Master of Planning

at Western Sydney University

Year 1
 

• Researcher Development 1: Reading ,Writing, and the Business of Research
• Managing Cities: History and Theory
• Planning and Environmental Regulation
• Heritage and Planning
• Planning and Development Control
• Researcher Development 2: Proposing and Justifying Research
• Developing Sustainable Places
• Social Research in the Digital World

Year 2        
 

• Building Studies
• Urban Planning Placement Project
• Urban Research Report
• Health, Wellbeing and Place
• Urban Management Practice: Governance and Power in the City
• Financing Cities in the Global Economy
• Cool Green Cities
• Translation from Theory and Research to Policy

Admission Requirements
 

• Applicants must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree 
  
  Or 
   
• Have a minimum of five years full-time equivalent work experience in planning, geography, social science, environmental studies, architecture and landscape studies, urban and regional studies, engineering or public policy.
• Applicants seeking admission on the basis of work experience must support their application with a Statement of Service for all work experience listed on the application. 

Domestic Student
Fees: $25,304*

International Student
Fees: AUD $28,080*

With this degree you can look forward to career opportunities in:
 

• Planning and management in local, state and federal government agencies or the private sector
• Zoning and land use
• Social policy development
• Sustainability and the environment