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Master of Property/Master of Urban Planning (MC-PROPUP) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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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.
The variety of planning roles – working in government, for the private sector, in public‐private partnerships and in civil society is becoming more complex. The variety of planning specialisations – including land‐use development control, transport planning, environmental planning, strategic
planning, advocacy and community development, and urban design is increasing. The Master of Urban Planning degree equips planners with basic knowledge and skills that allow them to excel in the workplace. More importantly, the Master of Urban Planning teaches students to think critically
and strategically, with a sound understanding of relevant theories, and with a view to ensuring the ability to adapt to and to lead these changes.
This teaching includes considerable emphasis on global changes in planning practice and governance and equips graduates to practice internationally.
Last updated: 19 April 2024