Found 153 study abroad units

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ABB104 Create and Represent: Presentation

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This unit provides introductory hybrid presentation skills for architecture, interiors, and landscape contexts, in both natural and built environments . It will cover methods and techniques for communication including graphic layouts, drawing, making, rendering, written and verbal presentation. Students will gain an understanding of communicating conceptual design intent to a range of audiences.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB106 Create and Represent: Documentation

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This unit provides introductory skills of analogue and digital drawing standards for architecture, interiors, and landscapes. Applying conventions including dimensioning, annotation, cross-referencing and scale, students will learn requirements for accurate architectural documentation. Through exploration of orthographic projections students will gain an understanding of drawing conventions for particular audiences and purposes.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB108 Spatial Histories

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

In this foundation unit you will be introduced to the history of the built environment through the study of global architectures across a wide range of cultures throughout past millennia.  The unit will introduce you to the importance of the specific contributions made by architecture, interior design , landscape architecture and urban and regional planning to the global understanding of spatial histories. Through engaging with lectures that introduce you to key concepts, and tutorials that will develop your skills in writing and critical thinking, you will become familiar with the critical moments and paradigm shifts of the built environment through global perspectives and spatial justice theories. This unit provides the foundation from which you will continue to develop an understanding of yourself as a participant in the continuum of the rich cultural tradition of designing and making places for human inhabitation.  

ABB153 Urban Analysis

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This is a foundation unit that will introduce you to various demographic, socioeconomic and physical aspects of cities and to qualitative, quantitative and spatial methods of urban analysis that you will apply in a real-world context. This unit will also help you to develop your communication and collaboration skills using appropriate techniques.

ABB201 Building Services

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This unit introduces the principles, codes, systems, and equipment relevant to the provision of building services for medium-rise buildings. You will learn about the architects’ and consultants’ roles, and legislative requirements in relation to building services such as understanding criteria for systems and equipment and their spatial requirements; interpreting building services drawings; and meeting the requirements of the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC) and related standards for a range of user requirements. You will engage in consultative decision making to integrate building services with architectural intentions and construction methods. In this unit, building services, fire safety, universal access, climate change implications, and code requirements are offered as drivers for the design of safe, functional, and comfortable buildings.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB206 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

The development of conflict management and negotiation skills is essential for those tasked with shaping the built environment. In this unit, you will acquire skills in effective communication, analysis of disputes and creative problem-solving through active participation in role-playing and reflective activities and intense investigation of real-world conflicts that arise through the development of land. You will learn to manage conflicting stakeholder perspectives, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' perspectives. Learning to think about and respond to conflict in a rational manner will prepare you for group work within your studies and into professional practice. Stakeholder Engagement and Planning Law units build on this unit.

ABB211 Architecture Design 3

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This unit is an architectural design studio, focused on residential architecture. The unit expands on students’ architectural research skills and the application of design research into emergent social and cultural design problems to formulate creative solutions for housing design. Students will develop their ability to research exemplar architecture, analyse the physical and environmental conditions of a site, and refer to contemporary economic, social and cultural theories to inform concept design proposals. From this research, students will learn how to formulate a set of design principles to frame sustainable design options for housing. Students will explore three dimensional form and spatial quality through the mediums of architectural graphics and drawings and physical model making. They will also use these mediums to communicate their ideas as well as verbal presentations.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB224 Construction Legislation

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This unit introduces the Australian statutory requirements, building laws and legal frameworks that regulate building works and construction activities to provide a broad understanding of how the mandatory technical requirements dictate the selection of the materials, construction elements, facilities and services in buildings. It articulates the potential risks and issues associated with non-conformance and non-compliance and their impact on project cost, time, and quality. The ability to identify, assess and resolve issues of non-compliance in relation to the application of National Construction Code (NCC), relevant building acts, Australian Standards and associated legislative frameworks is critically important to achieve the minimum necessary performance requirements of buildings in relation to health, safety, amenity and sustainability. The knowledge and skills developed in this unit are relevant to building professional practice in all areas of the built environment.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB233 Interior Access and Assemblies

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This unit develops competency in the technical communication of commercial construction and detailing of interior environments, in particular exploring two dimensional and three dimensional digital drafting conventions. You will learn about the application of building codes and standards with an emphasis on interior construction assemblies and accessibility. These are fundamental skills required by a professional interior designer. This unit links to other core interior design units by expanding your awareness of the commercial sector. 

