Development Processes
PostgraduateCUR-URP5202021
Course information for 2021 intake
Plot out how property development processes work.Home in on issues like long-term community sustainability. Incorporate the perspectives of redevelopment authorities and local government. Follow a development project from the site to sale.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Development Processes
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain how property development processes work and how a range of disciplines work together to complete a development project from site to home sale
- take responsibility for one's own learning and develop skills cognisant with lifelong learning
- compare and contrast development processes in your city/state jurisdiction with another international jurisdiction
- communicate effectively in written form, orally and diagrammatically.
- critically evaluate and assess the process and outcomes of a property development project.
- justify an improved approach to a process, regulation or policy that enhances the sustainability of urban development outcomes.
- Overview of Australian settlement history
- Metropolitan development processes
- Overview of the property development process
- Property Development – Part I
- Property Development – Part II
- Project management for property development
- Local government perspective of development
- Redevelopment Authorities
- Developer Perspective
- Sustainable Development
- Community Formation
- Financials and Marketing
Critical examination of land and development processes and the implications for longer term community sustainability.
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- Presentation (30%)
- Portfolio (30%)
- Essay (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to hardware: webcam, speakers and microphone.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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