Key Program - Urban Management
Western Sydney University
Key Program
Code:
KP1634URMA.1
Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
NO
In an increasingly urbanised world, cities face social, economic, environmental and physical development challenges which impact on their sustainability and societal well being. These problems require interdisciplinary solutions which integrate the technical and social aspects essential for sustainable development. Urban Managers are engaged in managing the development and governance of cities. They are employed in diverse roles in Government, non government, community and private sector organisations. They manage urban change and governance through the provision of services and the strategic coordination of urban development and its regulation. Urban Management draws on diverse disciplines for its theoretical and professional competencies. It requires an understanding of the nature of communities and of the roles of public and private sector interests in urban development and the creation and maintenance of socially, environmentally and economically sustainable cities.
Key Program
Structure
The Bachelor of Social Science Key Program in Urban Management enables students to supplement the core units in the degree with an eight unit major in Urban Studies consisting of spatial, social, economic and research units and an additional four unit sub-major from Planning, Tourism or Social Policy.
Major
Sub-majors
Students will also be able to use elective units to complement the Urban Management Key Program with streams in Sociology, Criminology, Community Studies, Building Surveying and Housing, or other areas of choice.