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB241 Landscape Design 3: Planting Design

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This second-year landscape architectural design unit builds on your introductory-level design visualisation skills and knowledge of design principles. An understanding of plant species, characteristics and design considerations are critical to the work of landscape architects, and this unit introduces you to the basic principles and processes of planting design. You will complete a series of exercises to learn about Western plant classification, plant forms and functions, effects of physical conditions and processes on planting design, the importance of plants for sustainability, influences of site history and character, plant selection, procurement and maintenance implications. You will apply this knowledge to plan, develop and communicate a site-based planting design, using industry-standard communication conventions. The knowledge and skills acquired in this unit will inform your work in your ongoing design units and in Landscape Ecologies. 

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB244 Landscape Design 6: Urban Ecologies

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

More people are living in cities now than ever before, intensifying our unsustainable use of resources, increasing carbon emissions, reducing biodiversity, and increasing social inequities and negative psychological effects. In this third-year design unit you will explore contemporary ecological perspectives on how we occupy and design our urban landscapes such as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Ecological Urbanism, Landscape Urbanism, and Design for Social Justice. You will also learn about applications such as urban farming, constructed ecologies, green/blue infrastructure and disruptive urbanist interventions. You will apply this knowledge to research, develop and communicate a design proposition for positive urban eco-social change. The knowledge and skills you acquire will advance those from your previous design units, complement learning in your Environmental Planning and Landscape Ecologies units, and prepare you for complex, advanced-level design units. 

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB251 Site Development

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This unit will enable you to develop an understanding of the legal framework, processes, techniques, and skills involved in the development of a site. This capacity is essential for planning professionals, whether they work in the public or the private sector, and is integral to basic development assessment related problems. This unit further develops the skills that you have gained in the first year of your degree by giving you a  grounding in the legal framework and technical skills related to planning and development. Through the use of a development brief you will learn, practice and apply site planning processes, techniques and skills on a selected project site from initial site appraisal through to the submission of a development application. This unit establishes capacities at an individual site level that will be further enhanced throughout the course at a variety of different scales in different applications.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB303 Environmental Planning

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This unit increases your understanding of environmental issues, environmental policy frameworks, and strategies that support decision-making and problem solving in the face of uncertainty.  You will learn about the multi-faced aspects of environmental issues and the multi-scaled policy frameworks that guide ethical, and responsive practice. You will build on your existing spatial and non-spatial analysis skills and work in diverse teams to analyse a complex real-world environmental sustainability problem and identify integrated recommendations to address it. The knowledge and skills learnt in this unit will inform your work in advanced design and project units as well as in professional practice.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB312 Architecture Design 6

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This unit will assist you to develop more complex architectural design skills focusing on ethical and sustainable design solutions and practice. This requires the synthesis of issues, ideas, knowledge, and techniques of architectural design as a holistic practice. This unit also advances understanding of the interdependencies of social, cultural, economic, and environmental dimensions at local and global levels, which are crucial to sustainable design of human settlement.  You will synthesise and integrate knowledge and skills from various domains of knowledge into a major project(s) in an urban context. As part of the research and learning focus in the course, emphasis will be placed on the exploration and application of concepts of sustainability in the design of multi-residential and mixed used building types in local and international contexts.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

ABB333 Interior Systems

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This advanced unit aims to develop an understanding of the relationship between design, environmental quality, access and egress and technology while developing your technical communication skills. It introduces a greater complexity in commercial interior construction, services integration and code compliance while also developing your technical documentation skills. The unit links directly to your previous studies in ABB233 and provides the necessary knowledge, skills and application required to document the construction of your designs through all of your core units. This unit sits at the developmental stage of your course and provides you with opportunities to develop your knowledge of services integration, digital drafting and documentation requirements in a commercial workplace application with an emphasis on meeting codes and standards relating to fire safety, access and egress.

