Submission Requirements

Please read these requirements very carefully.   Failure to comply with these requirements will result in your assignment being returned to you.

Assignments 1-3

Please

• type or word-process assignments (Assignments 1-3) except in exceptional circumstances (note that all students have access to word processing facilities in the Students Union);
• do not put your assignment in any plastic cover or folder;
• use wide margins (3cm) to allow for comments;
• use a reference list to correctly list all sources cited in your text (note that failure to cite sources - including unpublished lecture material etc - will be considered as plagiarism and will result in severe penalties, up to and including failure of the whole unit. If you need to include references to material not cited in your text, use a bibliography and include a brief paragraph explaining why);
• Assignments 1-3 must include a completed and signed coversheet stapled to the front cover. The Assignment Cover Sheet should be accessed at: http://www.arts.mq.edu.au/current_students/undergraduate/coversheet Please be aware of the conditions when signing the cover sheet, in particular that you have agreed to conform to the University's policy on plagiarism and that you have kept a copy of your assignment.

Assignment 4

1            This assignment requires a powerpoint presentation. A copy of this presentation is to be uploaded into iLearn no later than 5.0 pm 22 May 2015 by one member of each group. In the case of a disagreement about the recommended strategy, the slides prepared by individual students should have their name on them. Otherwise the presentation should clearly state the names of the students who are joint authors.

2            Internal students must provide a printed version of the slides is to be submitted in class on the day of presentation, May 25. ​

All assignments

All assignments should be submitted in class on the due date. Assignments will be returned to internal students in class. Arrangements for returning assignments not collected in class will be advised. You will be required to show Student ID to collect assignments outside class. External students will be advised of assignment submission and collection arrangements.

Deadlines, extensions and penalties

Deadlines are a serious element of 'real world' employment practices that most of us work under. Deadlines set for assignment submissions are real and will not be altered except in appropriate circumstances. In all cases, extensions must be requested from Alison Ziller and they must be applied for before the due date and must be supported with appropriate documentation (medical certificate, counsellor’s certificate, statutory declaration) and confirmed in writing (eg by email). Where circumstances warrant an extension, you should also consider formally applying for special consideration through the Registrar's Office. In the case of the final assessment task, extensions will only be available under the same circumstances as would allow you to seek a special examination (illness, misadventure etc). No extensions will be granted because you have not organised your time adequately.

Where an extension has not been agreed to, late penalties will be imposed as follows:

• 1 full mark per day (or part of a day commencing at the due time) for assignments received within 10 days of the due date.
• Assignments received 11-14 days after the due date will be marked on a Pass/Fail basis.

Assignments received more than 14 days after the due date will not be marked and you will be considered to have failed to meet the requirements of the unit.

Workload expectation:

ENVG370 is a 3 credit point unit. It is generally expected that students will commit at least 3 hours per week per credit point in their studies. In addition to attending weekly classes for three hours, students in ENVG370 are expected to complete appropriate reading, research and other activities equivalent to at least 6 hours per week. Thus the total workload for this unit should be considered as a minimum of 9 hours per week throughout the semester.

This course focuses on the theory and practice of urban strategic planning and its practical application in the Australian context.  The unit allows students to develop practical strategic planning skills in a specific urban context and in the context of academic research published in major journals in the last three years. On completion of this unit, students will know how to approach an urban strategic planning process, take account of competing considerations and facilitate a strategic planning response to a range of urban planning issues.

Study modes:

This unit is available in both internal and external study modes.

Internal (D2): ENVG370 is based on a three-hour weekly class run as a lecture with follow-on tutorial or class activity. Classes are weekly on Mondays from 23 February. These will be held from 2:00-5:00pm in room W5A 202. All internal students are expected to attend all classes promptly. The roll will be called.

There is one site visit to a inner urban council in Sydney – see schedule All students must attend the site visit.

External (X2): External students will be expected to access recordings of lectures online via iLecture and make full use of the powerpoint presentations, which will posted online shortly after each lecture, and the reading list.

External students are strongly encouraged to attend the site visit. While information from the site visit will be posted on iLearn, attendance will provide students with a much better appreciation of the issues presented. 

Lectures will be recorded on the Echo 360 system within iLearn and PowerPoint presentations will also be available through the Echo 360 facility.

Please note that room allocations are subject to change and you should check the university timetable prior to the beginning of the semester to confirm the room allocated to ENVG370

Required and recommended reading:

There is no required text for ENVG370. A list of suggested readings will be available on ILearn. You are also encouraged to read newspapers and blogs about urban planning.

Technology used and required

ENVG370 has an ILearn site, which can be accessed from https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/. Here you can get access to unit materials, copies of PowerPoint slides, notices and a bulletin board to communicate with staff and fellow students. The site will also be used to post information to be used by external students in the tutorial program. You should check ILearn at least 3 times a week, particularly prior to and directly following lectures. 

The schedule for this Unit will be posted on iLearn.

At this stage the site visit is proposed for 16 March 2015

What has changed:

In 2015 this unit will focus on urban strategic planning at the local government level, taking one inner metropolitan local government area as a case study around which lectures and practical sessions will be built. 

Previously (in 2014) changes to planning legislation in NSW were anticipated, however, these did not eventuate. 

The reading list has been updated to respond to the local government focus but maintains the emphasis on recency of publication.