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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

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EV5001 - Environmental and Regional Planning

Credit points:03
Year:2020
Student Contribution Band:Band 2
Prerequisites:Acceptance into postgraduate program or permission of HoS
Administered by:College of Science and Engineering

Subject Description

    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

  • define the main principles and theories of sustainable environmental and regional planning
  • critically review and analyse planning policy, project and practice
  • employ knowledge of broader environmental and regional policy and produce basic environmental plans

Subject Assessment

  • Invigilated > Tutorial attendance and participation - (10%)
  • Group project (presentation and group report) - (40%)
  • Individual essay - (50%)

Note that 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  EV3001

Availabilities

Cairns, Study Period 1, Internal

Census date:Thursday, 26 Mar 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 24 Feb 2020 to Friday, 19 Jun 2020
Coordinator(s):
DR Zoe Wang
Lecturer(s):
DR Zoe Wang
Professor Allan Dale
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
  • 26 Hours - Lectures
  • 24 Hours - Tutorials

JCU Singapore, Study Period 52, Internal (not available in 2020)

Usually available in odd-numbered years.

Census date:Thursday, 06 Aug 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 13 Jul 2020 to Friday, 16 Oct 2020
Staff:No staff allocated; see "This Subject In Other Years".
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
  • 48 Hours - Other - Combined teaching and fieldwork

JCU Singapore, Study Period 53, Internal

Usually available in even-numbered years.

Census date:Thursday, 03 Dec 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 09 Nov 2020 to Friday, 19 Feb 2021
Coordinator(s):
DR Simona Azzali
Assoc. Professor David King
Lecturer(s):
MR Siew Yeong Yew
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
  • 48 Hours - Other - Combined teaching and fieldwork

Townsville, Study Period 1, Internal

Census date:Thursday, 26 Mar 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 24 Feb 2020 to Friday, 19 Jun 2020
Coordinator(s):
DR Zoe Wang
Lecturer(s):
DR Zoe Wang
Assoc. Professor David King
Professor Allan Dale
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
  • 26 Hours - Lectures
  • 24 Hours - Tutorials