CAB202 Microprocessors and Digital Systems

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This unit introduces you to the components inside a computer and how these components work together. The design and development of modern digital electronic systems requires a knowledge of the hardware and software to program the system. This unit identifies design requirements and lets you develop embedded microcontroller-based system solutions. Practical laboratory exercises progressively expose features of a typical microprocessor; and explain how an embedded computer can interact with its environment. This provides a valuable foundation for further studies in areas such as robotics and networking.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

CAB320 Artificial Intelligence

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This foundational unit introduces the basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ranging from Intelligent Search techniques to Machine Learning. AI strives to build intelligent entities as well as understand them. AI has produced many significant products; from AI chess champions to state-of-the-art schedulers and planners. This unit introduces state representations, techniques and architectures used to build intelligent systems. It covers topics such as heuristic search, machine learning (including deep learning) and probabilistic reasoning. The ability to formalise a given problem in the language/framework of relevant AI methods (for example a search problem, a planning problem or a classification problem) and understand a fast evolving field is a requirement for a range of graduate entry engineer positions. This unit lays the foundations for further studies in Robotics, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Information Retrieval, Data Mining or Intelligent Web Agents.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

CAB420 Machine Learning

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. This unit provides you with a broad introduction to machine learning and its statistical foundations. Topics include: definition of machine learning tasks; classification principles and methods; dimensionality reduction/subspace methods; graphical models; and deep learning. Application examples are taken from areas such as computer vision, finance, market prediction and information retrieval.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DAB102 Architectural Design 2: Spaces

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This unit examines technological and artistic processes of design within an architectural context. It seeks to provide the ability to develop architectural designs of controlled complexity, focusing on aspects of spatial quality. As such, this unit will expose you to the design of a small public building in the Brisbane area. Architectural design as a manageable process is explored through a number of exercises and design projects. Discrete steps in the process of architectural design are made explicit through staged activities that build to a complete design project. Orthogonal drawing exercises, freehand sketching, presentation graphics, and model making all form part of the unit content.

DAB202 Architectural Design 4: Metro

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This unit provides you with an ability to develop architectural designs of limited complexity with particular focus on aspects of urban context, planning and form through an understanding of site specificities, topography, urban infrastructure and the natural landscape. In particular the unit focuses on a small civic building design. It builds on prior knowledge gained in the first three design studios, but introduces a higher level of architectural thought via the practice of formalism in architecture, involving established aesthetic concepts of architectural object and language that underlie global architectural praxis. It also introduces urban design into the design studio thereby expanding your previous knowledge of site planning to a new level. It will teach new skills in architectural design, urban analysis, and architectural drawing, modelling and visualisation toward the formal synthesis of the architectural object in urban space.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DAB212 Small Scale Building Construction

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This unit introduces building construction principles, an essential part of the vocabulary and knowledge of an architect. It increases your understanding of applied construction technologies and materials as key concepts for design development and resolution. It examines the role of building standards and the Building Code of Australia (BCA) in building design, including its housing provisions and associated codes for all types of buildings to achieve the requirements for building approvals. It also looks at domestic construction with emphasis on general material and structural properties of building components and systems; and common construction practices used in dwellings, single storey and class 10 buildings. Comparison of building systems and their effect on domestic building design will be explored in detail.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DAB302 Architectural Design 6: Communities

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This unit will develop more complex architectural design skills focusing on ethical and sustainable design solutions and practice. This requires the synthesis of issues, ideas, knowledge, and techniques of architectural design as a holistic practice. This unit also advances understanding of the interdependencies of social, cultural, economic, and environmental dimensions at local and global levels, which are crucial to sustainable design of human settlement. Design is the core activity of architecture and the architectural design studio is a major component of the architecture course. This unit deals with synthesis and integration of knowledge and skills from various domains of knowledge into a major project(s) in an urban context. As part of the research and learning focus in the course, emphasis will be placed on the exploration and application of concepts of sustainability in the design of multi-residential and mixed used building types in local and international contexts.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DAB312 Building Services

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This unit provides a basis to create safe, functional and comfortable buildings. It looks at the principles, equipment, and the architect’s role (building services procurement, consultation on design decision making, establishing selection criteria for systems and equipment, understanding of spatial requirements, and communication systems for medium-rise buildings). It highlights the role and direction of building consultants and the legislative requirements of building services. It also looks at the skills and knowledge to transform technical design ideas into built form through construction documentation by looking at the principles and application of building services and standards. In this unit, building services, fire safety, and building code requirements are offered as drivers of architectural design. Ultimately the unit enables you to face architectural issues and meet the requirements of the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC) for a range of user requirements.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DLB102 Landscape Studio 2

