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Studies in Building Cultures and Markets (ABPL90311)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2024
Overview
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This subject investigates the organisation of the construction industry in various contextual environments, with an emphasis on a socio-ecological approach involving the strategic selection of construction technologies and methods according to specific social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal and technological contexts as well as regional traditions.
Consisting of a seminar component and a travel component (which can vary each year depending on the focus provided by the subject coordinator), the subject will expose students to different cultures, places and people, thus stimulating their ability to reflect critically on the mainstream construction environment of Melbourne.
Approximate Costs:
Flights: $600
Accommodation (8 nights), Food and Local Activities: $400
Local Travel: $500
Note: Prices listed are subject to change. The costs per student are likely to be $1000 in total. Participating students will receive a one-off subsidy of $500 from the Faculty which will be utilised toward local travel. Students will be expected to contribute $400 to cover food, accommodation and local activities not later than 2 days prior pre-teaching. Students will be required to arrange and pay for the return flight to Cairns.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the subject, students should be able to:
- To observe and record building industry operations in contexts outside urban Melbourne and provide a holistic perspective of construction approaches.
- To enable comparisons of construction markets, technologies and processes in different countries and regions.
- To help students understand contingent relationships between construction technologies and national cultures.
- To identify and assess the impact of cultural drivers within construction.
- To encourage students to identify and engage critically with issues of geographic specificity in construction.
- To apply learnings to real and live projects to critically reflect on the role of construction and its impact in a given context.
Generic skills
At the completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:
- Ability to understand and navigate social and cultural differences with cultural competency;
- Ability to undertake ideal-type analysis;
- Ability to understand the type of industrial data required in socio-technical studies;
- Ability to derive theoretical positions from empirical analyses;
- Ability to prepare and conduct technical interviews with industry representatives;
- Ability to combine data from primary and secondary sources for the development of a scholarly argument;
- Ability to translate these data into a cohesive piece of original research.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Option 1
Admission into a Masters Course (including double masters) in the Melbourne School of Design plus completion of 50 points of study in one of these courses
OR
Option 2
Approval from the subject coordinator
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Completion of ABPL90277 Humanitarian Construction is recommended
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Health and Safety Briefing Hurdle requirement: All enrolled students must attend the pre-trip Health and Safety briefing | Early in the teaching period | 0% |
Oral Presentation: Participation and Presentation of Practical Construction Prototype. Group of 2, 500 words equivalent per person. (Learning Objectives 1,2,3)
| During the field trip | 10% |
Professional Report 1: Construction Project Response. Group of 2 or Individual, 2500 words per person. (Learning Objectives 1,2,3,4,5,6)
| End of the teaching period | 50% |
Professional Report 2: Personal Reflective Journal and Prototype Documentation (Learning Objectives 1,2,3,4,5,6)
| End of the assessment period | 40% |
Additional details
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
Not available in 2024
Time commitment details
170 hours
What do these dates mean
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
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Additional delivery details
Quota = 16
This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. Students should provisionally enrol via the Student Portal, but places are not guaranteed until selection is completed. You will be notified in writing by the Student Centre if you are selected.
Selection Criteria:
- Academic Merit
- Available on the travel dates and instruction dates of the course, and
- Responses to the following questions, to be emailed to the subject coordinator not later than the last self-enrol date:
- Why do you want to work with the Olkola Aboriginal Corporation on both the practical construction of a self-build cultural knowledge centre in remote Cape York and the strategic construction design of a project identified by the Traditional Owners? (max 1 paragraph)
- What skills do you bring to this particular subject? (max 1 paragraph)
- How comfortable are you with camping, hot conditions, limited communications (such as no phone reception) and remote travel? (max 1 paragraph)
Place in the subject will be forfeited if the student financial contribution is not paid by 2 days before pre-teaching commencement.
Field Trip Participation Dates
2021: Sunday 19 to Tuesday 28 September inclusive
For detailed information on the quota subject application process and due dates, refer to the EDSC Quota Subjects webpage: http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/quota-subjects
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Incidental costs
Approximate Costs: Flights: $600 Accommodation (8 nights), Food and Local Activities: $400 Local Travel: $500 Note: Prices listed are subject to change. The costs per student are likely to be $1000 in total. Participating students will receive a one-off subsidy of $500 from the Faculty which will be utilised toward local travel. Students will be expected to contribute $400 to cover food, accommodation and local activities not later than 2 days prior pre-teaching. Students will be required to arrange and pay for the return flight to Cairns.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Policy Informal specialisation Policy Informal specialisation Research and Development - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024