Masters courses

2024

Enrolment Information

  1. Students need to use My Programme Requirements to view courses that are part of their degree. This includes non-Urban Planning 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 Masters taught and thesis courses offered in Urban Planning.

Master of Engineering Studies

If you are interested in taking one of the following courses, then please submit an enrolment concession and we'll check if space is available:

  • UBRPLAN 701, 704, 705, 707, 711, 712, or 734.

For guidance about how one of these courses might fit in your degree, contact the Student Hubs.

Taught Courses

URBPLAN 701 - Urban Planning Contexts

  • Course prescription: An introduction to the city, urban planning and sustainability. Professional roles, practices and values. An introduction to and application of critical quantitative and qualitative research skills and methods for urban planning.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 702 - Urban Planning Law

  • Course prescription: A critical understanding of the concepts and principles of relevant urban planning legislation and decision-making.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 703 - Urban Planning and the Environment

  • Course prescription: A fundamental understanding of ecological issues and their implications for urban planning.
  • Semester availability: Semester One
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 704 - People, Communities and Urban Planning

  • Course prescription: A critical analysis of the urban social issues and relevant urban planning responses.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 705 - Sustainable Infrastructure Planning

  • Course prescription: A critical understanding of the essential physical urban infrastructure and research methods skills for urban planning.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two 
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 706 - Māori Planning Issues

  • Course prescription: Māori attitudes, values and aspirations in urban planning with an understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi. Indigenous development issues.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 15

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 708 - Urban Design Studio

  • Course prescription: The principles and concepts of urban design and their application in urban planning practice.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 711 - Urban Planning Theory

  • Course prescription: A comparative exploration of urban planning theories and ethics.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Prerequisite: URBPLAN 301-305, 310, 311, or URBPLAN 701
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 712 - Sustainable Urbanism

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

URBPLAN 713 - Shelter

  • Course prescription: Housing policies and practices. Housing and urban sustainability.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Prerequisite: URBPLAN 301-305, 310, 311, or URBPLAN 704
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 714 - Urban Planning Methods and Plan Making Studio

  • Course prescription: Urban planning methods and plan making implication and evaluation. Project management.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two 
  • Prerequisite: URBPLAN 301-305, 310, 311, or URBPLAN 702
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 715 - Urban Planning Research Dissertation

  • Course prescription: An in-depth, self guided research investigation relevant to urban planning with an advanced examination and application of critical quantitative and/or qualitative research skills for urban planning.
  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two
  • Prerequisite: URBPLAN 701, 705
  • Points: 45

URBPLAN 734 - Urban Planning and Governance 

  • Course prescription: Public policy, democracy, capacity building and implications of urban planning practice.
  • Semester availability: Semester Two 
  • Prerequisite: URBPLAN 301-305, 310, 311, or URBPLAN 702
  • Points: 15

URBPLAN 735 - Resource Consents and Implementation, Evaluation

  • Course prescription: The critical skills and judgments required in the urban planning implementation process, including Assessment of Environmental Effects/Social Impact Assessment development.
  • Semester availability: Semester One 
  • Prerequisite: URBPLAN 321-323, 325, 326
  • Points: 15

Thesis Courses

These are double-semester courses. Please note:

  • You must enrol in the 'A' and 'B' components (eg: URBPLAN 794A in Semester One and URBPLAN 794B in Semester Two).
  • You have until the fourth Friday of the first semester in which you enrol into the A component to make changes without penalty. 
  • After this point you are considered enrolled for the complete points value of the course, including part-time, and any changes made after this point will incur penalties. 
  • You are liable for the total fees for the A and B component course (full or part-time), and this includes if you withdraw from the course. 

URBPLAN 794A&B - 90pt Thesis 

  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two 
  • Programme restriction: MUrbPlan
  • Note: Students must enrol in UBRPLAN 794A and B as this is a double-semester course. One 15 point course from URBPLAN 701-708 must be taken in each semester alongside the thesis enrolment. 

    URBPLAN 796A&B - 120pt Thesis

    • Semester availability: Semester One and Two 
    • Programme restriction: MUrbPlan
    • Note: Students must enrol in UBRPLAN 794A and B as this is a double-semester course

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