BLCN14039 - Infrastructure Planning

General Information

Unit Synopsis

The unit introduces students to the principles and practices of infrastructure planning. Topics to be studied include infrastructure evaluation strategies, risk management, environmental and social impacts of infrastructure projects, financial concepts to assess project viability, contractual and participation relationships, management structures and sustainability of projects. Project case studies will be used to support student learning.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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
Online
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Online

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. Written Assessment 30%
3. Presentation and Written Assessment 40%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 77.78% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 52.94% 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: Unit evaluation
Feedback
The assignments were interesting, but the most beneficial part of this course was the lecturers' quick response to queries and questions about them. Made the process of understand the course material and assessment simple, as well as, providing feedback on whether we were on the right track.
Recommendation
The teaching team will reply to students' queries and questions quickly.
Action Taken
The teaching team replied to students' queries and questions quickly.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Reduce the number of assessments. It makes it really hard to complete other units being taken simultaneously
Recommendation
A Unit Update Proposal has been approved to reduce the number of assignments from six to three.
Action Taken
Three assignments were adopted according to the approved Unit Update Proposal.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Some of the lecture content and assignment hints were delivered quite close to when the assignment was due - if these could be delivered earlier on, they would be easier to integrate into the assignment
Recommendation
The due dates of assignments will be adjusted, which will enable students to spend more time preparing for assignments.
Action Taken
The due dates of assignments were adjusted.
Source: Communication with students
Feedback
Students would like to see more case studies in this unit.
Recommendation
The teaching team will add more case studies to explain the knowledge.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Communication with students
Feedback
'Presentation night' is helpful for students to exercise their communication skills.
Recommendation
Presentation night will be kept.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Evaluate infrastructure projects, their risks and uncertainties
  2. Explain environmental and social impacts on infrastructure projects
  3. Apply financial concepts to project selection and viability
  4. Assess contractual relationships and participation strategies
  5. Discuss the management of infrastructure projects
  6. Apply knowledge of infrastructure management to a case study

Not applicable

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
3 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • •
2 - Problem Solving • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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