UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

UPD5002 Planning project 4: The inclusive city

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

UPD5002 Planning project 4: The inclusive city is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2023 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs UPD5001.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2023
Semester 2
Caulfield
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks

This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before UPD5002

Corequisites

Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.

After UPD5002

No unit lists UPD5002 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: You must be enrolled in the Master of Urban Planning and Design (F6004) or Master of Architecture (F6001)

Overview

Planning project 4: The inclusive city focuses on issues pertinent to social and community planning to address the challenge of creating people-centred cities. The unit expands and consolidates advanced concepts, knowledge and skills encompassing a range of complex issues relevant to practising urban planning. Through critical research, analysis and synthesis undertaken in real spatial settings, the unit develops concepts, creative approaches, processes and outcomes and the skills to communicate these effectively to diverse communities.

Offerings in 2023

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Report 1
    40%
  • Report 2
    20%
  • Final report and exhibition
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Critically reflect on and practice ethical approaches to contemporary urban planning in diverse communities;

  2. 2

    Strategically respond to complex problems and develop appropriate planning responses, processes and outcomes pertinent to social and community planning;

  3. 3

    Apply skills in research to address social and community planning issues;

  4. 4

    Communicate in written, verbal and graphic formats on social and community planning issues.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities72 hours
  • Teaching approachResearch activities
  • Teaching approachField trips
  • Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
  • Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
  • Teaching approachActive learning

24 hours per week including 6 contact hours plus 18 hours of independent study.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Carl Grodach
Unit Coordinators
Professor Carl Grodach

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for UPD5002?

You need UPD5001 before you enrol; and OHS1000 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is UPD5002 offered?

In 2023, UPD5002 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.

Does UPD5002 have an exam?

No. UPD5002 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Architecture
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Available