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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.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
1 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.
SRM161 introduces students to the legal system and its role in society. Students will learn basic rules and conventions concerning the legislative and judicial systems, the principles of the law of contract in personal transactions and building organisations, building contract documentation and the law of tort. This will enable students develop knowledge of contractual and legal requirements, which they will apply to built environment projects.
Describe the principles of legislative and judicial systems in Australia.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO7: Teamwork
ULO2
Identify and discuss the range of business organisation structures.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3
Identify and discuss the basic concepts of Law of Contract applied to construction projects.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO7: Teamwork
ULO4
Identify and discuss the basic concepts of Law of Tort applied to construction projects.
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 online quiz and Business structure report.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRM161 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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