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2025 unit information
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1 x 1 hour scheduled online lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.
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.
SRT153 introduces students to the properties of materials used in a wide range of building applications. In this unit, students will learn about the chemical and physical properties and the procedures for selection of appropriate materials and their uses in buildings. Learning and assessment activities include the study of materials such as timber, concrete, metals, stone and ceramics, plastics and glass and the environmental significance of materials. Students will examine these materials within the framework of sustainability and embodied energy.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Understand the terminology, characteristics and properties of materials commonly used in building construction.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Develop an appreciation of factors affecting the choice and selection of materials.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinking
Understand the environmental issues of building materials and become familiar with terms like embodied energy, material reuse and recycling.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
Demonstrate the ability to conduct research and write reports.
GLO2: CommunicationGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO7: Teamwork
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.
The texts and reading list for SRT153 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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