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Our school is an exciting community dedicated to the built environment professions.
We have an international reputation for pioneering problem-based learning, research-led teaching, and flexible delivery of blended study in both our undergraduate and postgraduate built environment programs.
There are more than 2200 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying architecture, construction management, project management and disaster management.
Professor SueAnne Ware, Head of School
Architecture
Construction & Project Management
Disaster Resilience & Recovery
Problem-based learning: learning by doing
Construction management
The teaching delivery approach we use in the Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) (Honours) program is Problem Based Learning (PBL). This fosters the development of independent learning skills, much sought after in the construction industry, and helps to promote reflective practice and life-long learning. Students are cast in roles and presented with both industry and project-based problems to solve. The PBL process leads to exploration, deep learning, creativity and critical thinking skills that can be applied to many construction industry situations.
Our construction management students are provided the opportunity to study their program through online, blended, or face-to-face learning, allowing the flexibility to balance work, life and study as needed.
Every construction management student undertakes 16 weeks of industrial experience through their studies, ensuring they are job-ready and prepared to join the workforce upon graduation.
This program is the most professionally recognised construction program in Australia. It is accredited by five professional bodies, giving students a range of employment opportunities across the industry. This includes construction management, building surveying, and quantity surveying.
Dr Marcus Jefferies, Head of Discipline, Construction Management
Construction students
Construction student during intensive workshop
Construction students
Site visit
Construction students
Site visit
Construction students
Networking with industry
Architecture
Our undergraduate architecture students complete 120 of their 240 units in the design studio and our Master of Architecture students complete 120 of their 160 units in the design studio. The curriculum clearly places an emphasis on the practical realisation of design concepts.
With design as their central pillar, the studio courses are an arena for students to integrate their architectural knowledge and immerse themselves in a problem-solving environment that aims to emulate the environment of a real architectural practice.
Architecture students problem based learning
Architecture students problem based learning
Architecture students problem based learning
Architecture students problem based learning
Architecture students problem based learning
Student model
People looking at student work
Student showcase
Students reviewing models
Student model
Students reviewing models
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