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Master of Property/Master of Urban Planning (MC-PROPUP)
Masters (Coursework)Year: 2021 Delivered: On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
Award titles |
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Year & campus | 2021 — Parkville |
CRICOS code | 105518H |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 9 |
Credit points | 400 credit points |
Duration | 48 months full-time or 96 months part-time |
The Master of Property/ Master of Urban Planning is a double degree, that will allow students to complete two professionally accredited graduate programs in a reduced timeframe.
The Master of Property is a professional program for graduates wanting to gain employment in the property industry. The Master of Property focuses on real-world projects which range across the full property and development cycle, preparing students for the realities of professional life. It allows students to develop and build on expertise in valuation, property development and property management.
Professional experience can be an integral part of the program, a unique practical experience enriching the connection to the related fields of work that may also contribute to professional accreditation requirements. There is also the opportunity to take research subjects which may enable students to progress to further studies as a PhD candidate.
The Master of Urban Planning is an accredited professional degree that focuses on Australian and international policy and planning pertaining to human settlements. Planners promote the establishment of economically viable, socially just, environmentally sustainable, safe and healthy human settlements.
As planners, we believe that this is a critical pursuit and perhaps it is never more timely than now as we adapt to global changes that impact our cities. These changes include climate change; deepening inequality that has often been associated with diminished local democracy and the rise of community advocacy; growing concerns for community health and safety; and the emergence of global city-regions that require innovations in governance and planning.
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
• an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent; and
• a personal statement outlining relevant prior study and work experience, and motivation to undertake the course;
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
• prior academic performance; and
• the personal statement;
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for postgraduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Note.
Applicants with the following may be awarded up to 100 points of credit:
- an undergraduate degree with a major or double major in Property with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent.
Graduate Degree Packages for School Leavers
The University of Melbourne offers Graduate Degree Packages to high achieving school leavers, allowing them to secure places (Commonwealth Supported places for domestic students or International fee places) in the Master of Property/ Master of Urban Planning provided that they meet certain requirements.
For a Commonwealth Supported Place or an International Fee Place, the applicant must:
• complete an Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2018 or later either:
— in Australia; or
— outside Australia and be an Australian citizen;
• achieve an ATAR (or notional ATAR) of at least 98.00;
• apply for a University of Melbourne Articulated Degree Pathway for commencement in the year following completion of Year 12 or IB via VTAC;
• enrol immediately or be granted deferral in the year following Year 12;
• successfully complete a Bachelor of Design (majoring in Property) at the University of Melbourne including all the specified prerequisite subjects;
• achieve a minimum weighted average mark of H3 (65%) in their undergraduate degree; and
• commence the Master of Property/ Master of Urban Planning within 18 months of completing the undergraduate degree.
Applicants eligible for entry via the Graduate Degree packages will not be required to complete a portfolio or personal statement as part of their application.
Applicants should refer to the University handbook for the additional entry requirements for the Bachelor of Design.
Guaranteed Transfer into Commonwealth Supported Place
Students with a fee place in this course who complete 100 points of the course with a weighted average mark of at least H2A (75%) and who are eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place will be guaranteed a transfer to a Commonwealth Supported Place for the remainder of the course.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The Melbourne School of Design is the graduate school of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. It offers professional entry programs in Architecture, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, Property and Urban Planning. It offers specialist development programs in Property Valuation, Planning and Design and in Urban Design.
The Melbourne School of Design welcomes applications from students with disabilities. It is the University and Faculty (Architecture, Building and Planning) policy to take reasonable steps to make reasonable adjustments so as to enable students’ participation in degrees offered by the Melbourne School of Design (MSD).
A candidate for degrees offered in the MSD must have abilities and skills which include the following: observation; communication; motor; conceptual, integrative, and quantitative; and behavioural and social. Adjustments can be provided to minimise the impact of a disability, however, particularly at Masters level, students need to be able to participate in programs in an independent manner and with regard to their safety and the safety of others.
(i) Observation: Candidates must be able to read text, diagrams, maps, drawings and numerical data. Candidates should be able to observe details at a number of scales and to record useful observations of environmental contexts.
(ii) Communication: Candidates should be able to communicate with fellow students, professional and academic staff, members of relevant professions and the public. Candidates must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively. Communication includes not only speech but also reading and writing, presenting one's own work in front of a large group, receiving and responding to feedback about one's own work in a public setting. Assessment in studio subjects will involve 'crits' where students present their own work in front of a large group, where they will receive and respond to feedback about their work in a public setting. Crits are an integral part of working in the industry and are an inherent requirement of the course. The requirement to undertake public crits cannot be waived.
