Qualification Regulations
Part I
These regulations are to be read in conjunction with all other Statutes and Regulations of the University including General Regulations for Postgraduate Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas, and Postgraduate Certificates.
Part II
Admission
1. Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning requires that the candidate will:
(a) meet the University admission requirements as specified; and
(b) have been awarded or qualified for a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent.
2. In all cases, if English is not the applicant’s first language and the admission qualification was not completed at a University where English is the medium of instruction, the applicant shall have achieved an IELTS of at least 7 with no band less than 6 within the preceding five years.
Qualification requirements
3. Candidates for the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning shall follow a flexible programme of study, which shall consist of courses totalling at least 120 credits, comprising:
(a) courses selected from the Schedule to the Diploma;
and including:
(b) at least 30 credits from Schedule A to the Diploma;
(c) attending Contact Workshops, block courses, field trips, studios, workshops, tutorials, and laboratories as required.
Specialisations
4. The Postgraduate Diploma in Planning is awarded without specialisation.
Student progression
5. In cases of sufficient merit, the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning may be awarded with distinction or merit.
Completion requirements
6. The timeframes for completion as outlined in the General Regulations for Postgraduate Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas, and Postgraduate Certificates will apply.
7. Candidates may be graduated when they meet the Admission, Qualification and Academic requirements within the prescribed timeframes; candidates who do not meet the requirements for graduation may, subject to the approval of Academic Board, be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Planning should they meet the relevant Qualification requirements.
Unsatisfactory academic progress
8. The general Unsatisfactory Academic Progress regulations will apply.
Schedule for the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning
Course planning key
- Prerequisites
- Courses that need to be completed before moving onto a course at the next level. For example, a lot of 200-level courses have 100-level prerequisite courses.
- Corequisites
- Courses that must be completed at the same time as another course are known as corequisite courses.
- Restrictions
- Some courses are restricted against each other because their content is similar. This means you can only choose one of the offered courses to study and credit to your qualification.
Key terms for course planning
- Courses
- Each qualification has its own specific set of courses. Some universities call these papers. You enrol in courses after you get accepted into Massey.
- Course code
- Each course is numbered using 6 digits. The fourth number shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
- Credits
- Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.
- Specialisations
- Some qualifications let you choose what subject you'd like to specialise in. Your major or endorsement is what you will take the majority of your courses in.
Schedule A: Compulsory course selection (Choose at least 30 credits from)
Course code: 132731 Planning Law 30 credits
An overview of planning law in the Aotearoa New Zealand context. Sources of law, key influences that shape it, and practical legal skills to understand, analyse and apply it in practice.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132732 Planning Theory 30 credits
An advanced study of the philosophically, ethically and theoretically unsettled foundations of planning.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132736 Planning Practice 30 credits
This course provides students with an understanding of planning ethics, planning processes/planning practice (including plan and policy development, plan evaluation, development control, and/or strategic/spatial planning), and it provides experiential opportunities to apply this knowledge in a practice-like setting using emerging/topical planning issue(s).
View full course detailsSchedule B: Elective courses
Course code: 132729 Mana Taiao: Advanced Māori Planning 30 credits
An exploration of the Māori Planning world extending from pre-contact to today. Students are encouraged to position themselves in relationship to this world, as tangata whenua and as allies, and to critically assess how they might be of service to the people and the whenua.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132730 Policy Analysis and Evaluation: Foundations and Practice 30 credits
This course develops advanced knowledge and applied capability in public policy analysis, design, and evaluation within planning and governance. Students develop professional judgement in policy analysis and evaluation through engagement with orthodox and alternative methods suited to complexity, uncertainty, and decolonising governance.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132734 Transport & Urban Planning 30 credits
This course introduces advanced professional practices in transport and urban planning. The course applies a broad understanding of the principles, policies and practices of urban planning in analysing development proposals for promoting sustainable transport. The course encourages students to analyse and visualise low-carbon and inclusive urban development in decolonised cities.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132735 Reframing Human-Nature Relationships in Environmental Planning 30 credits
An advanced, Te Tiriti-led transdisciplinary approach to the cultural, philosophical, institutional, and practical issues involved in understanding human-nature relationships and managing natural resources in Aotearoa-New Zealand including analysis of appropriate local and international case-studies.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132742 Planning History: From Town Planning to Resource Management 30 credits
An advanced exploration of the historical development of planning as a discipline and profession in New Zealand.
View full course detailsCourse code: 132751 Planning for Natural Hazards and Climate Resilient Development 30 credits
Advanced study of natural hazards planning to build hazard- and climate-resilient communities that have just, sustainable and flourishing futures. Understand and apply planning processes and tools to assess hazard exposure and vulnerability, reduce hazard and climate risks, improve disaster readiness, develop effective response capabilities, facilitate recovery, and enable climate resilient development.
View full course detailsCourse code: 145739 GIS Principles and Applications 30 credits
A conceptual and operational understanding of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This course provides a postgraduate-level introduction to fundamentals of spatial data creation, manipulation, management, visualisation and analysis.
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