BACHELOR (URBAN PLANNING)

  • Country New Zealand
  • Course Duration 4 Years
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Language Specification ENGLISH
  • Program Level Graduate
  • Education Required Undergraduate
  • Admission intake Aug 12
  • Minimum GPA 3.2

Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
Free USD 29,088

Program Description

Program Description

In your first year, you'll learn about the broad influences on urban planning and the structure of cities. We'll also introduce the policy and legislation that dictate outcomes. Through studio courses, you'll also develop your creative and design capabilities and become familiar with land use principles. In the first of two General Education courses, you'll supplement your urban planning studies with a subject of your choice.

From your second year and beyond, you'll take a second General Education course and also explore sustainable urban development, and Pacific planning priorities, urban design concepts, and the legal and economic aspects of urban planning. Studio courses give you the chance to apply what you have learned to real world cities.

Being based in Auckland, you'll have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and interact with leading industry professionals in New Zealand largest urban environment.

In your final year, you'll have the freedom to explore an urban issue of interest to you within your honors dissertation (maximum 15,000 words).