Building Behaviour in Bushfires (EVSC90023)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
Contact information
September
Overview
| Availability | September - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject covers the fundamentals of how domestic buildings respond to bushfire in a planned environment context. Working from the science fundamentals through to the policy and legislation frameworks that tackle bushfire risk mitigation through to building design. With successful completion of the course, students will be well equipped to judge and implement design solutions within the scope of Victorian building regulations relating to bushfire risk management.
Intended learning outcomes
Objectives. On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe building performance and compliance within a planned environment;
- Recognise the assumptions and complementarity of building and planning measures in achieving acceptable levels of bushfire risk management;
- Explain how regulations tackle quantification of the mechanisms of interaction between bushfires and building envelope;
- Describe building legislation in Victoria including history, tiers of government and agencies;
- Formulate the role and process of performance-based codes and solutions;
- Explain the processes of building regulation and permits;
- Carry out bushfire attack assessments and prepare a report to submit to the relevant building surveyor;
- Describe construction and testing requirements under relevant building codes for fire-prone environments;
- Demonstrate knowledge of a broader context of bushfire urban interface risk issues.
Generic skills
Analytical skills: capacity to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
Recommended background knowledge
It is recommended that students have previously completed the following subjects:
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
September
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
In- class tests/quizzes (1000 words in total) throughout intensive (20%)
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Literature review (1500 words) due at the end of the intensive teaching period (30%)
| 1 Days after the end of teaching | 30% |
Final written assignment (2500 words) due 3 weeks after completion of intensive (50%)
| 3 Weeks after the end of teaching | 50% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- September - Online
Coordinators Trent Penman and Alex Filkov Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total of 45 hours: 40 hours of seminar (1 x 8 hour per day) and 5 hours of optional fieldtrip on Saturday at Creswick during the week intensive. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 19 August 2025 Pre teaching requirements Online content will be available on the subject LMS site 3 weeks prior to subject commencement. Teaching period 8 September 2025 to 13 September 2025 Last self-enrol date 22 August 2025 Census date 12 September 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 October 2025 Assessment period ends 22 October 2025 September contact information
Time commitment details
130 hours
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Urban Planning Course Graduate Certificate in Bushfire Planning and Management - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 4 March 2025