EV5001 - Environmental and Regional Planning
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences (pre 2015) |
This subject focuses on the concepts and processes of environmental and regional planning and design. Human perceptions of environments, community participation and the process of designing/planning for an acceptable balance between human use and physical environment are part of this focus.
Learning Outcomes
- specialised working knowledge and advanced comprehension of the main principles of sustainable development including environmental planning documents (eg site plans and management plans);
- the ability to produce reports that apply knowledge of broader environmental and regional policy;
- the ability to produce reports that apply knowledge of broader environmental and regional policy;
- the ability to select, organise and consolidate complex information based upon advanced comprehension of a body of specialised knowledge and theoretical concepts and to communicate it effectively, accurately, coherently and creatively to varying audiences;
- the ability to exercise critical thinking and high level independent judgement in undertaking various components of the planning process (eg planning objectives, environmental assessments, community involvement, report writing).
| Prerequisites: | Acceptance into postgraduate program or permission of HoS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EV3001 and GE3602 and GE5602 and TG4601 and TG5601 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Limited, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Face to face teaching 28-Mar-2014 to 31-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Sharon Harwood. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); quizzes or tests (20%); field trip based project (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.