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SRR367 - Built Environment Study Tour

Year:

2020 unit information

Important Update:

Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.

Last updated: 2 June 2020

Offering information:

available from 2021

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 3: Study Tour

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Susan Ang
Trimester 3: Susan Ang
Trimester 2: Susan Ang
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Study Tour: 3 x 2 hour pre-study tour seminar, 1 x 2 hour pre study tour travel safe workshop, minimum one week of study tour, 1 x 3 hour post study tour seminar.

Note:

Entry to this unit is via application and interview. Students are required to fund their own travel and accommodation costs and activities undertaken in this unit.

Content

SRR367 is a study tour unit designed for undergraduate students that draws on the area of the student’s study which may be drawn from any discipline or campus. The unit offers students collaborative, immersive and experiential learning opportunities. The study tour enables students to address topical challenges associated with real world problems and to engage first hand with design understanding of the built environment within diverse contexts and cultures. Skills will include cross cultural communication, personal goal setting, self-management and organisational skills, reflection, analysis and design, and development and implementation of study tour project. The substantive outcomes will vary according to the stream of study and will include exhibition quality presentation of both individual and collective effort.

 

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit

At the completion of this Unit
successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Organise and carry out a program of investigation appropriate to the discipline chosen area that responds to the study tour project and study tour context.

 GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

 Set personal achievement goals and reflect upon action in relation to personal skills and experience goals throughout the study tour experience. GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

 Produce and deliver a group presentation for exhibition that may include print media and physical artefacts that clearly communicate the collaborative outcomes of the study tour project. GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

 Demonstrate ability to engage with diverse communities and cultures through cross-cultural communication and the application of ethical and sustainable approaches to identified context based problems. GLO8: Global citizenship

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Weighting (% total mark for unit) Typically due
Pre study tour report Written report, 2,000-word maximum 20% Respective due dates for different study tours
Study tour group presentation Mixed media documentation, and a 10-minute maximum oral presentation 50% Respective due dates for different study tours
Post study tour Reflection Electronic folio, A3 40-page maximum 30% Respective due dates for different study tours

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

There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.

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