Course overview
This course provides urban planning learners with specialised practical expertise to apply to their discipline knowledge and skills within a work integrated learning environment, to compile the outcomes of that experience as a professional and transferable product, and critically reflect upon their experience.
- Securing your Urban Planning professional experience: CV’s and Professional profiles
- Professionalism in practice: What is professionalism?: communication & working in teams
- Resilience at work: organisational culture, managing conflict, feedback & management
- Your rights at work: Rights and Responsibilities: workplace agreements + Discrimination and diversity at work
- Progress, challenges and industry perspectives
- Wrap up + what’s next? Reflecting on placement and your early career goals + What’s next? Overview
Course learning outcomes
- Gain professional experience in an industry, organisation or project relevant to the discipline of urban planning.
- Perform selected tasks, including the use of applications, at an advanced level consistent within urban planning practice in a professional setting
- Demonstrate increased understanding of the social and ethical role of the urban planning professional in practice
- Communicate with increasing confidence and efficacy in a professional setting