Urban designers and planners are engaged with the pressing issues of our time, including the climate change, sustainable resourcing, and the impact of urbanisation.
Course Plans
The Urban Design and Planning major Handbook entry stipulates the complete requirements for the Urban Design and Planning major. Always use the University Handbook as your primary course planning tool.
Commenced 2016
Year 1 | Changing Melbourne | Designing Environments | Level 1 Environments elective | Breadth |
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Year 1 | Urban Environments | Level 1 Environments elective | Level 1 Environments elective | Breadth |
Year 2 | Urban History | Cities: From Local to Global | Environments Elective | Breadth |
Year 2 | Introduction to Urban Design & Planning | Urban Design Studies OR Urban Design for People and Places | Environments Elective | Breadth |
Year 3 | Morphological Mapping | Major Selective | Environments Elective | Breadth OR |
Year 3 | Urban Precinct Studio | Environments Elective | Breadth OR |
First-year subjects | Major subjects | Elective subjects | Breadth subjects | Free points |
Urban Planning and Design major - elective subjects (12.5 points)
- Principles of Property / Design and Property Principles
- Inside the City of Diversity
- Ecology of Urban Landscapes
- The Disaster Resilient City
- Environmental Politics and Management
- Society and Environments
- Architecture Design Studio: Water
- City Futures (No longer offered)
- Planning Scenario and Policy Workshop (New Selective)
Commenced Pre-2016
Students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments prior to 2016 should refer to the handbook entry for the year they commenced in conjunction with the 2013 handbook listings for Environments elective and Breadth subjects.
Environments Electives
Environments electives are subjects approved as Environments discipline subjects in the Bachelor of Environments. The full list of Environments electives is available here.
Breadth
Students should refer to the Bachelor of Environments Handbook entry for details of breadth requirements and to access a complete listing of available breadth subjects.
Breadth restrictions in the Urban Design and Planning major
Students undertaking the Urban Design and Planning major are not permitted to take certain Design subjects as breadth.
Refer to the Urban Design and Planning major Handbook entry for full details.