COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN TOWN AND REGIONAL ...

The course equips the student with the skills and knowledge required to fulfil the tasks of a planning technician such as land appraisal, planning surveys, the analysis and presentation of data by means of maps, graphs, diagrams and sketches as well as all work, including legal procedures, connected with planning processes in general.

Type: undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Planning


• Surveying


• Drawing


• Geography


• Communication skills


• Planning design


• Survey and analysis


• Civil engineering


• Computer skills

Second Year Subjects:

• Planning practice and project work

Third Year Subjects:

• Planning design


• Development planning – applied economics


• Legal principles


• Statistics


• Development planning – housing development


• Computer applications


• Legal procedures

Careers: Town and Regional planner.

Source: www.cput.ac.za

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