Honours courses
2024
Students who commenced their BUrbPlan(Hons) studies prior to 2021 must have successfully completed Part I, II, and III before enrolling in Part IV:
- Semester One
- URBPLAN 711, 712, 713, 735
- Semester Two
- URBPLAN 714, 734, 757
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 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 704
- 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
URBPLAN 757 - Research Project
- 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 Two
- Programme restriction: BUrbPlan(Hons)
- Prerequisite: URBPLAN 301-305, 310, 311 or 321, 326
- Points: 30