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GEPL122 Professional Planning Skills

Updated: 15 November 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
14 June 2012 17 June 2012 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Stephen Wood (stephen.wood@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit introduces the student to essential skills employed in the practice of urban and regional planning. Students will develop proficiency in graphical communication and visualisation, field work and site analysis. Assessment is through a series of graded exercises.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate developed skills in graphical communication;
  2. apply their skills in field work; and
  3. demonstrate measurable skills in, and an understanding of, site analysis.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will develop an intrinsic understanding of the academic principles governing the planning profession gained through a portfolio of site analysis exercises. This will be assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will develop effective written skills in disseminating academic information related to planning practice through the Fieldwork report. This will be assessed in the assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be able to gather and critically evaluate academic information relevant to the planning profession through all assessments in this unit, and it will be assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students will be able to evoke, relate and expand upon knowledge gained through the unit. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be able to draw upon knowledge from the unit to allow understanding and problem solving in the real world. The site analysis exercises will be particularly relevant in this attribute. It will be assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be able to understand and acknowledge the ethical implications pertaining to plagiarism at a scholarly level. This is an assessed component of the unit assessments. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students will be able to collaborate collegially to discuss, appraise and research through team approaches. 		True
   

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