USB344 Property Project
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| Unit code: | USB344 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | 192 Credit Points |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,124 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $1,663 The pre-2021 commonwealth supported place (CSP) contribution amount only applies to students enrolled in a course prior to 2021. To learn more, visit our Understanding your fees page. |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,204 |
| International unit fee | $4,512 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | USB344 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 192 Credit Points |
| Coordinator: | Lyndall Bryant | lyndall.bryant@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is the capstone unit for the Property Economics degree and draws together the theory, practice and property fundamentals that have been covered in the units studied to date. In this unit, you choose to address a current industry problem via one of two streams: a research project or redevelopment proposal. Working individually and in a group, you will create your solution under supervision from an industry/academic mentor. The expectation is that your work will be client-ready and add real value to how industry delivers research/development services.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Design, manage and complete an applied research project.
- Critically analyse and synthesis data to solve problems.
- Present solutions through written, oral and visual communication.
- Reflect on ethical and professional identity.
- Collaborate strategically in professional contexts to complete the project.
Content
This unit requires you to participate in either an applied research project from a selection of industry relevant topics or a redevelopment proposal on a nominated site and client brief. Content includes:
- Interpreting and understanding explicit and implicit client needs
- Ideating and designing solutions to complex property problems
- Collection and interpretation of relevant data to inform your proposed solution
- Building and refining solutions to complex property problems
- Project management to deliver comprehensive and seamless group work
- Written and visual presentation of findings/recommendations
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a self-directed and active approach to project-based learning in an authentic context. You are required to carry out the proposed project, with regular check-ins with your supervisor to make sure that the scope and direction of the research is on schedule.
Your participation in this unit includes:
- Engagement in tutorials with academics and industry professionals
- Experiential learning and reflective practice
- Industry/academic supervisor's feedback
- Active independent learning
This unit may include a site visit for the purposes of data collection (research and redevelopment streams).
This capstone unit will support you to reflect on and refine the specialised knowledge, mastery of theory and high level skills you have developed over the course of your study and apply these to a real world context. You will cultivate ways of working to identify problems, research the evidence base, build your confidence and ability to communicate findings as well as critically reflect on your role in leading and being part of an effective multidisciplinary team.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided in the following ways:
- Marking rubrics will be provided to show the expectations for each assessment item.
- Marking rubrics with summative comments will be returned to you via the online submission portal.
- Formative assessment and feedback will be based on discussions with supervisors.
- Fortnightly in person/online drop in consultations for specific projects/needs.
- Assessment feedback, as each piece of assessment helps to scaffold the final project report.
- Generic comments will be provided via QUT Canvas and in class.
- This unit may engage industry partners to provide professional feedback during the poster presentation.
- Informal peer feedback through group work.
You should reflect upon the feedback on your assessment in this unit (both your individual and generic feedback as provided on Canvas) for the purpose of identifying:
- gaps in your knowledge and understanding of research/redevelopment principles
- inadequacies in your problem solving methodology
- strategies to improve your collaborative problem solving, oral and written communication skills in further assessment
- areas for improvement for future studies, including property research strategies
- the connection between presenting your work according to client needs and your continued professional development as a property professional.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit, you have a choice to pursue either a redevelopment stream or a property research stream. The assessment is based on the stream you chose at the beginning of the semester.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Proposal
You will work individually to prepare an authentic Proposal to a client brief which designs a solution to a real-world problem in Property Economics. In this proposal, you will combine elements of critical analysis and problem solving to present an authentic proposal for completion as a group in subsequent assessment items.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Poster
Following on from your project proposal, you will work in a team to manage and complete one chosen proposal to address the client's real-world problem in Property Economics. You will use a digital poster to visually communicate the sythensised data, critical analysis and recommendations to the client and verbally respond to their impromptu questions.
Individually, you will provide peer assessment of team members' contribution.
No extension is available for this assessment.
Assessment: Report/Research Paper
This assessment has elements of group work and individual work.
- The strategic and collaborative skills developed and applied to the design, management and completion of this task
- How you will apply those skills in a professional context and
- How your ethical and professional identity has further developed through this project.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
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.
Resources
There is no set text. Items selected by the unit coordinator will be made available online to you for your use throughout the unit. Relevant readings and other resources will be uploaded onto the unit Canvas website either under the Course Materials Database (CMD) or under Learning Resources.
Other Resources:
You are also required to use the following:
- The unit website on QUT's Canvas
- QUT Library Databases
- QUT Cite| Write online
Risk Assessment Statement
Prior to any off campus class activities that you may be required to undertake in this unit, a risk assessment will be prepared and informed on the unit Canvas site. You will receive a briefing regarding any specific hazard and risk related instructions from your field leader before commencing the activity.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities for approval. For further information go to Health, safety and environment for research students - QUT Students
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.UD05 Bachelor of Property Economics
- Apply theoretical knowledge and technical skills, including fundamentals of building construction and knowledge of legal, social, cultural, and technological contexts, required to manage property assets and investment portfolios; analyse property markets, the drivers of property value and the feasibility of development; and identify future funding and transaction processes.
Relates to: ULO1, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Think critically and innovatively to solve problems by applying methodologies and calculations to identify innovative solutions and sustainability strategies and evaluate the feasibility of property development and investment opportunities.
Relates to: ULO1, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Analyse data using current proprietary software and strategies to evaluate financial and property market trends to inform current and future property decisions.
Relates to: ULO2, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Communicate and collaborate strategically in professional contexts with diverse stakeholders
Relates to: ULO3, ULO5, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Display professional, ethical judgment and initiative, adapt to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges, and lead and manage people with consideration for different cultural perspectives and priorities.
