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2009 Course Handbook

HUMG01 - Planning (Undergraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Planning
Area of Study: Human Geography
Degree: BPlan - Bachelor of Planning (UAC Preference 300570 CSP)
Offered By: The Department of Environment and Geography
The Faculty of Science

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points 96
Maximum number of credit points at 100 level 30
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above 18
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

Specific Requirements

100 level
Required GEOS111 Geographies of Global Change (3) 3
Required GEOS117 Biophysical Environments (3) 3
Required GEOS118 Foundations for Resource and Environmental Management (3) 3
Required DEM127 Demographic Fundamentals (3) 3
Required STAT170 Introductory Statistics (3) 3
200 level
Required GEOS212 Planning and Development (4) 4
Required GEOS264 Geographic Information Systems (3) 3
Required GEOS267 Resource and Environmental Management: Issues and Solutions (3) 3
Required GEOS281 Cities and Planning (3) 3
Required ENV200 Environment and Sustainability (3) 3
Required 9 cp fromANTH275 Development Studies: The Anthropology of International Aid (4)
DEM255 Topics in Demography (3)
DEM256 Business Demographics (3)
GEOS214 Climatic Impacts (3)
GEOS215 Geographies of Development (3)
GEOS219 Geographical Perspectives on Population (3)
GEOS266 Earth Surface Processes (4)
GSE200 Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
SOC234 Methods of Social Research (4) 9
300 level
Required GEOS321 Resource Management (4) 4
Required GEOS326 Urban Strategic Planning (4) 4
Required GEOS347 Research Applications in Human Geography (4) 4
Required GEOS378 GIS for Urban and Regional Management (4) 4
Required ENV300 Environmental Decision Making (3) 3
Required POL374 Australian Governments and Public Policy (4) 4
Required 8 cp fromANTH377 Culture, Health and Sexuality in the Developing World (4)
ANTH380 Culture and Human Rights (4)
ANTH385 Doing Ethnography (4)
DEM355 Social and Applied Demography (3)
DEM356 Demographic Techniques (3)
GEOS311 Asia-Pacific Development (4)
GEOS322 Population, Health and the Environment (4)
GEOS328 Environmental Management (4)
GEOS382 Environmental Analysis Using GIS (4)
SOC300 Internships in Social Research (4) 8
400 level
Required GEOS461 Planning Experience (2) 2
Required GEOS462 Social Impact Assessment (4) 4
Required GEOS463 Planning and Design Project (4) 4
Required LAW440 Local Government and Planning Law (4) 4
Electives
Balance of credit points required11
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 96

Recent Updates

17 Oct 2008 - EDUC80P

Program title amended