BLSV12023 - Fire Safety Design

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit provides an understanding of issues and methods used in fire safety design, develop an appreciation of the role of fire safety engineering in the building industry and be prepared to communicate effectively with professionals in the building industry about fire safety design.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
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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Residential School No Residential School

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 20%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Written Assessment 60%
4. Written Assessment 0%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 85.71% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 63.64% 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: Students and Lecturer communications
Feedback
Students found the content useful for their professional roles and were expressing their experiences to the lecturer.
Recommendation
We continue to include relevant content and ensure resources are updated with new codes and standards being provided in 2023.
Action Taken
The unit included relevant content and up-to-date resources reflecting any change in codes and standards in 2023.
Source: The Q&A and General discussion boards, emails, and weekly tutorials
Feedback
Students were actively engaged with the unit content i.e. discussion of relevant examples of situations that related to the topic being covered.
Recommendation
We continue to encourage active student engagement in the discussion boards and weekly tutorials.
Action Taken
The discussion boards and online weekly zoom sessions were used to encourage active student engagement.
Source: Unit Evaluation Survey
Feedback
Students found the lesson content and assessments relevant and practical which helped them to get thinking about real world fire safety issues.
Recommendation
We continue to include relevant content and practical assessment items that reflect real-life problems and issues.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Evaluation Survey
Feedback
Students suggested that the lecturer had excellent knowledge and experiences of the real-life practice.
Recommendation
We continue to engage experienced practitioners with relevant real-world knowledge as the unit lecturer.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
  2. explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
  3. understand behaviour of structures and materials in fires, toxic gases, cost and risk, fire fighting, detection and control systems, active and passive fire protection systems and fire compliance requirements and responsibilities

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • •
4 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
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 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
4 - Written Assessment • • • • • •