Planning Theory and Practice

Postgraduate | 2026

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ARCH 6016
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Course ID
205273
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus
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Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course owner
Adelaide University
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Course level
6
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

This course presents and analyses the development of planning theory over the twentieth and twenty first centuries. It seeks to provoke a process of reflection on the scope and purpose of planning by contrasting the development of thinking about the fundamental purpose of planning and how it should be carried out in practice. This reflection leads in turn to a discussion of the ethics of planning practice which includes a range of practical scenario situations which students must address in interactive and role playing sessions.

Course learning outcomes

  • Critically analyse the variety of approaches that have driven and characterised planning activity over time
  • Analyse a planning problem and its solution and relate this to planning theory
  • Critically analyse the role of planning in modern economies and societies
  • Critically evaluate the role of the modern planning professional
  • Explain and appreciate the importance of ethics in planning practice

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed PLANNING7035 Planning Theory and Practice at the University of Adelaide

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