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This unit introduces landscape design principles, theories and processes, and their application in problem solving and articulation of landscape architectural propositions. It provides foundational skills and knowledge to develop in your ongoing landscape design studio units. Through critical thinking and experimental design propositions you will explore design principles of landscape space, materiality, scale, time and place. This unit builds on DLB101 Landscape Studio 1 and DYB111 Create and Represent: Form, inviting you to interpret wider dimensions of landscape and experiment with design development and representation.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DLB204 Planting Design Studio

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability

Unit synopsis

This second year unit builds on your knowledge of environmental sustainability and introduces you to scientific, horticultural and planting design principles and their application in sustainable site-based planting design, including the specific conventions of planting design communication. As such, the unit engages with the basic plant sciences (botany, ecology and horticulture) including: botanical nomenclature, morphology, plant forms, assemblages and systems, and plant cultivation requirements. You will apply this knowledge to develop and articulate sustainable site-based planting design propositions and extend your communication techniques.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DLB301 Landscape Ecology

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This unit applies theories of landscape ecology related to sustainable landscape design and planning in combination with an understanding of geomorphological structures and processes. It prepares you for further expansion of your intermediate-level design skills into Landscape Planning theory and application. It expands your understanding of landscape from a small site to a broad and holistic level. Landscape architects need to understand the systems that create and are created by the landscape and so this unit will develop your ability to comprehend the interconnectedness of landscape structures and processes, and how they interact within landscape systems, essential to the formulation of sustainable landscape design propositions. You will apply this knowledge in a semester-long landscape study project, extending the communication techniques you learnt in first and second year units.

DLB303 Resilient Landscapes Studio

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This capstone unit builds on the critical thinking and design resolution skills that students have developed though their earlier design studios and associated units. The studio begins with students researching and presenting exemplar projects and threatened landscape case studies. This will be conducted through the framework of relevant landscape resilience theory. This research will then provide the standpoint upon which students develop design propositions to the identified problem site and/or scenario.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DLH700 Landscape Design 7

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

This unit applies theoretical concepts of landscape planning and landscape urbanism to sustainable landscape design and planning approaches. It explores advanced theories in landscape planning to help you conceptualise the complex social and environmental issues and policy frameworks that inform land development, and the related design and planning theories and processes such as those emerging through landscape urbanism. In a sustained semester-long project you will engage with a large-scale site and associated complex problems of planning, design and management, and independently formulate innovative and sustainable landscape planning and design propositions and implementation strategies. This unit introduces complexity and independent application of communication and presentation techniques commensurate with professional-level landscape architectural investigation and practice. The following semester unit DLH800 will build on these skills in your capstone landscape project.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DLH800 Landscape Design 8

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Undergraduate units
Availability
Semester 2 (July)

Unit synopsis

This capstone unit aims for you to be able to apply theories of Landscape Planning and Landscape Urbanism in landscape appraisal and design development. You will undertake a sustained thesis-style project at an advanced conceptual and schematic landscape design level based on substantial independent research and rigorous design development. Understanding landscape architecture as a contextual and relational discipline, you will formulate innovative and sustainable landscape planning and design propositions and implementation strategies to balance competing social, cultural, economic, and ecological constraints and opportunities. This unit develops independent skills in investigation and practice enabling you to engage with a wide range of projects. It consolidates your individual expression of the knowledge, skills and application of landscape design principles, theories and processes developed in your landscape architecture core units to date.

Approval required

You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

DLN103 Plants for Urban and Natural Systems

Unit information

School/discipline
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Study level
Postgraduate units
Availability
Semester 1 (February)

Unit synopsis

Plants are a key element in our landscapes and a critical component of the landscape architect's toolkit. This unit will provide an in-depth look at individual plants and plant communities that occur and are used within natural and urban systems. Understanding how plants can be used to enhance ecosystem services and green infrastructure within a variety of ecological and social conditions is critical to create resilient landscapes within the context of significant environmental change. You will learn about the functions of vegetation as related to biodiversity, drought and flooding mitigation, erosion control, carbon sequestration, evapotranspiration and cooling. 

Approval required

You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.

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