ARBE4120

Research in the Built Environment 2

20 Units 4000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus Semester 1, Semester 2
Distance Education - Callaghan Semester 1, Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

Provides the students with the opportunity to consider the philosophical, theoretical, ethical, methodological and analytical concepts and processes associated with academic research activities within the built environment disciplines related to the practice of architecture and construction management. Students are given the opportunity to define, articulate, develop, evaluate, investigate, conduct, document a self-identified research question through the critical and creative analysis of either architectural or construction maanagement and economics practice, theory and methodologies and justify a theoretical and methodological approach to investigating the question.

Objectives 1. Plan and conduct an independent research investigation according to the academic conventions of the built environment disciplines through interaction with a supervisor.

2. Evaluate and articulate the ethical responsibilities associated with integrity in the production of knowledge and design a research project that responds to cultural, credibility, reliability, confidentiality, power, truth and authenticity constructs associated with the research process.

3. Defend creatively and logically through the development and documentation of a fully integrated graphic and textual dissertation the analysis and discussion of each stage of the research process of a selected built environment topic.
Content Student - supervisor relationships
Research project management
Ethical Research
Data collection
Data analysis
Data management
Argument & Evidence
Critical Thinking, Reasoning and Writing
Research Writing
Report Production and Presentation
Research in practice
Replacing Course(s) Not applicable
Transition Not applicable
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge ARBE3101
Modes of Delivery Distance Learning : IT Based
Distance Learning : Paper Based
External Mode
Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments Written assignment documenting rationale, research problem definition, literature analysis, conceptual model and/or interpretive framework, research question, assumptions, proposition/hypothesis, methodology, methods and techniques, limitations, results, discussion and conclusion. The assignment is to be written in an academic and scholarly writing style fully referenced according to discipline's standards and integrated fully with graphics to explain creatively and logically the thesis argument.
Essays / Written Assignments Written assignment documenting the data/information collection and analysis techniques which will be used and a discussion on the ethical responsibilities associated with the production of knowledge in relation to the project. If primary data is to be collected this will include an Ethics Application. If non empirical methods are used this will include a discussion on relevant information sources and techniques to analyse the information.
Other: (please specify) Activities/Written Assignment - completion of a set of activities associated with the research process, and a description of the self assessment of own study needs and establishment of a program of study to manage own research project.
Contact Hours Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 13 weeks
Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 13 weeks
Compulsory Components
Requisite by Enrolment Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Construction Management (Building).
Timetables 2014 Course Timetables for ARBE4120