Bachelor of Planning (BPlan)

Overview

In the first year of the Bachelor of Planning you will learn the fundamental skills for a career in planning; explore the many meanings of planning; study its history and contemporary issues; learn about politics and policy-making processes; develop an understanding of the interaction between society and economics; consider sustainability and the impact of humans on the natural environment and each other; design an urban neighbourhood; and learn about practical planning.

Over the following three years, courses cover:

• planning and resource management law
• sustainable development
• environmental issues
• planning physical and social infrastructure
• gender and equity in planning
• Māori and resource management
• planning and urban design
• plus two General Education courses.

You can download a degree planner below, which outlines course content and programme structure. Detailed course prescriptions are available in the University Calendar, held in the University Library; or you can purchase one from the University Bookshop or view online.

BPlan Degree Planner 2012 (119KB PDF)
University Calendar
General Education

Highlights

• Gain a professionally recognised qualification that will help you make a real difference to people and the places they live.
• Be equipped to play a part in shaping the future of your country, your city or your neighbourhood.
• Address "real world" issues, working with people and ideas.
• Combine creativity and critical analysis.

Further study

Master of Planning (MPlan)
Master of Urban Design (MUrbDes)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Applying for admission

How to apply
Scholarship opportunities
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