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Industry Based Research - Property (ABPL90364)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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Semester 2
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Students enrolled in this subject will partner with a host organization to complete an industry-based research project. Firms may be based in the commercial property development, investment, valuation, management and consultancy fields. Students will be supervised by the Subject Coordinator in collaboration with a designated party at the host organisation. Students will work on a research topic chosen by the host organization and will spend no more than 12 days working at the host organization over the course of the subject. Work will be limited to that needed to complete the research project. The Industry-Based Research Project will enable students to extend and apply the knowledge acquired through the Master of Property coursework subjects, will provide students with a valuable professional experience, and will extend their professional networks. This project can be taken to fulfil the research requirement of the Master’s in Property and may replace ABPL90362 Research Thesis – Property

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the subject, students should be able to:

  • Design, implement and produce a practice based research thesis in a scholarly manner.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of research management skills in an industry setting.
  • Demonstrate the capacity to think originally and independently within the chosen area of research.
  • Demonstrate the ability to apply relevant research methodologies rigorously and appropriately.

Generic skills

Students will acquire a specific set of skills related to completing a research/problem solving task in a professional environment. Specific skills include:

  • Advanced communication skills (written and verbal) appropriate to professional contexts;
  • Ability to apply broad theoretical and cross-disciplinary knowledge about heritage to a specific case-study or project;
  • Project management skills, including scoping projects, developing timelines and meeting deadlines;
  • Research and critical thinking as applied to a professional context;
  • Interpersonal skills, including the capacity to work effectively in a professional setting, and with a professional team.

Last updated: 14 March 2023

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

Admission into or selection of one of the following:

  • MC-PROP Master of Property
  • MC-PROPUP Master of Property/Master of Urban Planning
  • MC-CMPROP Master of Construction Management/Master of Property
  • MC-ARCPROP Master of Architecture/Master of Property

AND

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
ABPL90363 Property Research and Analysis
Semester 1
 12.5

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
ABPL90362 Research Thesis - Property
Semester 1
Semester 2
 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: 14 March 2023

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

A work-plan developed in consultation with the host organisation and the Subject Coordinator

  • 1000 words
Within two weeks of beginning the practice based thesis20%

Oral presentation

Hurdle requirement: Satisfactory completion of oral presentation.		Two weeks before conclusion of the internshipN/A

Property practice thesis based on research completed in the prerequisite subject, ABPL90363 Property Research and Analysis. The 4500 words required for this piece of assessment is additional to work completed for prerequisite subject ABPL90363 Property Research and Analysis. Writing submitted as part of the prerequisite subject may not be submitted as part of this subject

  • 4500 words
Within two weeks of the conclusion of the internship80%

Last updated: 14 March 2023

Quotas apply to this subject

Dates & times

  • Semester 2
    Principal coordinatorRaghu Dharmapuri Tirumala
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours7 hours a day,12 days placement over three months, Occasional academic supervision, to be determined in consultation with the Program Coordinator.
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023
    Last self-enrol date 9 July 2023
    Census date31 August 2023
    Last date to withdraw without fail22 September 2023
    Assessment period ends17 November 2023

    Semester 2 contact information

    Subject Coordinator

    Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala

    dtvraghu@unimelb.edu.au

Time commitment details

170 Hours

What do these dates mean

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  • Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
  • And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
    - Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
    - Completion rate. Students who started their course from 2022 and are in a CSP or receiving a HELP Loan (eg FEE-HELP) must meet the completion rate to continue to receive Commonwealth Support for that course.

Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement, and as a fail toward the completion rate, unless there are approved ‘special circumstances’.

Additional delivery details

Entrance to this subject is limited based on the number of host organisations willing to participate in any given year. Students may provisionally enrol via the Student Portal, but places are not guaranteed until selection is completed. The students will be presented with potential host organisations in ABPL90363 Property Research and Analysis and must organise a partnership on their own.

Last updated: 14 March 2023

Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.

Last updated: 14 March 2023