Overview
Cities, towns and regions are shaped by decisions about land, transport, housing and public space. Urban planning is the discipline that studies how those decisions get made, and trains the people who make them.
This major teaches you how cities grow and change, and how policy tools can be applied to guide cities towards an equitable, resilient and healthy future.
You’ll study the history of cities and Indigenous knowledge of Country, alongside the pressures shaping them now: climate change, housing supply, sprawl, transport and inequality. You learn to weigh competing interests, because planning decisions involve choices about who benefits and whose interests are prioritised.
You also build the working skills of the profession including plan making, policy analysis, and writing that holds up under public scrutiny. You’ll learn from Melbourne and international case studies, comparing how cities around the world respond to planning challenges.
Careers and Further Study
The major prepares you to enter the accredited Master of Urban Planning or to find employment in a range of design disciplines.