15303 Major Project - Analysis

This subject, together with Major Project Methods and Major Project Outcomes, develops core skills that give students the ability to successfully complete rigorous and original planning problem-solving exercises. In this subject, students produce an analysis of the causes and effects of their chosen planning problem, as the second of three parts of the Major Project (the other two parts are completed in the Major Projects Methods and Major Projects Outcomes subjects). Students produce a report which identifies the nature of the planning problem, the causes which give rise to this particular problem and the effects of the problem, in terms of the environmental, economic and sociocultural consequences. This allows students to evaluate the extent of the problem and the potential stakeholders involved in addressing the problem, and develops student abilities to reflectively assess the nature, causes and effects of urban planning problems from a holistic perspective that incorporates the physical environment, the economy and society. The subject is undertaken primarily via self-direction, but students are carefully guided by their supervisor and meet on a regular basis for tutorials. Students attend a seminar, where they defend and debate their report findings and their implications for the next stage, the elucidation of practical solutions.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus