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Last updated: 4 March 2022
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 2 hour class per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.
Online independent and collaborative learning including scheduled activities as detailed in the unit site.
This SRQ764 unit examines the processes and techniques used in property development appraisal and the economic evaluation of building projects. Students will learn about the property development and investment, feasibility studies, property markets, property valuation, construction economics, property finance and taxation, risk analysis and management, and life-cycle property operation and maintenance. Students will analyse the multi-disciplinary nature of the development and investment process and prepare detailed development appraisals and feasibility studies within the context of property markets and the built environment business ecology. Students will also critically analyse questions and explore solutions in different property development, investment, evaluation, and management scenarios. Learning and assessment activities will aid students in developing skills and knowledge of project evaluation and property management.
Examine implications of various social and economic factors for property development and investment.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
Demonstrate an understanding of property markets and analyse property operation and maintenance from a life-cycle perspective.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
Apply processes and techniques to evaluate the economic components of complex building projects.
Evaluate and recommend processes and techniques used to prepare property valuation reports.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
Prepare and justify a detailed development and investment feasibility study for a complex building project.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7: Teamwork
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must achieve at least 40% in the Individual report.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRQ764 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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