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GEPL320 Principles of Development Control

Updated: 21 October 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
06 February 2012 08 February 2012 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions GEPL220 or GEPL420 or GEPL520
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL520 - 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. A non-mandatory intensive school is held at the commencement of the unit.
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 Bookshop, UNE Alternative to hard copy - available as free web download
Text refers to: Trimester 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 Bookshop, UNE Alternative to hard copy - available as free web download
Text refers to: Trimester 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 Bookshop, UNE Alternative to hard copy - available as free web download
Text refers to: Trimester 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 task or Alternative equivalent task
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 4 and 6-8
Essay 30% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7
Online Assessment 10%
Assessment Notes
Assessed responses to tutorial/online discussion participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8
Report 30% 1000
Assessment Notes
Sub-division design including a report
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. present a competent understanding of the operating environment of the development control task including its political, institutional and policy environment, particularly at local government level;
  2. critique the latest developments in, and the theoretical underpinnings of, development assessment and development control; and
  3. prepare applications; the preparation of development control instruments and undertake the assessment of applications.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will develop knowledge of a key area of planning. This will be assessed through all assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will practise and develop key planning skills. This will be assessed through all assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students will examine processes and implications of decision-making through documentation, design and discussion. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be exposed to, and use, a variety of information. This is assessed through all assessment tasks. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students will gain an understanding of a key area of planning. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Students will develop and apply problem-solving skills to balance competing social, economic, environmental and political imperatives. This will be assessed through the assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will practise and utilise skills in planning development and design. This will be assessed through all assessment tasks. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students will practise team-working skills during assessment in assignment 1 and the online assessment. 		True True True
   

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