Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
Deakin's suite of Planning courses are designed to promote a rich cross-discipline collaborative learning environment.
They have been developed for those who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, irrespective of their discipline base, and who wish to acquire or enhance a career path which involves designing, planning and managing sustainable social and urban change.
Students will address development pressures as well as key issues at local government level such as the design of high quality healthy urban environments, environmental sustainability, cultural heritage and the forming of ethical public policy.
Deakin's Planning courses are offered as an articulating suite that includes a graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master degree. Deakin is the only university in Australia to offer postgraduate entry into Planning by graduates of an unrelated discipline.
Planning
Existing planning professionals will benefit from the opportunity to gain specialist knowledge in a choice of one or more streams including*: Urban Design, Healthy Cities, Cultural Heritage, Public Policy and Governance, Environmental Management, or Research.
*note streams subject to change. Please consult the online handbook for up to date details.
There is currently a critical shortage of skilled and experienced experts, especially in rural and regional areas, who are able to plan, design, and manage sustainable social and urban change.
The courses aim to provide skills that will graduate to work across diverse sectors of the planning industry. Career positions include:
Interdisciplinary approach - The Planning courses have been formulated across three of Deakin's faculties, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Science, and the Faculty of Science and Technology. This integration of many disciplines provides students with the ability to comprehend and engage with the planning design and governance of the urban environment from a multi-dimensional perspective.
Studio based research forums - Students have the opportunity to participate in a sequence of collaborative studio-based research forums. This sequence of case-based workshops, not offered by any other postgraduate program in Australia, allows students to develop problem identification and solving skills through critical analysis and the generation of innovative design/policy strategies.
Flexible graduate entry options - Deakin's Planning program encourages diversity in the knowledge base of its student cohort. Students without prior undergraduate qualifications in Planning, Architecture, or Landscape Architecture, but with an undergraduate qualification from an unrelated discipline background can obtain professionally accredited qualifications in planning, governance and urban design. Deakin is the only university in Australia to offer this postgraduate entry to graduates of an unrelated discipline.
Relevant knowledge - Postgraduate courses in Planning cover key issues, concepts and knowledge required by professionals working in all areas of the urban design, cultural heritage, healthy cities, environmental management and public policy and governance.
Units of study are under constant review and are directly relevant to the professional lives of students and graduates.
The Graduate Certificate is available for summer intensive study. Students will study subjects online, with two weeks on-campus attendance over the semester at the Geelong Waterfront campus. The on-campus component may include intensive tuition, networking, field-based learning or group projects depending on the unit of study.
Contact the Postgraduate support team for details.
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