UXH431 Urban Planning Practice
To view more information for this unit, select Unit Outline from the list below. Please note the teaching period for which the Unit Outline is relevant.
| Unit code: | UXH431 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | UXB330 and 240 credit points of completed study |
| Equivalent(s): | UDB471 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
|
| CSP student contribution | $993 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,348 |
| International unit fee | $4,080 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2021, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | UXH431 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | UXB330 AND 240 credit points of completed study |
| Equivalent: | UDB471 |
| Coordinator: | Mellini Sloan | mellini.sloan@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Urban planners collaborate within project teams to find and implement solutions to complex contemporary issues. In this unit, we will simulate a planning consultancy with a local government client to provide strategic directions to guide the future development of a specific geographic area. You will work in small groups to prepare a proposal or a strategic planning consultancy and develop a strategic plan, relying upon a set of staged steps and support from teaching staff and industry partners. As final year urban and regional planning students, you have developed the technical and communicative skills required to undertake this work throughout your course and professional practice placements but will need to invest significant time and collaborate effectively to produce high-quality deliverables.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse significant urban planning issues and solve planning problems to achieve desired outcomes.
- Synthesise a wide range of economic, social, spatial and policy data to respond to community needs and priorities.
- Apply communicative planning processes in the development of strategic plans.
- Collaborate to build professional relationships and achieve project goals and critically reflect on your development as an effective team member.
- Communicate complex planning concepts through oral, written and visual communication methods.
Content
Urban Planning Practice is a problem-solving project, intended to develop an integrated strategic plan to guide growth and change for the designated urban area. You will assume the role of planning consultant developing a strategic plan to the requirements of a local government brief.
The project includes the following stages:
1. Preparation and presentation of a planning appraisal that details preliminary visions and objectives for the study area's future devlopment, informed by a rigourous site analysis.
2. Preparation of a strategic development plan for the study area to achieve the plan's objectives over a 20-year period.
3. A seminar showcasing the key points of the strategic plan.
Learning Approaches
This unit employs studio based, problem based and collaborative learning to provide opportunities for you to apply best practice planning processes, site appraisals, strategic planning and problem solving.
Your participation in the unit will include:
• Weekly studio sessions to review concepts and discuss techniques, apply knowledge and skills, and practice specific elements of the planning process
• Independent practice of each stage of the planning process
• Collaboration with teams through a strategic planning exercise using asynchronous collaborative online tools
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
Self-Feedback: Reflection
Peer feedback: Feedback through group work.
Expert feedback: Industry practitioners provide feedback on project.
Teacher feedback: Opportunities for both individual and group feedback throughout the semester as well as a part of assessment process.
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Proposal
Proposal for a Strategic Planning Consultancy:
Acting as part of a team of planning consultants, you will respond to a call for proposals for a strategic planning project for a specific geographic area. You will pitch your ideas and your project plan, including a timeline for implementation, to a client and a panel of industry professionals. You will create a written proposal and slides in support of an oral presentation, and will be assessed and receive feedback on these three components. Your proposal should include graphic components, identify and succinctly describe key details about the study area including its unique character, problems, and potentialities, and offer a vision and objectives to frame your strategic planning .
Assessment: Professional Plans
Strategic Plan:
Acting as a team of planning consultants, you will develop and present a strategic plan for a distinct geographic area. It will include a refined vision, objectives, and strategic directions along with policy and land use maps, implementation strategies, and a monitoring framework. You will also describe detailed background information about the site and the method used to develop the plan. You will develop a final product that is attractively designed and highly visual so as to permit the communication of complex planning concepts to a wide audience, and guide the future development of the area. You will also need to present your plan to the client and industry professionals, highlighting key attributes of your document that aid in navigation, readability and fulfillment of elements of the project brief.
Assessment: Portfolio
Project Progress Report
Acting as a planning consultant working for a government or industry client, you will be required to undertake routine project progress reporting to demonstrate ongoing engagement in project delivery, reflect on your role as a project team member, as well as to benchmark progress towards completion. You will use a variety of techniques to report on progress, mediated through an online interface, and receive formative feedback from teaching staff in response to your reports.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Other Resources:
You are also required to use the following:
§ The unit website on QUT's Blackboard;
§ QUT Library Databases;
§ QUT Cite| Write: You can access QUT cite/write online (Free download from QUT library).
Additional Costs
Site visits to study area/s will involve some travel expenses
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing SEF students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
Prior to any off campus class activities that you are required to undertake in this unit, a risk assessment will be prepared and made available to you at the MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) library or on the unit Blackboard site. You will receive a briefing regarding any specific hazard and risk related instructions from your field leader before commencing the activity.