BLAR13046 - Built Environment 2

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will explore the roles and responsibilities of the building design professional in relation to the design and planning of the built environment. In this unit you will: Provide an introduction to the development of both urban and regional Australia in terms of infrastructure provision and built environment outcomes; Develop an understanding of how the application of social innovation in the decision-making process can positively affect outcomes for both urban and regional environments; Provide background to the need for triple bottom line decision making in the planning and design process; Develop an understanding of the impact of how current trends can reduce the environmental footprint associated with the development of the built environment. N.B. Students are strongly advised to attempt this unit within their final year of equivalent full-time study to ensure an adequate level of entry knowledge.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites: BLAR11045 Built Environment 1 and

BLAR12036 Building Design 1 and BLAR12050 Contract Documentation

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 3 - 2024 Profile
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Term 3 - 2025 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Presentation and Written Assessment 70%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 40% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
Reviewing and discussing different projects on the forums enriches the learning experience as it demonstrates different creative solutions to design problems posed by differing site constraints, user needs and regulatory environments.
Recommendation
The forums will continue to be offered to connect students with each other and demonstrate a variety of different design problems and stimulate creative problem solving.
Action Taken
The feedback forums continue to be offered and are well received by students as they help studnets improve their designs.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
The assessments are really interesting and prepare for work as a professional building design.
Recommendation
The assessments will continue to engage students with current real world issues as they relate to building design to prepare students for work in the industry.
Action Taken
Students engaged with real world, current design issues and industry professionals.
Source: SUTE feedback
Feedback
The unit is comprehensive, demanding and engaging. Inclusion of industry professionals contributes to depth of understanding.
Recommendation
Industry professionals will continue to engage with students in this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE feedback
Feedback
The assessments and feedback provide a "real world" experience that is useful to prepare for work as an industry professional. There is significant time commitment, engagement and research involved to do well in this unit.
Recommendation
The unit will continue to be structured to support students prepare for work as an industry professional. It is recommended that students manage their time and participate in the research and engage in the mentoring activities that form part of this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Develop project proposals based on the optimum use of the site for a parcel of land which are compliant with a local authority's development plan
  2. Prepare a project feasibility study incorporating 'triple bottom line (TBL)', social innovation and sustainability principles and the use of these metrics to justifying the preferred design option
  3. Select building materials and construction techniques which have a low impact on the natural environment
  4. Solve independently routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic and ethical decision making
  5. Use appropriate modes of communication and practice personal and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate project proposals and design outcomes.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment • • • •
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice • • • • •
9 - Social Innovation • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • • •