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Unit description
Develops student capability to undertake a full scale planning project drawing on core skills from the statutory and strategic planning disciplines. This Capstone Project unit represents the culmination of the Regional and Urban Planning degree, integrating the knowledge and skills gained throughout the course, including planning theory and principles, practical planning, decision making, communication and management. The unit will also address the key competencies identified by the Planning Institute of Australia for the planning profession.
Unit content
Major Project Formulation, Planning, Design, Management, Execution and Evaluation.
Writing Planning Instruments and Policy.
Integrating Core Planning Skills — Statutory and Strategic Planning.
Core Planning Competencies and their Application.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate an understanding of the project planning and management principles and their application of regional and urban planning projects | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | |||||
| 2 | apply a systematic processes to formulate, design and manage the undertaking of a major planning project | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||
| 3 | demonstrate integration of statutory and strategic planning skills and processes in the delivery of planning projects | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | demonstrate awareness of the professional and ethical responsibilities of a planner | Ethical practice | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||||
| 5 | demonstrate awareness and understanding of the core competencies and skills applicable to the planning profession | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
| 6 | demonstrate clear and effective written and oral communication skills applicable to the planning profession. | Communication and social skills | ||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the project planning and management principles and their application of regional and urban planning projects
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- apply a systematic processes to formulate, design and manage the undertaking of a major planning project
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- demonstrate integration of statutory and strategic planning skills and processes in the delivery of planning projects
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate awareness of the professional and ethical responsibilities of a planner
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- GA7: Cultural competence
- demonstrate awareness and understanding of the core competencies and skills applicable to the planning profession
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate clear and effective written and oral communication skills applicable to the planning profession.
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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