Course Title: Building Systems

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Building Systems

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUIL1005

City Campus

Postgraduate

325H Property, Construction & Project Management

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUIL1005

City Campus

Postgraduate

325H Property, Construction & Project Management

Face-to-Face

PGRDFx2019 (XXXX)

Course Coordinator: Nick Blismas

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2214

Course Coordinator Email: nick.blismas@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 08.08.13

Course Coordinator Availability: Monday 3.30pm - 5.30pm


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

This course will focus on developing your knowledge of building systems, including building materials and construction techniques, and will foster the skills you require to adopt a building systems approach to property. Your developed knowledge of building systems will also include your understanding of different types and applications of building materials and diverse construction techniques. You will also examine how sustainability principles impact on the property lifecycle, and will integrate and apply your skills and knowledge to industry based case studies. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

If you are enrolled in MC209 Master of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building, you will develop the following Program Learning Outcomes: 
PLO1: Analyse, synthesise and apply sustainable building theory and principles to address industry issues, and implement new directions in sustainable building design 
PLO2: Professionally communicate your ideas and strategies, justifying decisions to diverse stakeholders, including government and industry stakeholders
PLO3: Employ your knowledge of sustainable building and performance theory, and leading technologies, to develop solutions that respond to the diverse needs of sustainable building project stakeholders 
PLO4: Critically examine and reflect on your work, and sustainable building theory, to question accepted building solutions, design strategies, design practices and decision making approaches 

If you are enrolled in MC212 Master of Property, you will develop the following Program Learning Outcomes: 
PLO1: Apply knowledge of property theory and concepts to inform decision making in the local and global professional arena, demonstrating evidenced based judgement and ethical decision making
PLO4: Apply professional communication and technical skills to effectively communicate property development proposals, financial and valuation analyses and strategy to diverse property and related industry stakeholders,
PLO6: Critically engage with economic, legal and environmental policy frameworks to inform developed solutions, decision making and problem solving


Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. CLO1: Apply a building systems approach to formulate solutions to address building faults
  2. CLO2: Analyse and apply building, structural and design /principles to determine property value and use.

 
 


Overview of Learning Activities

 You will engage in a range of learning activities in this course including class discussions and case study analysis and guest speakers.  Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

To assist your learning reference lists, notes and visual media will be made available, as will resources from the library. You will be required to source newspaper and other media and professional publications to add to their knowledge regarding the construction industry.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.

Assessment consists of:

  • Assessment 1: Individual work: Online quiz assessing your basic understanding of work in classes or online material. 20% weighting. CLO1, CLO2
  • Assessment 2: Individual work: In-class quiz 30% weighting. CLO1, CLO2
  • Assessment 3: Individual work: Final examination of all work covered in the semester, particularly interpreting drawings and their associated systems. 50% weighting. CLO1, CLO2

Feedback will be provided on all assessments tasks.

Equitable Learning Services

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.