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Graduate Diploma in City Planning
UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
UNSW's Graduate Diploma in City Planning builds on the shorter Graduate Certificate with deeper training for graduates from a related discipline, or professionals whose work intersects with planning systems, moving into a planning career. Using Sydney and New South Wales as a working laboratory placed in global context through critical analysis and international best practice, the program develops the analytical, thinking and communication skills planners need across a genuinely wide stakeholder spectrum. Students can articulate directly into the Master of City Planning if they decide to continue, making the diploma a substantial middle option between the shorter certificate and the full master's degree. It suits professionals who found the certificate too brief but aren't ready to commit to the full master's, giving them more depth while keeping the progression pathway open.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- Prescribed Electives: PLAN6000 Planning with Indigenous Peoples, CONS0025 Infrastructure Planning, Procurement and Finance, BENV7504 Digital Cities, BENV7307 Writing the City, BENV7728 Geographical Information Systems and Urban Informatics, BEIL6010 Sydney Urban Lab, BENV7500 Programmable Cities, SUSD0009 Environmental Auditing, REST0004 Property Investment and Finance, BEIL6011 Street Life Studies: Cambodia, UDES0006 Case Studies in Urban Development and Design, BEIL6002 Urban and Regional Design, CVEN9405 Transport Planning Practice, BENV7712 Healthy Built Environments, BEIL6000 Contemporary Issues in Urbanism, BEIL6007 International Study Tour, PLAN7156 Housing Policy and Finance, BEIL6008 International Design Studio, BENV7501 Urban Data Visualisation, REST0006 Property Development and Feasibility Analysis, BENV7811 Urban Renewal, SUSD0010 Managing the Sustainable Built Environment..
Admissions
A bachelor's degree with a credit average (equivalent to a UNSW WAM of 65). Note: Graduates of UNSW Bachelor of City Planning (Honours), or equivalent programs accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia are ineligible for admission as they have already met the learning outcomes of this degree. Applicants who do not meet these requirements may be eligible to commence their postgraduate planning studies through taking the Graduate Certificate. Advanced Standing Advanced standing may be granted for completed or partially completed postgraduate awards from UNSW or from another institution.
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