社区规划和发展是关于塑造城镇，城镇和农村地区并与之合作，以从物理，社会和经济上改善它们。如果您没有正式的规划资格，则可以使用社区规划和发展研究生证书来为您提供该学科的培训，并为您进入该行业提供一条途径。它着重强调当代问题，例如促进变化，可持续发展，气候变化，规划健康社区，儿童环境，土著社区和在城市和农村地区不断变化的社会背景下的水资源管理。
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. Graduates are likely to find employment in local, state and federal government, non-government organisations (NGOs), research organisations, and advocacy bodies, and in the private sector in roles 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 in developed and developing countries. The course is also designed to provide a pathway for employees without formal qualifications in planning who work in planning offices, and/or employees with qualifications in closely-aligned fields who wish to enhance their career paths.