Bachelor of Urban Planning (Honours)/Bachelor of Science

For Domestic and those International students not required to complete the English Language Enhancement course

For the award of Bachelor of Urban Planning (Honours)/Bachelor of Science [BUrbanPlan(Hons)/BSc], you must successfully complete 400 credit points, made up of the core courses AND

• 40 credit points of major foundation courses; AND
• 60 credit points for a Science Major; AND
• 10 credit points for a free-choice elective;

For Domestic and those International students required to complete the English Language Enhancement course

For the award of Bachelor of Urban Planning (Honours)/Bachelor of Science [BUrbanPlan(Hons)/BSc], you must successfully complete 400 credit points, made up of the core courses AND

• 10 credit points for the English Language Enhancement course (5903LHS); AND
• 40 credit points of major foundation courses; AND
• 60 credit points for a Science Major.

Other program requirements

You must successfully complete:

• no more than 130 credit points of Level 1 courses (the first digit of a course code denotes the level) for both awards;
• at least 60 credit points of Level 3 courses or higher for each award.

Bachelor of Science

This degree may be awarded with Distinction where a student achieves a minimum program GPA of 6.5 with no failed courses. The words "This award was achieved with Distinction" will be recorded on the testamur.

Classification of Honours

This degree with Honours may be awarded in the following classes:

• Class I Honours
• Class IIA Honours
• Class IIB Honours
• Class III Honours

The class of Honours to be awarded to each student in this degree will be determined on the basis of the GPA achieved for the 80 credit points of nominated courses and a minimum percentage for the Dissertation as outlined in the Dissertation Management Procedure.

The 80 credit points of nominated courses are as follows:

• 3097ENV Strategic Planning Studio (20CP)
• 4017ENV Planning Practicum 20 (20CP)
• 4029ENV Project Proposal for Honours (10CP)
• 4030ENV_P1 Honours Dissertation (10CP)
• 4030ENV_P2 Honours Dissertation (10CP)
• 4030ENV_P3 Honours Dissertation (10CP)

If you do not achieve the standard necessary to be awarded Class III Honours, you will be required to transfer to the AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Urban Studies/Bachelor of Science (1661) to be awarded the degree without Honours.

All undergraduate International students are required to complete an English Language Enhancement Course unless specific criteria are met as specified in Section 5.0 Qualifications Procedure.

The following course must be completed in the first trimester of study:

• 5903LHS Language and Communication for Sciences

Advice regarding the requirement to complete the English Language Enhancement Course is available via the myGriffith portal (in the To Do List).

Students whose first language is English are not permitted to undertake this course.

Program Learning Outcomes communicate to the community the value of the Griffith educational experience as benchmarked against national qualification standards.

Program Learning Outcomes for the Bachelor of Urban Planning (Honours) and Bachelor of Science describe the knowledge, skills and the application of knowledge and skills you will acquire through studying the Griffith program of your choice.