Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning)

In your first year, you’ll complete units that will lay the foundations for the remainder of your course. You’ll explore the built environment and receive an introduction to planning and design, urban development law, urban analysis and land-use planning. You’ll also develop your skills in negotiation and conflict resolution.

In your second year, you’ll continue to build skills in site planning, stakeholder engagement, transport planning and planning law, as well as engaging in units from your selected second major or set of minors. From there, you’ll have the opportunity to refine your understanding of urban design and property development, and use your cumulative knowledge to undertake environmental planning activities. You’ll also reflect on your work placement and consolidate your research skills.

In your final year, you’ll explore advanced concepts of urban and regional planning, as well as planning theory and ethics. You’ll engage in real-world planning projects in studio and research environments, and potentially undertake an internship with a member of Queensland’s Parliament. Your studies will culminate in a major research project with a faculty mentor that showcases your career-ready skills.

Work Integrated Learning

You are required to complete 30 days (equivalent to 225 hours) of approved urban and regional planning work experience as part of your Work Integrated Learning core unit.

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Careers and outcomes

As an urban and regional planner, you’ll design and manage the use of land and natural resources to meet society’s future needs in a sustainable way. Working with elected representatives, communities and other clients, you’ll prepare and administer physical schemes that create better places and lives for neighbourhoods, cities and regions. You’ll also plan large-scale projects such as new cities, suburbs, ports, recreational and industrial areas and transport routes, consulting widely among local communities and colleagues in related fields.

You may enjoy a career in urban and regional planning if you’re interested in social, economic, environmental and cultural issues; art and design; using your imagination; and being creative. With a flexible course structure, you’ll have the opportunity to enhance your broad appreciation of fields related to urban and regional planning, such as urban design, property economics, architecture, landscape architecture, law or business management.