Found 211 study abroad units
ABB255 Planning Law
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
In this unit you will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of the basic political, policy, and legislation essential for planning professionals, whether they work in the public or the private sector, and the capacity to apply this understanding to basic development assessment related problems. Your capacity to understand the law as it relates to the regulation of development and the planning of infrastructure is integral to being a built environment professional. Your grounding in the legal framework surrounding planning and development is an important aspect of professional development, particularly with respect to employment that requires skills related to development assessment, and urban policy development.
ABB252 Transport Planning
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to transport systems in selected cities around the world, facilitating an investigation into schemes and policies for promoting sustainable transport. The unit also assists you to integrate transport modelling theory with a set of analytical approaches which are frequently used in transport planning practice, including revealed and stated preference approaches. You will learn about how to design data collection instruments, analyse transport-related data, and communicate results effectively.
ABB253 Site Planning
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 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 planning regulations and technical skills related to 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.
ABB226 Building Structures
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This is an intermediate level unit addressing the basic principles of structural engineering applicable to building structures. Quantitative and qualitative techniques are used as the basis for learning simple structural design. In this course, you must have the ability to understand structural equibrium and have a sound understanding of how a structure achieves structural stability through load paths. Furthermore, you are required to interpret engineering designs and convert the designer's intent and components specified, into a project. This demands proper understanding of structural actions and basic design and analysis of simple structures to ensure economy and safety. This unit introduces these concepts and builds upon knowledge of materials from ABB100 Introduction to Building Structures. It develops the learning skills to manage increasingly complex projects in later units.
ABB222 Construction Estimating
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
An advanced construction management unit focusing on construction cost quantification techniques linking to previous years’ basic work and understanding. It includes an introduction to the interrelationship between professions in estimating and the techniques available to quantify cost; definition of the fundamental elements of cost and the methods of evaluating labour, materials, and equipment; assessing base estimates for major trades; assessment of offers from sub-contractors and implications for the tendering process; first principles estimating; review of an estimate; subsequent negotiations and application of estimating to variations and profit monitoring; outcome performance indicators; and introduction to current industry practice, tools, and technology.
ABB223 Low-Rise Construction
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to theoretical and practical knowledge to understand concepts, principles, construction techniques and procedures relevant to low-rise construction. You will gain skills to critically evaluate projects in terms of buildability, construction methodology, site safety, planning, scheduling techniques and site organisation. The ability to manage and supervise the construction process of a cross section of low-rise construction types such as residential apartment buildings, and commercial and industrial buildings is an essential requirement for construction management and quantity surveying professionals. The knowledge and skills developed in this unit are relevant to construction management and quantity surveying students and builds upon knowledge gained in earlier units such as small-scale construction, and integrated construction, building services, preparing you for further advanced units in structures and high-rise construction.
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.
ABB232 Interior Design: Interiority
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces principles and elements of interior design with a focus on interiority. You will learn about interior design practices, requiring you to develop a coherent and foundational knowledge of interior design process and theory. Learning in this unit is project-based, supported by lectures, readings, practicals, and studio activities. You will draw on the learnings from previous design studio units and build on this unit’s learnings in future design studio units.
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.
ABB235 Colour and Light
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit develops a broad and coherent understanding of colour - its psychology and complexity, and interdependence with light, in the context of design theory and application in practice. As such, it introduces you to the attributes, influences and principles of implications of colour and light within the built environment. It develops broad knowledge and the skills to apply theoretical concepts relative to colour and light in the creation of interior spatial projects. It focuses on the human response to colour and light through an understanding of the histories, theories, and methods of application relevant to two and three-dimensional environments.
ABB231 Interior Design: Inhabitation
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces principles and elements of interior design within commercial contexts, focusing on inhabitation. It addresses small-scale spaces on urban sites. You will learn about interior design practices, requiring you to develop a coherent and foundational knowledge of individual and collaborative interior design processes and theory. Learning in this unit is project-based, supported by lectures, readings, workshops, and studio activities. You will also draw on learning from your previous design units. Learning from this unit will enable you to realise more realistic design and project outcomes.
EGB211 Dynamics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Mechanical engineers are required to have a sound knowledge in motion of particles and rigid bodies, which is essential in the design and production of machines and other engineering systems. Dynamic forces in systems such as motor vehicles, aircrafts and robotic devices are determined by kinematic and kinetic analysis of these systems. These forces play an essential part in the design of these systems. In this introductory unit, you are introduced to the concepts of dynamics in the context of real engineering systems. The basic principles for dynamics of particles and rigid bodies in 2D are introduced and discussed as related problems within various engineering systems. On completion of this unit, you will be able to apply fundamental principles of kinematics and kinetics in formulating and solving dynamics problems for particles and rigid bodies and analyse kinematics and kinetics of basic mechanical components and mechanisms.
