Stage Two courses
2024
Students in the second year of the BUrbPlan(Hons) take these courses:
- Semester One
- URBPLAN 221, 223, 225
- Semester Two:
- URBPLAN 222, 226
- One General Education course
URBPLAN 221 - Social Issues for Urban Planning
- Course prescription: A critical understanding of urban social theory, social justice, social equity, gender issues, social diversity and equality, and who has rights to the city. Housing policies, markets, practices, and their relationship with urban sustainability, including transportation planning responses to social dislocation. Provides the ability to understand and undertake Social Impacts Assessments relevant for urban planning.
- Semester availability: Semester One
- Programme restriction: BUrbPlan(Hons)
- Prerequisite: URBPLAN 101, 122-126
- Restriction: URBPLAN 204
- Points: 15
URBPLAN 222 - Urban Economics
- Course Prescription: A critical understanding of the principles of urban land use economics, how property markets work and how properties are developed, valued and financed, as well as how urban planning strategies can facilitate, or impede, efficient property markets.
- Semester availability: Semester Two
- Programme restriction: BUrbPlan(Hons)
- Prerequisite: URBPLAN 101, 122-126
- Restriction: URBPLAN 304
- Points: 15
URBPLAN 223 - Urban Planning Law
- Course prescription: A critical understanding of the concepts and principles relevant to urban planning legislation, practice and decision-making, including the Resource Management Act 1991, Local Government Act 2002, Land Transport Management Act 2003, Climate Change Response Act 2019 and Urban Development Authority Act 2020.
- Semester availability: Semester One
- Programme restriction: BUrbPlan(Hons)
- Prerequisite: URBPLAN 101, 122-126
- Restriction: URBPLAN 202
- Points: 15
URBPLAN 225 - Urban Planning Studio 3
- Course prescription: Explores the social, economic and consultation and design and report writing skills, factors and tools required to undertake a medium scale re-generation community development project. Studio-based design provides prevention strategies to mitigate the adverse impacts of social dislocation of existing communities and urban gentrification.
- Semester availability: Semester One
- Programme restriction: BUrbPlan(Hons)
- Prerequisite: URBPLAN 101, 122-126
- Points: 30
URBPLAN 226 - Urban Planning Studio 4
- Course prescription: Enables students to undertake a detailed and in-depth consideration of a contemporary wicked problem currently or potentially challenging urban planning practice through a studio-based design exercise leading to a design solution. Potential wicked problems include the impact of climate change on urban form and communities or the challenges of creating resilient and sustainable communities in light of significant urban growth pressures.
- Semester availability: Semester Two
- Programme restriction: BUrbPlan(Hons)
- Prerequisite: URBPLAN 101, 122-126
- Points: 30