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 | $2,174 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $1,703 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 | $3,456 |
| International unit fee | $5,640 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, 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. It draws together the property theory, practice and application that has been covered throughout your course. Over the semester, you will develop your analytical, problem solving and teamwork skills to deliver a client-ready solution in response to a real world property industry problem. Through its applied setting and focus on contemporary societal property issues, the unit acts as a bridge between university studies and your career in the property industry.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Ideate, design and refine sustainable solutions for diverse, real-world property problems.
- Evaluate complex property data, theories and ideas to make property decisions
- Present solutions to diverse audiences through written, oral and visual communication
- Apply teamwork knowledge and skills and reflective practices in collaborating with others to apply property knowledge.
- Reflect on property decisions and actions from an ethical perspective and apply knowledge of socially responsible actions in contemporary property contexts
Content
This unit consolidates and builds on knowledge and skills you have developed throughout the degree. It specifically consolidates your skills to ideate, design and present solutions to complex property problems via:
- Interpreting and understanding explicit and implicit client needs
- Collection and analysis 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
- Proactively seeking feedback and direction to meet client needs
- Socially and ethically responsible behaviours and actions in contemporary property contexts
- Written and visual presentation of findings/recommendations
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a self-directed, reflective and collaborative approach to project-based learning in an authentic context, supported by lectures and tutorials. You are encouraged to learn from each other through teamwork and discussion, as well as from the formal tutorial sessions, where you will be supported in your application of the concepts, theories and practices of property in light of real world challenges. Separate in person and online tutorials will be offered.
Your participation in this unit includes:
- Engagement in tutorials with academics and industry professionals
- Problem based learning
- Reflection on responsible professional behaviours and team work
- Peer based authentic learning
- Industry/academic feedback
- Active independent learning
This unit may include a site visit to enhance understanding of the site, client needs, diverse stakeholder groups and the community.
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.
- Assessment feedback, as each piece of assessment helps to scaffold the final project report.
- Formative assessment and feedback during tutorials and through peer collaboration
This unit will engage industry partners to provide professional feedback during the poster presentation.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit is designed to support your achievement of the unit learning outcomes and course learning outcomes. You will
- receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative);
- demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative).
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Client Proposal
Acting as a property consultant, you will interpret a real-world client brief and prepare a comprehensive proposal to address the client’s diverse, real-world property problem. Your Proposal will outline your proposed scope of works, deliverables, timelines, and any other relevant details necessary to meet the client's needs as described in the brief.
Should your Proposal be accepted by the client, it will be delivered as a team in subsequent assessment items.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Client Presentation
Your team will use a digital poster to present its preliminary findings based on a proposal developed in the previous assessment. The presentation will be delivered to the client (represented by the teaching team, industry representatives and/or peers) to gather feedback. The presentations will always involve industry representatives. In this assessment you visually communicate your team’s complex theories, property data and ideas to the client and verbally respond to their impromptu questions. This feedback will be used to refine and finalise the project deliverables, which will be presented in the subsequent final report.
Individually, you will provide peer assessment of team members’ contribution.
No extension is available for this assessment.
Assessment: Final Report
This assessment has elements of group work and individual work.
Working in the project team from the previous assessment, you take on the feedback provided and submit your final report to the client. It will detail your team’s recommendations in relation to the client’s real-world property problem. Your solution will consider diverse stakeholders and knowledge of socially responsible actions in contemporary property contexts.
You should include/and reflection on your team work and on responsible and ethical professional behaviours/practice, including consideration of any potential bias in your practices.
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 site.
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
- Identify theoretical and technical knowledge of economic, legal, social, cultural, global, physical, technological and sustainable contexts required to value, manage and develop property assets and investment portfolios
Relates to: ULO3, ULO5, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Apply theoretical and technical knowledge and skills, methods, calculations, property technologies, and sustainability strategies to evaluate the feasibility of property development opportunities, to identify finance options for property investments, and to enhance the performance of assets or investment portfolios
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Think critically and innovatively to solve authentic property problems.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Collect and analyse data using industry-standard proprietary software and strategies to evaluate financial and property market trends to inform current and future property decisions.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Communicate and negotiate with diverse, real-world audiences
Relates to: ULO3, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Collaborate strategically in professional contexts with teams and diverse stakeholders and manage stakeholders with consideration for different cultural perspectives and priorities.