EGB210 Fundamentals of Mechanical Design
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Mechanical Design forms the backbone of the Mechanical Engineering Degree. This unit is an introduction into Mechanical Design. It brings together fundamental engineering units such as Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid Mechanics and Materials Study and is a common unit for students studying Mechanical Engineering, Medical Engineering and Mechatronics. It will develop systematic knowledge and practice of methods of engineering problem solving, design procedures, design analysis, and introductory mechanical components design, highlighting the need for sustainable and contextually appropriate solutions. It lays the basis for advanced study in Mechanical Design.
EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces the fundamentals of engineering materials and their manufacturability, defects of materials at the micro-scale and how mechanical properties of materials (e.g. steel) can be tailored by processing (deformation, diffusion) and heat treatments. This knowledge along with a range of complex manufacturing processes (casting, rolling, forging, extrusion) and sheet metal forming processes such as blanking, piercing, bending, drawing and deep drawing. This knowledge is important for graduate engineers in their engineering study. This unit develops appreciation to engineers around design and how to make a product out of materials using both primary and secondary production methods with minimum environmental impact and costs. They will improve their understanding about the interactions and interrelationship between processing, microstructure, properties and performance of various engineering materials in order to utilize new designs and fabrication.
ABN405 Digital Collaboration & BIM
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is having a significant impact on the AECO industry as its use gradually expands: Improved access to data and analytical tools is allowing more detailed and wider ranging studies that are improving the quality of the built environment; The development of standardised libraries of objects are improving consistency in documentation; Interoperability between software tools supports higher levels of collaboration and improves risk management; This unit exposes you to the important methodologies, technologies and software underpinning BIM collaboration through simulating project teams working on real world problems. This results in authentic and proven design proposals and construction choices.
ABN403 Transdisciplinary Design: Communities
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This is a studio-based design unit, with a cohort comprising students of both the Masters of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Honours) programs. Your skills in designing highly resolved design propositions that address critical real-world scenarios will be developed via intensive collaborative processes within the design studio. Here, transdisciplinary collaborations and industry-informed scenarios will set the framework for project-based speculations that investigate and engage with and across different programs, scales, cultures, contexts, technologies, and environments. You will conduct design-led research while working jointly with others from outside your discipline area to create new conceptual, theoretical, methodological and translational propositions that integrate and move beyond conventional discipline-specific boundaries and approaches.
ABN401 Research Strategies in the Built Environment
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
In this unit, you will examine how research informs practice across the built environment disciplines, including architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, construction management, quantity surveying, and urban and regional planning. You will develop critical thinking, information retrieval, and synthesis skills necessary for professional, evidence-based practice. You will explore qualitative and quantitative research methods for data collection and analysis, with concepts introduced through lectures and applied primarily through tutorial activities, where you will develop literature reviews, research questions, and research plans that support subsequent research and design projects. This unit is taught concurrently to Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) and Master of Architecture students, with learning activities and assessments aligned to AQF Level 8 expectations appropriate to both cohorts.
ABN402 Sustainable Urban Design
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit explores the principles and integrated approaches that shape urban design as a creative and problem-solving discipline. It focuses on enhancing the quality of urban spaces and spatial experiences while reinforcing sustainability, resilience, and cultural diversity. You will engage with complex urban challenges through a design lens, exploring how different perspectives inform urban design practices and spatial outcomes. The unit also examines the role of emerging technologies in shaping contemporary urban environments, equipping you with the tools to integrate digital innovations into design processes. Through key principles, frameworks, and methodologies, you will develop the skills necessary to create responsive, inclusive, and sustainable urban spaces.
ABN414 Advanced Building Science
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit aims to develop an understanding of low-energy and high-comfort architectural design solutions for large-scale buildings. This hands-on unit addresses natural means of control of indoor conditions for the achievement of thermal and visual comfort of building occupants with a focus on the evaluation of design solutions through simulation. It explores the role of building science and simulation tools in the design of high-performing buildings. Buildings are large energy consumers, most of which come from their operations. In a world of finite resources, architects must understand the environmental impacts of their design decisions, considering all technical and scientific issues involved to achieve maximum comfort while minimising energy consumption. This unit further develops scientific knowledge associated with architectural practice and, in particular, skills required for designing and evaluating large-scale projects dealing with environmental design.
ABN412 Master Studio One
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This is a studio-based unit in which you design architectural projects. The studio will focus on developing high-level abilities to rationally test and experiment through architectural design projects to explore cultures, contexts, technologies and environments. It requires a high level of design resolution in its projects as well as the practice of a research-led design process. The unit uses developmental exercises to enhance student perceptions of the built environment in a project-based learning environment. The architectural aspects of design theory, sustainability, sociology, history, and critique all form parts of the unit content.