Relates to: ULO4, Project Proposal , Report/Research Paper
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | USB344 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 192 Credit Points |
Overview
This is the capstone unit for the Property Economics degree and draws together the theory, practice and property fundamentals that have been covered in the units studied to date. In this unit, you choose to address a current industry problem via one of two streams: a research project or redevelopment proposal. Working individually and in a group, you will create your solution under supervision from an industry/academic mentor. The expectation is that your work will be client-ready and add real value to how industry delivers research/development services.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Design, manage and complete an applied research project.
- Critically analyse and synthesis data to solve problems.
- Present solutions through written, oral and visual communication.
- Reflect on ethical and professional identity.
- Collaborate strategically in professional contexts to complete the project.
Content
This unit requires you to participate in either an applied research project from a selection of industry relevant topics or a redevelopment proposal on a nominated site and client brief. Content includes:
- Interpreting and understanding explicit and implicit client needs
- Ideating and designing solutions to complex property problems
- Collection and interpretation of relevant data to inform your proposed solution
- Building and refining solutions to complex property problems
- Project management to deliver comprehensive and seamless group work
- Written and visual presentation of findings/recommendations
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a self-directed and active approach to project-based learning in an authentic context. You are required to carry out the proposed project, with regular check-ins with your supervisor to make sure that the scope and direction of the research is on schedule.
Your participation in this unit includes:
- Engagement in tutorials with academics and industry professionals
- Experiential learning and reflective practice
- Industry/academic supervisor's feedback
- Active independent learning
This unit may include a site visit for the purposes of data collection (research and redevelopment streams).
This capstone unit will support you to reflect on and refine the specialised knowledge, mastery of theory and high level skills you have developed over the course of your study and apply these to a real world context. You will cultivate ways of working to identify problems, research the evidence base, build your confidence and ability to communicate findings as well as critically reflect on your role in leading and being part of an effective multidisciplinary team.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided in the following ways:
- Marking rubrics will be provided to show the expectations for each assessment item.
- Marking rubrics with summative comments will be returned to you via the online submission portal.
- Formative assessment and feedback will be based on discussions with supervisors.
- Fortnightly in person/online drop in consultations for specific projects/needs.
- Assessment feedback, as each piece of assessment helps to scaffold the final project report.
- Generic comments will be provided via QUT Canvas and in class.
- This unit may engage industry partners to provide professional feedback during the poster presentation.
- Informal peer feedback through group work.
You should reflect upon the feedback on your assessment in this unit (both your individual and generic feedback as provided on Canvas) for the purpose of identifying:
- gaps in your knowledge and understanding of research/redevelopment principles
- inadequacies in your problem solving methodology
- strategies to improve your collaborative problem solving, oral and written communication skills in further assessment
- areas for improvement for future studies, including property research strategies
- the connection between presenting your work according to client needs and your continued professional development as a property professional.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit, you have a choice to pursue either a redevelopment stream or a property research stream. The assessment is based on the stream you chose at the beginning of the semester.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Proposal
You will work individually to prepare an authentic Proposal to a client brief which designs a solution to a real-world problem in Property Economics. In this proposal, you will combine elements of critical analysis and problem solving to present an authentic proposal for completion as a group in subsequent assessment items.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Poster
Following on from your project proposal, you will work in a team to manage and complete one chosen proposal to address the client's real-world problem in Property Economics. You will use a digital poster to visually communicate the sythensised data, critical analysis and recommendations to the client and verbally respond to their impromptu questions.
Individually, you will provide peer assessment of team members' contribution.
No extension is available for this assessment.
Assessment: Report/Research Paper
This assessment has elements of group work and individual work.
- The strategic and collaborative skills developed and applied to the design, management and completion of this task
- How you will apply those skills in a professional context and
- How your ethical and professional identity has further developed through this project.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
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.
Resources
There is no set text. Items selected by the unit coordinator will be made available online to you for your use throughout the unit. Relevant readings and other resources will be uploaded onto the unit Canvas website either under the Course Materials Database (CMD) or under Learning Resources.
Other Resources:
You are also required to use the following:
- The unit website on QUT's Canvas
- QUT Library Databases
- QUT Cite| Write online
Risk Assessment Statement
Prior to any off campus class activities that you may be required to undertake in this unit, a risk assessment will be prepared and informed on the unit Canvas site. You will receive a briefing regarding any specific hazard and risk related instructions from your field leader before commencing the activity.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities for approval. For further information go to Health, safety and environment for research students - QUT Students
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.UD05 Bachelor of Property Economics
- Apply theoretical knowledge and technical skills, including fundamentals of building construction and knowledge of legal, social, cultural, and technological contexts, required to manage property assets and investment portfolios; analyse property markets, the drivers of property value and the feasibility of development; and identify future funding and transaction processes.
Relates to: ULO1, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Think critically and innovatively to solve problems by applying methodologies and calculations to identify innovative solutions and sustainability strategies and evaluate the feasibility of property development and investment opportunities.
Relates to: ULO1, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Analyse data using current proprietary software and strategies to evaluate financial and property market trends to inform current and future property decisions.
Relates to: ULO2, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Communicate and collaborate strategically in professional contexts with diverse stakeholders
Relates to: ULO3, ULO5, Project Proposal , Poster, Report/Research Paper - Display professional, ethical judgment and initiative, adapt to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges, and lead and manage people with consideration for different cultural perspectives and priorities.
Relates to: ULO4, Project Proposal , Report/Research Paper