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Course structure
All students must complete:
- 150 points of core subjects, including 25 points of capstone subject(s).
- 50 points of elective subjects.
Subject options
Core Subjects (125 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)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| 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 |
| ABPL90389 | Urban Design Studio C |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Capstone Subject (25 points)
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 (50 points)
Urban Design Theory
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90266 | Inclusive Cities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90425 | Informal Settlement | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Urban Design Practice
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | No longer available | |
| ABPL90123 | Advanced Computational Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90132 | Urban Coding and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90167 | Design Communications Workshop (P/G) | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90263 | Constructed Ecologies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Ecology for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90307 | MSD Vocational Placement |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | No longer available |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90380 | Designing for Heat in the Public Domain | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90400 | Design for Diversity | No longer available | |
| ABPL90404 | Place Making for The Built Environment | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT90005 | Partnerships for Sustainable Futures | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90446 | No longer available |
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 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90090 | Public Transport Network Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90056 | Urban Transport Politics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90064 | Climate Change & Sustainability Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90077 | Introduction to Transport and Land Use | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90134 | Planning Theory and History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90281 | Housing Markets, Policy and Planning | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90315 | Participatory Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90341 | Urban Environmental Policy and Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90405 | Energy & Carbon in the Built Environment |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT90004 | Environmental Sustainability |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PLAN90002 | Comparative Urban Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN90003 | City Leadership | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Research Methods
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90066 | MSD Research Project Short (12.5 Points) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90135 | Analytical Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90407 | Representing Spatial Information | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90408 | Spatial Analytics | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90417 | Environment Behaviour Methods for Design | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
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Last updated: 27 November 2024