175-123 Introduction to Built Environment Study

Formerly available as 702-140. Students who have completed 702-140 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

This subject is available to BPD/BUPD students. All applicants will be required to sit for a selection test to determine their level of language proficiency. Students who are native speakers of English or whose language proficiency is near-native are not eligible to enrol.

This subject is an introduction to the language forms and communication styles that characterise the disciplines of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture and property and construction. It teaches two specific sets of strategies and skills: 1. to engage with, critically assess and communicate ideas in the discipline; 2. To efficiently access information in lectures, tutorials, studios, libraries and through the internet. These strategies and skills will be developed through introductory studies in the fields of architectural history/theory, design, urban planning, property and construction, and construction technology. On completion of this subject students should have gained: 1. enhanced skills in academic writing eg. essays and technical reports; 2. enhanced skills in oral presentations and group discussions in studio and tutorial contexts; 3. strategies for listening, comprehension and note-taking in lectures in the BPD/BUPD courses, including the linking of material presented in graphical and verbal forms.

4000 words, comprising essays and assignments totalling 2000 words (individual); oral presentations up to ten minutes in length; report and presentation (group work, equivalent of 500 words); participation, including tutorial participation and continuous writing tasks up to 500 words; and a test (equivalent of 500 words).

A reading pack will be available through the Bookroom.