(iii) Motor: Candidates should have sufficient motor function to elicit information from environmental contexts. Off campus investigations may include visits to construction sites, urban, rural and/or remote environments. Candidates should have sufficient motor ability to prepare documentation of analytic texts, drawings and models of findings and for the reparation of proposals for environmental interventions via digital or other means. Candidates should have the ability to actively participate in appropriate site and/or design studio-based activities.
(iv) Intellectual-Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities: These abilities include measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis, synthesis and, importantly, the ability to interpret results of such work. Problem resolution, the critical skill demanded of graduates, requires all of these intellectual abilities. In addition, given the disciplines pursued in the SD, candidates should be able to comprehend three-dimensional relationships and to understand the spatial relationships in environmental structures of a wide range of scales – from smaller than the individual through individual buildings and urban spaces to large geographic areas. Further, graduate study entails learning to master one’s own abilities and skills and to deploy them strategically. This requires further developing skills in both reflective and reflexive thinking and being able to practice these skills.
(v) Behavioural and Social Attributes: A candidate must possess behavioural and social attributes that enable them to participate in a complex learning environment. Students are required to take responsibility for their own participation and learning. They also contribute to the learning of other students in collaborative learning environments, demonstrating interpersonal skills and an understanding of the needs of other students. Assessment may include the outcomes of tasks completed in collaboration with other students. Assessment in studio subjects will involve 'crits' where students present their own work in front of a large group, where they will receive and respond to feedback about their work in a public setting. Crits are an integral part of working in the industry.
Students undertaking public crits are an inherent requirement of the course, and cannot be waived.
Students who feel a disability will prevent them from meeting the above academic requirements are encouraged to contact the Disability Liaison Unit.
Intended learning outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Property/Master or Urban Planning will demonstrate:
Knowledge:
- Demonstrate a high level of technical knowledge of the property development, valuation, investment and finance, and operation;
- Understand a broad range of economic and management theories, including their practical application in the development, investment and management of global real property assets that meet the client’s financial, functional and operational requirements;
- Recognise and demonstrate an understanding of how property (development, investment and management) projects are evaluated, structured and delivered in terms of their risk allocations and viability;
- Have the ability to research, analyse, evaluate, discuss and develop solutions to a wide range of contemporary and emerging challenges facing the property industry.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of technical understanding of the processes of urban planning in local and international jurisdictions;
- An understanding of a broad range of theoretical and practical issues relating to the design, conduct and implementation of urban planning processes;
- Problem solving ability, able to research, evaluate and discuss planning processes in the light of contemporary planning ideals, ethics and debates, including debates surrounding the creation of equitable and sustainable human settlements;
- Understand the principles and practices of work in urban-planning project teams.
Skills:
- Demonstrate technical skills to undertake property market analysis; development feasibility; asset valuation for various purposes; investment portfolio analysis; modelling and evaluation of real estate assets, for redevelopment, valuation and asset repositioning; advanced financial structuring; and property management.
- Demonstrate technical skills related to property law and planning as required for successful property development and valuation.
- Apply cognitive and creative skills to evaluate and research property issues;
- Apply cognitive, technical, interpersonal, communication and technical skills that demonstrate the ability to synthesise complex information then plan, organise, lead and control a property development, valuation, investment or management task;
- Apply communication and technical skills to avoid conflict, manage risk and monitor project progress;
- Evaluate and communicate contemporary educational research ideas and findings to the wider educational community.
- Technical skills to plan and undertake urban planning processes;
- Cognitive and creative skills to evaluate and research traditional and alternative planning methodologies;
- Cognitive, interpersonal, communication and technical skills that demonstrate the ability to synthesise complex information and apply this to urban planning processes;
Application of knowledge and skills:
- Ability to plan and execute a substantial research-based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship.
- Apply theories strategically and creatively in addressing key property industry issues and/or undertaking property industry related activities;
- Work individually and collaboratively to establish and evaluate requirements of property development, valuation, investment, financing and management;
- The ability to think strategically and creatively in addressing key issues in the design and implementation of urban planning processes;
- The ability to work individually and collaboratively to establish, implement and evaluate planning processes, and to justify and interpret planning outcomes to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
Graduate attributes
The Master of Property/Master or Urban Planning provides graduates with:
- knowledge and understanding of full range of direct and indirect property activities (development, investment, finance, valuation, management of properties and practices) nationally and internationally.
- Graduates will have sound knowledge of recent developments in property discipline and areas of professional practice.
- Graduates will have knowledge of research principles and methods as applicable to property professional practice as well as for new knowledge creation.
- Graduates will have skills to demonstrate mastery in inspection, measurement of land and property, analysing development feasibility, valuation, property portfolio management and market analysis.
- Graduates will have sound professional communication, negotiation, data management and software skills.
