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Master of Urban Design (MC-URBDES) // Course structure
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About this course
Course structure
All students must complete:
- 162.5 points of core subjects, including 25 points of capstone subject(s).
- 37.5 points of elective subjects.
Subject options
Core Subjects (137.5 points)
Students must complete all of the following subjects.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90061 | Urban Design Studio A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90273 | Urban Design Studio B |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90017 | Urban Design Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90130 | Planning Law & Statutory Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90131 | Strategic Plan Making | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90389 | Urban Design Studio C |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Capstone Subjects
Students must also complete the following subject, which comprise the degree's capstone experience and provide students with the necessary research preparation for doctoral study.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90376 | Urban Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Electives (37.5 points)
Urban Design Theory
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90266 | Inclusive Cities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90185 |
Urban Design Practice
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90263 | Constructed Ecologies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90167 | Design Communications Workshop (P/G) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90049 | |||
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90025 | Project Management in Practice | No longer available | |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90123 | Digital Design Applications | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerating Sustainability | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT90005 | Interdisciplinarity and the Environment |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90088 | Healthy Employment Centres Studio | Not available in 2018 | 25 |
| ABPL90374 | GeoDesign Models & Applications | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90009 | Participation and Negotiation | No longer available | |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90132 | Land Use and Urban Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90399 | Hacking Society Systems in Transition | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Urban Planning Issues
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90040 | International Property Development B | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90134 | Planning Theory and History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90281 | Housing Markets, Policy and Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90009 | Participation and Negotiation | No longer available | |
| ABPL90090 | Public Transport Network Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90315 | Participatory Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90056 | Urban Transport Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90077 | Introduction to Transport and Land Use | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Bushfire & Climate | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Research Methods
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90135 | Analytical Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90066 | MSD Research Project Short (12.5 Points) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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Last updated: 18 December 2020