Course

Master of Urban Management

Approved Abbreviation: MUrbMgt

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Western Sydney University Course Code: 1641.1

CRICOS Code: 057965J

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This course will be replaced by 1674 Master of Urban Management and Planning from Autumn, 2010.

The Master of Urban Management is designed to increase the understanding of, and capacity to undertake, the strategic management of urban areas, to bring scholarly rigour to the business of urban management and to provide structured and systematic opportunities for intellectual engagement with urban management practice. The field of urban management has undergone rapid changes in the last twenty years. In order to manage this rapid growth it is moving from top-down prescriptive form of management to a more flexible approach that builds productive and livable urban communities. This course will introduce students to the most recent developments in urban management.

Study Mode
One year full-time or two years part-time.

Admission

Applications for the course must be made through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Further information on postgraduate courses is available on the Local Admissions section of the UWS website.

Candidates must have a relevant Bachelors degree or equivalent demonstrating their capacity to perform consistently at credit level or above (such as in the field of planning, geography, social science, environmental studies, architecture and landscape studies, urban and regional studies, and public policy), and/or relevant professional work experience.

For international students a TOEFL score of 550+ or an IELTS score of 6.5+ is required for students where English is not their first language.

Course Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 120 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Year 1

1H session

101310

Metropolitan Structures: Cities in Transformation

101311

Urban Challenges: Developing Sustainable Places

101312

Project Research Design Seminar 1

101313

Urban Management Placement Project

And two Pool units from the Environmental Management, Tourism Planning or Property Development pools below, or two other Level 7 units with the approval of the Head of Program.

2H session

101314

Urban Management Practice: Governance and Power in the City

101315

Financing Cities in the Global Economy

101316

Project Research Design Seminar 2

101317

Urban Management Placement Thesis

And two Pool units from the Environmental Management, Tourism Planning or Property Development pools below, or two other Level 7 units with the approval of the Head of Program.

Tourism Planning Pool Units

300346

Social Impacts of Tourism

300345

Tourism Planning and Development 1

300348

Tourism Planning and Development 2

400366

Tourism and Recreation Planning Information Systems

Environmental Management Pool Units

EH830A

Environmental Assessment

EH829A

Environmental Management Systems

300400

Managing for Sustainable Development

300397

Perspectives of Sustainable Development

Property and Investment Pool Units

DN805A

Feasibility Studies

200695

Income Property Appraisal

CO810A

Property Portfolio Analysis

MCB617

Property Development (V2)

The course includes an Industry Placement of unspecified duration (80-300 hours) for completion of the Urban Management Placement Project. Subject to approval of Course Advisor other research requirements may be substituted for this placement.