Professional Practice in Urban and Regional Planning 1
UndergraduateCUR-URP3102025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $1,286
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Professional Practice in Urban and Regional Planning 1
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- describe a range of governance institutions for the regulation of professional conduct
- explain and apply principles of ethical conduct in planning practice
- discuss and understand ideas, policies and practices of equality and rights in the workplace
- prepare documents and communicate effectively at a professional level
- 1. Introduction to the unit
- 2. Workplace Discrimination and Issues
- 3. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- 4. Aboriginal Reconciliation Plans
- 5. The Theory of Ethics
- 6. Conflict of Interest
- 7. Code of Conduct for Planners
- 8. FOI Training session
- 9. Tendering
- 10. Writing a Tender
- 11. Responding to a Tender
- 12. Present to tender panel
Explore institutions and principles governing professional conduct in planning practice, and develop specific professional communication skills applied in industry.
- Portfolio (ULOs assessed 1,2,3,4) (50%)
- Report (ULOs assessed 1,2,3,4) (20%)
- Debate (ULOs assessed 2,3,4} (30%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-URP-MAS-2025 - Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Others
Pre Requisite: Successful completion of 350 credit points OR Admission to OM-URPLAN2 Master of Urban and Regional Planning (OpenUnis) OR Admission to MG-URPLAN2 Master of Urban and Regional Planning.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
PostgraduateCUR-URP-MAS