Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning)/Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science)
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Course Details
Combine studies in urban and regional planning with environmental science in this double degree. Graduate with a highly relevant skills for a careers in urban design, open space and recreational planning, environmental protection, and social and economic development. Combine your keen interest in environmental science with urban and regional planning to ensure the sustainable and efficient use of land and natural resources to balance and enhance environmental and societal needs. Work with elected representatives, communities and other clients to prepare and administer physical schemes that create better places and lives for neighbourhoods, cities and regions. Work on large-scale projects such as new cities, suburbs, ports, open space and recreational planning and environmental management. If you're interested in social, economic, environmental and cultural issues, art and design, using your imagination and being creative, then this new double degree might be right for you.
Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Honours)
Course structure: For this course you must complete a total of 480 credit points, made up of 288 credit points from the Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning) and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science). You will study both science and urban development units in your first four years, and concentrate on urban development studies for the remainder of this course.