Urban Design

2024

  1. Students need to use My Programme Requirements to view courses that are part of their degree, and this includes non-Urban Design courses in the combined programmes. 
  2. Each programme page has a sample structure diagram as a visual reference to assist with planning your studies and enrolling in your courses. 
  3. Below are the Postgraduate courses offered in Urban Design

URBDES 702 - Urban Design Theory and Practice

  • Course prescription: The language of urban design, urban analysis, urban history, contemporary theory, international and local practice, allied disciplines, cities in the developing world and pacific urbanism.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Programme restriction: MArch(Prof), MArch(Prof)UrbDes, MUrbDes, MUrbPlan(Prof), MUrbPlan(Prof)UrbDes
  • Points: 15

URBDES 703 - Directed Study

  • Course prescription: See the digital course outline for information.
  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two
  • Programme restriction: MUrbDes, MUrbPlan(Prof)UrbDes
  • Points: 15

URBDES 705 - Urban Design Site Analysis

  • Course prescription: Urban morphology, site analyses and an exploration of a contemporary urban design issue.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two 
  • Programme restriction: MUrbDes, MUrbPlan(Prof)UrbDes
  • Points: 15

URBDES 710 - Urban Design Studio 1

  • Course prescription: An urban design project involving in-depth specialised research on the implications for urban design at the strategic scale.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Programme restriction: MArch(Prof)UrbDes, MUrbDes, MUrbPlan(Prof)UrbDes
  • Points: 30

URBDES 720 - Urban Design Studio 2

  • Course prescription: An advanced urban design project involving highly specialised research related to the analysis and design of the built environment.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two 
  • Prerequisite: URBDES 710
  • Programme restriction: MArch(Prof)UrbDes, MUrbDes, MUrbPlan(Prof)UrbDes
  • Points: 30

URBDES 730 - Urban Design Research Project

  • Course prescription: Individual research project in an aspect of urban design theory or practice.
  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two 
  • Programme restriction: MUrbDes
  • Note: Only MUrbDes students exempt from UBRPLAN 707 and 712
  • Points: 30

URBPLAN 707 - Urban Economic Development

  • Course prescription: Principles of urban economics. Economic development, urban planning strategies. Asset management and property development.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two 
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 712 - Sustainable Urbanism

  • Course prescription: Research into critical and contemporary urban planning issues.
  • Semester availability: Semester One
  • Points: 15