Master of Urban Planning/Master of Urban Design (MC-UPUD) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Knowledge:

• 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.
• Ability 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.
• An understanding of the principles and practices of work in urban-planning project teams.
• Knowledge in urban design and related areas; enabling them to play an integrating role between the built environment disciplines, including architecture, landscape, and planning.
• An understanding of a broad range of urban design theories, and their practical application.
• Knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to urban studies.
• An understanding of recent developments in the field of Urban Design.

Skills:

• 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.
• Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to different bodies of knowledge or practice.
• Communication skills to present projects that contribute to professional practice or scholarship.

Application of knowledge and skills:

• 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.
• Ability to plan and execute a substantial individual research-based project relating to contemporary planning theory or practice.
• The ability to think strategically and creatively in addressing key urban design issues.
• The ability to work individually and collaboratively to establish and evaluate requirements and priorities in new project situations and effectively contribute to urban design projects.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences
• Critical and analytical skills to identify and resolve complex problems
• Ability to learn and use appropriate technologies
• Effective organisational, time management and planning skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively in groups