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SRM161 - Contract Administration 1

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s):	1
Previously coded as:	SRP161
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Gayani Karunasena
Prerequisite:	Nil
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.
Typical study commitment:	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.

Content

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.

Learning outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Describe the principles of legislative and judicial systems in Australia.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO7: Teamwork
ULO2	Identify and discuss the range of business organisation structures.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3	Identify and discuss the basic concepts of Law of Contract applied to construction projects.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO7: Teamwork
ULO4	Identify and discuss the basic concepts of Law of Tort applied to construction projects.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1 Individual online quiz	One online multiple-choice question quiz	20%	Week 4
Assessment 2 Business structure report	Written report, 2,000 word maximum	30%	Week 7
Assessment 3 Legal principles report (Group)	Written report, 4,000 word maximum	50%	Week 11

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.

Hurdle requirement

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.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for SRM161 can be found via the University Library.

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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