Design and Built Environment Research Methods
PostgraduateCUR-DBE6002025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $3,464
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Design and Built Environment Research Methods
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- contextualise and conceptualise a research topic related to built environment disciplines
- synthesise and critically evaluate academic literature as a foundation for a research project
- critically evaluate the appropriateness of research methods and develop research tools for addressing design and built environment problems
- articulate ethical implications related to research subject and processes of research
- Research basics
- Survey methods & Questionnaire design
- Basic Statistics
- Interviews, Focus Groups & Delphi Methods
- Quantitative Analysis
- Qualitative Analysis
- Using secondary data and texts in research
- Place Based Methods
- Creative Practice Design
- Participatory Research
- Research Ethics
- Research Design and Practice
In this subject students are introduced to the concepts, methods, tools and techniques of research and investigation in design and built environment. Identification and formulation of a research problem, a research design and methodology and a literature review are expected outcomes of this subject.
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- Literature Review (40%)
- Framing Research (40%)
- Ethical Considerations (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-URP-MAS-2025 - Master of Urban and Regional Planning
- CUR-MAA-MAS-2025 - Master of Architecture
- CUR-SCP-MAS-2025 - Master of Environment and Climate Emergency
Elective
- CUR-PRM-MAS-2025 - Master of Science (Project Management)
- CUR-SCP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma in Environment and Climate Emergency
- CUR-SCP-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Environment and Climate Emergency
- CUR-PRM-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma in Project Management
- CUR-FAST-MAS-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study (Postgraduate)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - continual broadband access and email address
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
PostgraduateCUR-URP-MAS
PostgraduateCUR-MAA-MAS
Master of Environment and Climate Emergency
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-MAS
Master of Science (Project Management)
PostgraduateCUR-PRM-MAS
Graduate Diploma in Environment and Climate Emergency
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Environment and Climate Emergency
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GCE
Graduate Diploma in Project Management
PostgraduateCUR-PRM-GDI
Fast track your Curtin on campus study (Postgraduate)
PostgraduateCUR-FAST-MAS