Graduate Diploma of Planning
Course summary for current students
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| Award granted | Graduate Diploma of Planning |
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| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
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| CRICOS course code | 058372D |
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| Deakin course code | A663 |
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Offered to continuing students only.
Continuing students should contact their course advisor for further information. |
Course sub-headings
Course overview
The Graduate Diploma of Planning will produce graduates who can work in a variety of different areas across a range of planning situations. They will have the ability to project manage and facilitate across a number of professional areas. They will grasp the complexity of projects and understand the broad range of disciplines and fields that need to work together to achieve sound environmental outcomes
Graduates of the course will:
- understand integrated planning across a range of disciplines
- be broadly equipped to have an impact on government and the private sector
- be people who can challenge, change, think and lead
- be analytical, informed, creative, committed; people who are trying to change things for the better
- have an ability to integrate and coordinate disciplines, and offer thought leadership
- be spatial planners - place makers who can join the dots.
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Alternative exits
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Fees and charges
Unit fees can be viewed within individual unit descriptions. You can search for a unit using the Unit Search.
Please be aware:
- Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
- Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
- Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services
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Course rules
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Planning, you must successfully complete 8 credit points of study comprising:
- 5 compulsory core units; and
- 3 credit points of electives selected from the specified list of units below.
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Specialisations
Specialisations are available in the following areas:
Urban Design
Healthy Cities Cultural Heritage Public Policy and Governance Environmental Management Planning Research Note: Students who complete a specialisation of 4 credit points will have the specialisation indicated on their academic transcript.
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Course structure
Compulsory core units
Trimester 1
| AIA718 | Planning Theory, History and Current Issues (B, X) |
| SRD761 | Designing Urban Environments (X) |
Trimester 2
| AIA701 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSH724 | Local Action for Healthy Cities and Communities (X) |
Trimester 3
| SRD762 | Interdisciplinary Planning and Design (S, X) |
Successful completion of AIA701 satisfies Planning Institute of Australia accreditation.
Electives
Trimester 1
| AIA716 | Unit description is currently unavailable ** |
| AIM701 | Heritage, Memory and Identity (B, X) |
| AIM707 | Introduction to Traditional Buildings (X) |
| AIP740 | Public Policy Analysis (X) * |
| AIP745 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ASC741 | Conducting Qualitative Research (X) |
| ASD711 | Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning (X) |
| HSH709 | Health and Social Impact Assessment (B) |
| HSH739 | International Perspectives on Health Policy and Planning (B) ** |
| SLE721 | Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development (X) |
| SLE725 | Environmental Management Systems (X) |
| SLE795 | Planning and Techniques for Interpretation |
| SRA742 | Urban Perspectives (S, X) |
Trimester 2
| AIM703 | Introduction to Heritage Planning (X) |
| AIM704 | Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism (B, X) |
| AIM705 | Conservation Management Planning (B, X) * |
| AIM709 | Intangible Heritage (B, X) |
| AIM710 | Shared Heritage: Issues and Perspectives (X) |
| AIM714 | Cultural Landscapes (B, X) |
| AIM716 | Unit description is currently unavailable *** |
| AIP747 | Policy and Program Evaluation (X) |
| ASC743 | Analysing Qualitative Data (B, X) |
| ASC744 | Analysis of Quantitative Data (X) |
| MMM796 | Managing Arts in Community Settings (ONLINE) |
| SLE722 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SRD764 | Urban Design Studio (S) |
| SRM781 | Managing Change and Innovation (S, X) |
Trimester 1 or trimester 2
| HSH740 | People, Health and Planning (B) |
| SRM771 | Work Place Assessment (X) |
Trimester 3
| HSH736 | Community Consultation and Participation |
| AIP773 | Governance and Accountability (X) |
* AIP740 is also offered in trimester 3 2009/10.
** Not offered 2010
*** Offered in alternate years, not offered 2010. Offered 2011, 2013.
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Details of specialisations
Urban Design
| SRA742 | Urban Perspectives (S, X) |
| SRD764 | Urban Design Studio (S) |
| SRM781 | Managing Change and Innovation (S, X) |
All Students wishing to undertake the Urban Design specialism will need to undertake the core unit SRD761 Designing Urban Environments
Healthy Cities
| HSH709 | Health and Social Impact Assessment (B) |
| HSH736 | Community Consultation and Participation |
| HSH739 | International Perspectives on Health Policy and Planning (B) * |
| HSH740 | People, Health and Planning (B) |
* HSH739 is not offered in 2010
Cultural Heritage
| AIM701 | Heritage, Memory and Identity (B, X) |
| AIM703 | Introduction to Heritage Planning (X) |
| AIM707 | Introduction to Traditional Buildings (X) |
| AIM716 | Unit description is currently unavailable * |
* Offered in alternate years, not offered 2010. Offered 2011, 2013.
Public Policy and Governance
| AIP740 | Public Policy Analysis (X) |
| AIP745 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| AIP747 | Policy and Program Evaluation (X) |
| ASD711 | Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning (X) |
Environmental Management
| SLE721 | Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development (X) |
| SLE722 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SLE725 | Environmental Management Systems (X) |
| SLE795 | Planning and Techniques for Interpretation |
Planning Research
| AIA716 | Unit description is currently unavailable * |
| HSH731 | Minor Project A and B (B, X) |
| SRM771 | Work Place Assessment (X) |
* AIA716 is not offered in 2010.
