ABN565 Integrated Professional Practice
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| Unit code: | ABN565 |
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| Equivalent(s): | ABN501, DYN203, DAN145 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2027, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ABN565 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | ABN501, DYN203, DAN145 |
Overview
This unit introduces and consolidates key aspects of integrated professional practice in a business setting. The unit is delivered in two key modules. Module 1 investigates how to become, and what it means to be, a professional, including examining the roles of regulatory bodies governing the professions, ethics in professional life, moral rights, copyright and intellectual property and obligations pertaining to professional practice. Module 2 expands on this knowledge by examining the processes of professional relations, leadership skills, collaboration, communication, marketing, professional identity, equity, universal design, and well-being. This unit enables students from Landscape Architecture and Architecture to collaborate and share learning experiences.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify relevant regulation requirements and obligations, as well as legal and ethical obligations required of professionals, and understand their impact on the design and implementation of projects.
- Demonstrate clear and consistent communication with clients and other relevant stakeholders in professional practice.
- Demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of the professional relations which exist in professional practice.
Content
The major topics covered in this unit include:
- Module 1 – Ethics and Professionalism: Professional practice, acts and regulations, codes of practice and professional conduct, registration and professional memberships, professionalism, ethics and professional dilemmas, moral rights, and obligations pertaining to professional practice.
- Module 2 – Professional Relations: Leadership and interpersonal skills, culturally appropriate professional collaboration and communication, marketing and professional identity, equity and well-being and universal design in professional practice settings.
Learning Approaches
ABN565 learning environment is for Master of Architecture students, focusing on issues that affect the professional practice of architects in collaboration with a broad range of clients, stakeholders and allied professionals.
This unit will be offered as weekly on-campus workshops with weekly online resources to inform the weekly topics. The content and learning outcomes of this unit lend themselves to being engaged in a professional manner; as such, portions of this unit will be run as a simulated practice office in which you will role-play the membership of a professional design office in team-based projects and be expected to contribute to collaborative group discussions. Information sessions with experts and specialists and facilitated meetings will guide your participation in the workshop discussions.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- ongoing in-class formative exercises/activities with peers, academics, and professional/industry experts.
- in-class review of weekly activities
- marking rubrics for formal assessments.
- verbal/written feedback from teaching staff at completion of summative assessments.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will include the creation of an ethical manifesto, report and in class presentation, and a simulation presentation and accompanying report. The accompanying reports demonstrate alignment of the theoretical work to the context of a professional office setting. While you will be assessed for grading at the completion, there will also be ongoing formative feedback throughout the semester, to guide your progress. Assessment expectations will be discussed during relevant workshops.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Manifesto and Report
In the first assessment, you will create an ethical manifesto to guide your future practice as a professional. To do this, you will outline the relevant regulation requirements and obligations, as well as legal and ethical obligations related to professional practice, while critically reflecting on various ethical challenges. You will also outline a series of recommendations about how to respond to these challenges as a future practicing professional.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This Manifesto and Reflective Journal are eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The late submission period does not apply to the Presentation, and no assignment extensions are available.
Assessment: Simulation presented in class, 20 minute presentation and 40 page A4 Report
In the second assessment, you will collaborate in groups to simulate, record, and present educative CPD resources, to demonstrate your advanced and integrated understanding of the professional relations which exist in professional practice, to ensure professional practice success. This assessment also includes the creation of an individual reflective journal that demonstrates your understanding of the requirements and practices of future practicing professionals.
The late submission period does not apply to the Simulation, and no assignment extensions are available.
This Reflective Journal is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 FoE General Health and Safety online Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities.
Resources
Specific unit resources and materials will be shared through the online learning site for the unit.
Risk Assessment Statement
During classes you are expected to comply with all evacuation drills, instructions and other occupational health and safety regulations at QUT. You are advised to avoid construction areas/hazardous zones and to minimise risks to both yourself and other members of the public while at QUT. In this unit, you will undertake lectures and tutorials in traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. The unit may require you to participate in field trips, both of a self-guided nature and sometimes organised trips overseen by staff. A risk assessment for the latter has identified only low impact risks. A risk assessment will be conducted prior to any organised field trips. You will be provided with relevant safety guidelines prior to any field trip and be required to comply with all guidelines and directions given while attending field trips.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.DE83 Master of Architecture
- Exercise critical, evaluative, and ethical judgment in architectural decision‑making using quantitative and qualitative evidence, including social, cultural, and life‑cycle and building performance data, to support responsible professional outcomes.
Relates to: Manifesto and Report, Simulation presented in class, 20 minute presentation and 40 page A4 Report - Communicate architectural ideas and outcomes effectively and respectfully across diverse audiences and disciplines, including clients, communities, and industry stakeholders, advancing architecture’s social and environmental value.
Relates to: Manifesto and Report, Simulation presented in class, 20 minute presentation and 40 page A4 Report - Demonstrate professional integrity and leadership in relation to Country, climate, and community wellbeing across all aspects of architectural design and documentation.
Relates to: Manifesto and Report, Simulation presented in class, 20 minute presentation and 40 page A4 Report - Engage collaboratively with team members and stakeholders using culturally appropriate, respectful, and ethically informed engagement practices when partnering with First Nations communities in the delivery of architectural services that support Country and community wellbeing.
Relates to: Manifesto and Report, Simulation presented in class, 20 minute presentation and 40 page A4 Report