MMP221 - Property Management

Unit details

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Qiang Li
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each 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

This unit introduces students to the property management field and its interconnections with the planning, design, construction and maintenance of buildings. This unit includes different land uses such as residential, office and retail with an emphasis on buildings in use. Apart from value management, this unit also covers make good clauses, building pathology, asset management, facilities management and planning. Sustainability issues in property management are an increasingly important issue and an integral part of this role.

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

Apply property legislation and explain its impact on a range of property types, stakeholders and property management practices.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Apply legal, economic, ethical and sustainability principles and/or practices to property management.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Examine and evaluate property management roles and issues in planning, design, maintenance and strategic property management.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Evaluate the impact of the individual contribution in planning, implementing and completing a team project.

GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Group of 3) Report (Business)

2000 words

20% Week 5

Assessment 2:
Part A: (Group of 3) Report (Business)
Part B: (Individual) Written Reflection (self)

Part A: 2500 words
Part B: 500 words

Part A: 20%
Part B: 10%

Week 10

Examination - Specified resources

2 hours 50% End-of-unit assessment period

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.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for MMP221 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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