Relates to: ULO4, Client Presentation, Final Report - Apply ethical judgement and principles of sustainabilty to make positive global, economic, societal and environmental contributions.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, Online
| Unit code: | USB344 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 192 Credit Points |
Overview
This is the capstone unit for the Property Economics degree. It draws together the property theory, practice and application that has been covered throughout your course. Over the semester, you will develop your analytical, problem solving and teamwork skills to deliver a client-ready solution in response to a real world property industry problem. Through its applied setting and focus on contemporary societal property issues, the unit acts as a bridge between university studies and your career in the property industry.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Ideate, design and refine sustainable solutions for diverse, real-world property problems.
- Evaluate complex property data, theories and ideas to make property decisions
- Present solutions to diverse audiences through written, oral and visual communication
- Apply teamwork knowledge and skills and reflective practices in collaborating with others to apply property knowledge.
- Reflect on property decisions and actions from an ethical perspective and apply knowledge of socially responsible actions in contemporary property contexts
Content
This unit consolidates and builds on knowledge and skills you have developed throughout the degree. It specifically consolidates your skills to ideate, design and present solutions to complex property problems via:
- Interpreting and understanding explicit and implicit client needs
- Collection and analysis 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
- Proactively seeking feedback and direction to meet client needs
- Socially and ethically responsible behaviours and actions in contemporary property contexts
- Written and visual presentation of findings/recommendations
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a self-directed, reflective and collaborative approach to project-based learning in an authentic context, supported by lectures and tutorials. You are encouraged to learn from each other through teamwork and discussion, as well as from the formal tutorial sessions, where you will be supported in your application of the concepts, theories and practices of property in light of real world challenges. Separate in person and online tutorials will be offered.
Your participation in this unit includes:
- Engagement in tutorials with academics and industry professionals
- Problem based learning
- Reflection on responsible professional behaviours and team work
- Peer based authentic learning
- Industry/academic feedback
- Active independent learning
This unit may include a site visit to enhance understanding of the site, client needs, diverse stakeholder groups and the community.
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.
- Assessment feedback, as each piece of assessment helps to scaffold the final project report.
- Formative assessment and feedback during tutorials and through peer collaboration
This unit will engage industry partners to provide professional feedback during the poster presentation.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit is designed to support your achievement of the unit learning outcomes and course learning outcomes. You will
- receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative);
- demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative).
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Client Proposal
Acting as a property consultant, you will interpret a real-world client brief and prepare a comprehensive proposal to address the client’s diverse, real-world property problem. Your Proposal will outline your proposed scope of works, deliverables, timelines, and any other relevant details necessary to meet the client's needs as described in the brief.
Should your Proposal be accepted by the client, it will be delivered as a team in subsequent assessment items.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Client Presentation
Your team will use a digital poster to present its preliminary findings based on a proposal developed in the previous assessment. The presentation will be delivered to the client (represented by the teaching team, industry representatives and/or peers) to gather feedback. The presentations will always involve industry representatives. In this assessment you visually communicate your team’s complex theories, property data and ideas to the client and verbally respond to their impromptu questions. This feedback will be used to refine and finalise the project deliverables, which will be presented in the subsequent final report.
Individually, you will provide peer assessment of team members’ contribution.
No extension is available for this assessment.
Assessment: Final Report
This assessment has elements of group work and individual work.
Working in the project team from the previous assessment, you take on the feedback provided and submit your final report to the client. It will detail your team’s recommendations in relation to the client’s real-world property problem. Your solution will consider diverse stakeholders and knowledge of socially responsible actions in contemporary property contexts.
You should include/and reflection on your team work and on responsible and ethical professional behaviours/practice, including consideration of any potential bias in your practices.
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 site.
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
- Identify theoretical and technical knowledge of economic, legal, social, cultural, global, physical, technological and sustainable contexts required to value, manage and develop property assets and investment portfolios
Relates to: ULO3, ULO5, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Apply theoretical and technical knowledge and skills, methods, calculations, property technologies, and sustainability strategies to evaluate the feasibility of property development opportunities, to identify finance options for property investments, and to enhance the performance of assets or investment portfolios
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Think critically and innovatively to solve authentic property problems.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Collect and analyse data using industry-standard proprietary software and strategies to evaluate financial and property market trends to inform current and future property decisions.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Communicate and negotiate with diverse, real-world audiences
Relates to: ULO3, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report - Collaborate strategically in professional contexts with teams and diverse stakeholders and manage stakeholders with consideration for different cultural perspectives and priorities.
Relates to: ULO4, Client Presentation, Final Report - Apply ethical judgement and principles of sustainabilty to make positive global, economic, societal and environmental contributions.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Client Proposal , Client Presentation, Final Report