SRD760 - Geo-Planning and Design
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Surabhi Pancholi |
| Prerequisite: | Students enrolled in D306 must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SRA760 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour seminar per week, 1 x 3 hour practical experience (computer practical) for 5 weeks. |
| 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
SRD760 will introduce students to the multi-disciplinary aspects and processes involved in design and planning for achieving sustainability and facilitating place making in large scale urban development. The unit will focus on the integration and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a research, visualisation, and modelling tool for addressing complex urban problems such as climate change, globalisation and contemporary socio-cultural issues. In a project-based format, students will develop an understanding of relevant guidelines, theories, policies, design principles and precedents from global to local scale and will practically apply this understanding by critically examining urban built environment in diverse contexts and scales. The unit aims to foster comprehensive understanding of contemporary spatio-environmental and socio-cultural challenges by developing critical spatial and scientific thinking with urban level research and analytical capabilities in the students.
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 | Develop an understanding of contemporary spatio-environmental and socio-cultural challenges and relevant theory and policies in the context of built environment growth design, planning and management. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO2 | Develop individual evaluation skills and expertise in the use of digital software technology in research, mapping, analysis and modelling information related to diverse contexts and scales. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO3 | Model urban built environment scenarios and land use development prepositions addressing professional practice development briefs to combat contemporary urban challenges and achieving sustainable solutions for them. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Develop an individual discipline-specific speculative design preposition in response to the brief for an element chosen from multi-disciplinary themes aimed at sustainability and critically evaluating its theoretical base. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Morphological analysis | Visual report, inclusive of illustrated maps, data and analysis (800 word/12 A4 page maximum) | 30% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2 Strategic ecological considerations | Professional collaborative report, inclusive of illustrated maps (1,500 word/24 A4 page maximum) | 40% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 3 Speculative design | Digital design poster, accompanying design strategy in a narrated PowerPoint format (A3 size poster and 4-5 slides and 2-minutes maximum) | 30% | 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.
Learning resource
Prescribed text(s): Wilpen L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland, 2016, GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Work Book, 6th edition, Esri Press, USA.
The texts and reading list for SRD760 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.
Unit Fee Information
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