year level subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50

3rd year level subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

AND two of

2nd year level subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
3rd year level subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

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/breadth/elective-subjects.html

Bachelor of Environments breadth subjects

Bachelor of Environments students must complete between 50 and 75 credit points of subjects selected from those available as breadth for Bachelor of Environments students; with no more than 37.5 points at Level 1. For a complete listing of available subjects please click the 'Find breadth subjects' link on the Handbook homepage and perform a search.

The breadth requirements for the Bachelor of Environments include the restriction of some subjects as breadth options, depending on a individual student’s choice of major. Refer to the Breadth Requirements for the Bachelor of Environments for additional information.

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

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/course-info/urban-design.html

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