- Graduates will have research skills to generate and evaluate complex ideas related to the discipline.
- Graduates will have research and communication skills to justify and interpret property related propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non‐specialist audiences.
- Graduates will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills to various property activities from the direct to the indirect, and from the national to the international through planning and execution of research project or a capstone.
Course structure
400 Point Program
All students must complete:
- 350 points core subjects in Urban Planning and Property
- 50 points electives
300 Point Program
All students must complete:
- 262.5 points core subjects in Urban Planning and Property
- 37.5 points electives
Subject options
First-year subjects (100 points)
Core subjects (87.5 points)
Students with an undergraduate major or degree in a non cognate area should complete the following subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90290 | Fundamentals of Built Environment Law | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90274 | Property Markets and Valuations | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90275 | Property Resources and Management | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACCT90041 | Fundamentals in Accounting |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90029 | Construction Studies | September (Online) |
12.5 |
FNCE90060 | Financial Management |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ECON90015 | Managerial Economics |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Elective subjects (12.5 points)
Plus 12.5 points of Urban Planning or Property electives:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90016 | Asset Management | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90017 | Urban Design Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90027 | Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90028 | Project Management | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90032 | Building Services and Operations | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90038 | International Property Development A | Not available in 2021 | 25 |
ABPL90040 | International Property Development B | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90055 | Planning Asia Pacific Cities Studio | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90056 | Urban Transport Politics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90077 | Introduction to Transport and Land Use | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90090 | Public Transport Network Planning | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90130 | Planning Law & Statutory Planning | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90266 | Inclusive Cities | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90280 | City Lights: Cities, Culture and History | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90281 | Housing Markets, Policy and Planning | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90283 | Ecology for Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90314 | Property Agency and Marketing (PG) | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90339 | International Real Estate Economics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90341 | Urban Environmental Policy and Planning | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90384 | MUP Studio |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
ABPL90405 | Energy & Carbon in the Built Environment |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90406 | Financial Engineering in Property | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90407 | Representing Spatial Information | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90408 | Spatial Analytics | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90409 | Realising The Knowledge Economy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90415 | Advanced Asset Strategy Applications | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
CVEN90048 | Transport Systems | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CVEN90061 | Freight Systems | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FRST90017 | Bushfire Planning & Management | September (Online) |
12.5 |
FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
HORT90039 | Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Burnley) |
12.5 |
NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN90001 | Urban Demography and Statistics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN90002 | Comparative Urban Planning | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PLAN90003 | City Leadership | Summer Term (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90011 | Foundations of Social Policy | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Students entering the Master of Property/ Master of Urban Planning from a cognate discipline will receive 100 points of advanced standing for the above subjects (300 point program starts from here).
Core Subjects (250 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90041 | Property Law (PG) | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90026 | Property Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90130 | Planning Law & Statutory Planning | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90134 | Planning Theory and History | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90045 | Statutory Valuation (PG) | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90011 | Advanced Property Analysis | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90131 | Strategic Plan Making | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90339 | International Real Estate Economics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90363 | Property Research and Analysis | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90135 | Analytical Methods | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90416 | Land and Property Economics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90132 | Land Use and Urban Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90315 | Participatory Planning | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90396 | MSD Minor Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90034 | Property Securitisation | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90031 | Corporate Real Estate Management | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90397 | MSD Minor Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90036 | Property Investment | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
And one of the following subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90362 | Research Thesis - Property |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90364 | Industry Based Research - Property | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects (37.5 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90016 | Asset Management | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90028 | Project Management | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90027 | Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90038 | International Property Development A | Not available in 2021 | 25 |
ABPL90040 | International Property Development B | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90032 | Building Services and Operations | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90281 | Housing Markets, Policy and Planning | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90314 | Property Agency and Marketing (PG) | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90406 | Financial Engineering in Property | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90407 | Representing Spatial Information | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90408 | Spatial Analytics | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90409 | Realising The Knowledge Economy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90415 | Advanced Asset Strategy Applications | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90341 | Urban Environmental Policy and Planning | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90283 | Ecology for Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HORT90039 | Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Burnley) |
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90405 | Energy & Carbon in the Built Environment |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90266 | Inclusive Cities | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90280 | City Lights: Cities, Culture and History | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90011 | Foundations of Social Policy | March (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90384 | MUP Studio |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90055 | Planning Asia Pacific Cities Studio | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PLAN90003 | City Leadership | Summer Term (Online) |
12.5 |
PLAN90002 | Comparative Urban Planning | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90017 | Urban Design Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PLAN90001 | Urban Demography and Statistics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Further study
Graduates may progress to a range of other graduate coursework programs, as well as research higher degree programs including the Doctor of Philosophy.
Last updated: 29 March 2024