Social Planning and Community Issues

Postgraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
ARCH 6303
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Course ID
202225
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
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Note:
Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the drivers of social change and social cohesion and to critically examine local government social planning. Students will learn how the management of urbanism and urbanisation through planning policies and regulations is itself a social process subject to and informing ideological and cultural agendas.

Course learning outcomes

  • Utilise indicators such as those of community disadvantage and community strength to underpin local level social planning
  • Apply contemporary social theory to the social stratification dynamics in Australian society
  • Analyse social issues and social trends in the context of patterns of urbanisation in Australian
  • Critique social plans and social policy formation at national, state and local levels

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

N/A