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GEPL520 Principles of Development Control

Updated: 07 January 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
09 February 2010 11 February 2010 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions GEPL220 or GEPL320
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL320 - Principles of Development Control
Coordinator(s) Paul McFarland (pmcfarla@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Intended for planning students, this unit provides a grounding in one of the core areas of planning activity - development control. The unit covers the institutional context within which development control operates; the major reform influences on development control, and seeks to develop practical skills in the preparation of development control instruments, applications and assessment. An optional intensive school is held.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

AMCORD: A National Resource Document for Residential Subdivison. Vol. 1
ISBN: ARBA08
Commonwealth of Australia, UNE Reprint
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
AMCORD: A National Resource Document for Residential Subdivision. Vol. 2
ISBN: ARBA05
Commonwealth of Australia, UNE Reprint
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
The User's Guide to Designing and Implementing Performance Based Residential Development
ISBN: ARBA06
Jensen, P., UNE Reprint
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 30% 2000
Assessment Notes
Intensive School Assessment or alternative quiz task equivalent to 2000 words
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6 and 7
Essay 30% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6 and 7
Online Assessment 10%
Assessment Notes
Assessed online tasks
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4 and 6-8
Report 30% 1500
Assessment Notes
Sub-division design including a 1500 word report.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 3 and 4 GA: 1-4, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a thorough understanding of the operation environment of the development control task including its political, institutional and policy environment at a local, state and national level;
  2. demonstrate a thorough understanding of, and demonstrate the ability to rigorously critique the latest developments in, and the theoretical underpinnings of, development assessment and development control;
  3. demonstrate advanced professional competency in the preparation of applications; the preparation of development control instruments and the assessment of applications.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students develop a knowledge of a key area of planning, development contro. This skill is developed and assessed through assignments 1, 2 and 3. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students practice and develop key planning skills. This is assessed in Assessments 1, 2 and 3. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are exposed to, and use, a variety of information as assessed in Assessments 1, 2 and 3. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Understanding of a key area of planning. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Students develop and apply problem solving skills to balance competing social, economic, environmental and political imperatives. This is assessed in Assessments 1, 2 and 3. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students practice and utilise skills in planning development and design. This is assessed in Assessments 1, 2 and 3. 		True True
8 Team Work
Students practice team working skills during assessment in assignment 1 and the online assessment. 		True True True
   

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