University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

C06006v3 Graduate Diploma in Urban Estate Management

Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Urban Estate Management (GradDipUEstM)
UAC code: 942101 (Autumn semester), 945101 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 015950G
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Faculty/institute responsible: Design, Architecture and Building
Location: City campus

Overview
Course aims
Career options
Additional admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information

Overview

This course is designed for both property practitioners and graduates in other fields who wish to extend their qualifications and expertise in this field.

This course is one of the longest-standing property courses in Australia. Graduates are highly regarded throughout the property industry, both in government and the private sector. The program features flexible and innovative attendance patterns.

Course aims

The Urban Estate Management program is designed to provide valuers, real estate practitioners, property managers and other property practitioners with opportunities to enhance and extend their qualifications and expertise in the field, and provide graduates in other fields with the opportunity to extend their professional qualifications and their understanding of property development and investment issues and techniques.

Career options

Career options include positions in property investments and development, finance and banking and government instrumentalities.

Additional admission requirements

Applicants must:

  • hold a Bachelor's degree or a qualification in valuation
  • possess an equivalent qualification, or
  • submit other evidence of general and professional qualifications which demonstrate educational preparation and capacity to pursue graduate studies.

All non-degree-qualified applicants are required to satisfy a Faculty panel that their experience is equal to the rigorous requirements of the course.

Course duration and attendance

This is a two-year, part-time, or one-year, full-time course.

All subjects are offered in intensive blocks. The attendance pattern for each subject is generally two separate two-and-a-half-day blocks, usually held over a Thursday evening, Friday and Saturday.

Course structure

Students must achieve a total of 48 credit points, comprising 24 credit points of core program subjects and 24 credit points from the list of Graduate Diploma elective subjects. With the approval of the Director of Program, students may substitute one subject with any other postgraduate property subject.

Course completion requirements

STM90415 Property Fundamentals PG subjects 24cp
Select 24 credit points from the following options: 24cp
CBK90309 Property PG options24cp 
Total 48cp

Course program

The example program below is for a student commencing in Autumn semester and undertaking the course full time.

 
Full time, Autumn commencing
Year 1
Autumn semester
12518 Property Transactions 6cp
17701 Environment and Control 6cp
12511 Building Technology and Regulation 6cp
17771 Valuation Methodology 6cp
Spring semester
125240 Introduction to Property Development 6cp
12535 Valuation Application 6cp
Select two subjects from the following: 12cp
12515 Strategic Asset Management6cp 
17551 Property Market Analysis6cp 
15241 Urban Economics and Infrastructure6cp 
171200 Conservation and Heritage6cp 
17703 Property Taxation6cp 
17772 Commercial Retail Property Management6cp 
17773 Property Investment Strategies6cp 

Other information

Further information is available from the Faculty Student Administration Unit on: