This JCU Masters course provides you with academic knowledge and practical field experience that will enable you to make a positive impact on communities, and navigate through political environments involved in planning for a changing world. Among the core subjects and optional units you'll study are: Environmental and Regional Planning Urban Geography/Design Field Studies of Tropical Geography Design Communication Urban Ecosystems Disaster Management Principles Natural Hazards Sustainability in Practice Native Title and Land Use Planning Indigenous Environmental Management Practice of Cultural Heritage Asia Pacific Development: Culture and Globalisation. Career Opportunities: Depending on the specialisations you choose, your career could see you working anywhere in Australia or internationally in highly creative roles in government, not-for-profits, developing countries or independent corporations. Your options will be extensive. When you graduate your work could include tropical planning and urban design to meet the major challenges facing society today, such as: Designing cities, towns and remote communities to cope with climate change Population growth and change Rapid urbanisation Poverty and homelessness Conflict over land use Planning to include cultural diversity Economic development Hazard mapping Planning sub-divisions Ecological sustainability Social and planning policy development Environment impact assessment Environmental law Urban and regional planning. When you graduate, you'll be able to offer special knowledge and skills in tropical planning and policy development. You could even use the communication and political negotiation knowledge you'll gain to establish a career in politics. For those wishing to contemplate planning issues in a scholarly way, your Masters degree could be a stepping-stone towards a career in research.