University Of The Sunshine Coast
Plan better spaces and land uses for our next generation. A career in urban design and town planning enables you to plan and design good places for people to live, work and play. This is not just a planning degree.
In this program you will:
Manage urban growth and plan for sustainable development, infrastructure and services
Choose a specialisation such as environmental management or geospatial analysis
Get hands-on experience through practical projects each year and a five-week full-time placement in final year
Put theory into practice, make connections in the industry and impress potential employers
Undertake placement in local government, state government, planning consultancies, non-government or environmental organisations
Sunshine Coast, Australia
48 Months
AU$ 24,400
IELTS: 6
Introductory courses (7) 84 units
ENP101 Introduction to Urban Design & Town Planning - Studio I
ENP103 Planning Theory, Governance and Politics
ENP104 Urban Economics and System Analytics
GEO100 The Changing Planet
HIS140 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability
Developing courses (8) 96 units
ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
ENP245 Landscapes, Place and People
ENP255 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
ENS204 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
ENS253 Geographic Information Science and Technology
HIS200 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
SCS225 Social Research
SWK251 Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Graduate courses (9) 132 units
ENP336 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
ENP355 Neighbourhood Planning and Design - Studio III
ENP365 Participation and Conflict Resolution
ENS300 Environmental Economics
ENP411 Advanced Planning Policy and Practice
ENP455 Community Planning and Design - Studio IV(24 units)
ENP460 Planning Practicum(24 units)
ENP470A Planning Project A
ENP470B Planning Project B
Minor courses (4) 48 units
Environmental Management
Geospatial Analysis
Sociology
Sustainability
For entry into most USC undergraduate degree programs, you need to have completed a minimum level of education similar to successful completion of Australian Year 12 with good grades.
Further studies, for example, a semester or more at college or university, can also be considered for entry and may give you credit transfer towards a degree.
English Language Requirement
IELTS (Academic) Overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each subtest
TOEFL iBT Overall score of 76 with minimum score of 21 for writing
Annual tuition fee ($AUD)
A$24,400
Community development
Development assessment
Infrastructure development
Place maker
Planning consultancy
Property development
Social planner
Strategic planning and policy
Transport planner
Urban designer