Community planning and development is about shaping and working with cities, towns and rural areas to improve them physically, socially and economically.

If you do not have formal planning qualifications, the Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development is designed to provide you with training in the discipline and create a pathway into the profession. It emphasises contemporary issues such as change facilitation, sustainable development, climate change, planning for healthy communities, children's environments, indigenous communities and water management within the context of a changing society in both urban and rural areas.

After graduating, you may find employment in local, state and federal government, non-government organisations, research organisations and advocacy bodies.

The private sector also provides opportunities such as community development and management, advocacy, research, public policy development, social and community planning and as part of multidisciplinary teams in social and economic development projects.