PMN504 Managing Project Teams
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit will provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge to manage internal stakeholders, and to appreciate the role and contribution of the Project Manager in facilitating outcomes critical for the success of a project. It will specifically focus on the competencies required to effectively lead, motivate and manage individuals within the project team. The unit provides an understanding of how to undertake negotiation and conflict resolution, and recognise individual and cultural differences and different communication styles appearing in project teams.
PMN505 Project Procurement
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit identifies the optimal procurement strategy for a project from a client’s perspective taking a strategic approach and positions procurement in the project lifecycle and provides the detail required to be an effective client or tenderer for projects. Further, this unit considers project procurement from a contractor and contract management perspective recognising that procurement is a strategic and systematic process of acquiring the necessary goods, services, and resources required to successfully initiate, execute, and complete a project. This vital aspect of project management involves planning, sourcing, negotiating, and managing relationships with suppliers and vendors to ensure that the project's objectives are met within specified timelines, budget constraints, and quality standards. Effective project management procurement involves a comprehensive understanding of market dynamics, risk assessment, contract management, and stakeholder collaboration.
PMN503 Managing Projects as an Integrated System
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit explores systems thinking and a systems approach towards all project performance domains. Understanding of a systems approach will help project managers to have an integrated understanding of the project. This will achieve better outcomes and value for the customers and project stakeholders.
PMN604 Aligning Strategy and Projects in Global Organisations
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit explores the detailed links between the organisational business strategy and the projects, programs and portfolios delivered by global organisations. It teaches you how to use tools and techniques to extract maximum value from the project, program and portfolio and execute strategies for delivering optimal benefit for the global organisations. This unit links business strategy theories with the project, program and portfolio practices.
PMN609 Leading Emerging Trends in Project Management
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Understanding emerging trends and innovations in project management is of paramount importance in today's dynamic and competitive project and business environments. These trends offer valuable insights into evolving technologies, methodologies, and market demands that can significantly impact project outcomes. By staying informed and embracing innovation, project managers can enhance their ability to adapt to changing circumstances, optimise processes for efficiency, and effectively address complex challenges. Moreover, a proactive and evidence-based research approach to adopting emerging trends enables organisations to maintain a competitive edge and deliver projects that align with the evolving needs of clients and stakeholders. Ultimately, this understanding empowers project management professionals to lead with foresight, navigate uncertainties, and undertake innovation research to evaluate outcomes that drive both individual and organisational success.
PMN607 Strategic Risk Management
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit takes a strategic approach to risk in the project and business lifecycles. A broader range of risk management frameworks are now available and clients and providers need to understand the features of each before any implementation. The knowledge and skills developed in this unit contribute to effective identification, analysis, evaluation and treatment of risk to the project and the organisation in an integrated and strategic way. This unit builds on a sound understanding of risk and opportunities in projects and programs to inform decision-making and the project and program risk allocation between stakeholders.
PMN601 Managing Project Performance
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit will provide you with relevant tools and techniques to planning and management of key project performance measures and indicators such as time, cost, budget and resources. You will be exposed to modern project performance domains, principles, frameworks and practices. The changing dynamics of projects and the environment they are undertaken is constantly changing. As such establishing appropriate metrics, baselines and thresholds for expected performance and measurement, analysis and evaluation is critical to ensure that the project is progressing as planned, timely and appropriate actions are undertaken to keep project performance on track, and maintain acceptable performance.
PMN602 Navigating Project Organisations in a Global Context
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit will provide you with advanced skills and knowledge to manage organisational and people issues required to achieve outcomes critical for the success of projects in national and global contexts. The unit will focus on the aspects of project governance, organisational culture, organisational development and change, high performance teams and leadership in organisations. It will provide the understanding of effectively leading and managing project teams and their performance while managing constraints in time, cost and quality, as well as social, political and environmental influences.
PMN610 Project Management Principles
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces project management as a dynamic profession that plays a pivotal role in effectively planning, organising, and executing tasks to achieve specific goals within a defined timeframe and budget. The ability to manage projects efficiently has become a crucial skill for organisations and individuals alike. This unit focusses on project management essentials, principles, methodologies, and tools that empower project managers to deliver projects successfully. The is a gateway into the fundamental concepts of project management, exploring key areas such as project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and project closure. Further, important aspects of cultural competence and indigenous perspectives are woven throughout the content and reinforced in the assessment items. By mastering these essentials, you will enhance your ability to drive innovation, enhance collaboration, and achieve consistent project success in diverse industries and sectors.
ENN583 Foundations of Robotic Vision
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides the foundation for robotic vision, which includes an introduction to computer vision concepts and the use of deep learning models for robotic vision applications. This unit will further demonstrate how these concepts are utilised in solving real-world robotic vision problems such as visual odometry, visual SLAM, place recognition, object detection and semantic segmentation, and provide you with practical experience in implementing algorithms for real-world robotic vision tasks.