Interior Architecture Practice Simulation
UndergraduateCUR-BIA4002024
Course information for 2024 intake
Unpack the legal and contractual side of the interior architecture industry. Look at ethical issues from multiple angles. Simulate pitching a creative concept to a client.= Prepare yourself to step from studying interior design to practising into the workplace.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Interior Architecture Practice Simulation
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will:
- examine and interpret relevant practice law and contracts
- synthesise, manage and communicate information appropriate to the production and presentation of simulated processes in the practice of Interior Architecture
- define and resolve the complexities of practice using creative thinking and problem solving skills
- incorporate ethical and sustainable work practices working independently and collaboratively in the fulfilment of the project brief's requirements.
- Unit Introduction
- Establishing a Practice
- Managing a Practice
- Financial Management & Establishing a Fee
- Introduction to Law and Australia's Legal System
- Client/Designer Agreement & Consultant Engagement
- Contract Administration
- Ethics & Codes of Conduct
This subject introduces the reality of contemporary professional practice, and allows students to consider and prepare for opportunities for future industry employment. Contemporary local, national and international transdisciplinary realities of Interior Architecture practice are the foci of this subject, which investigates and simulates real-life issues, complexities and opportunities in practice. The subject is structured as two separate components: an online practice module that explores issues relating to the professional practice of interior architecture, including practice law and contracts; and, a studio-based practice simulation, which works through a given brief from idea conception through to documentation drawings and includes industry culture, and ethics within the profession. The Practice Simulation challenge is to work effectively within a group to meet the brief while at the same time producing individual output which mirrors authentic design practice. Self-directed and “out of the box” thinking is encouraged.
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- Documented Design Project Part A - Group 35% Part B - Individual 40% (75%)
- e-Test (25%)
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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:
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2024 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Additional requirements
- Equipment 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.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
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UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG