310408 (v.1) Design Thesis

Area:	Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Credits:	75.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Individual Study:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	The final studio is a self-directed design exploration of a topic of the student's choice, including a design proposal and a dissertation which presents a detailed specification of the selected design issue and its significance, background research on the topic or site, and a critical analysis of the design proposal. The products of the studio are presented to a jury for final review and are expected to demonstrate a synthesis of the knowledge areas and skills covered in the course, including developmentand execution of an appropriate design process, formal exploration and evaluation of design alternatives, design development of an optimal approach, and preparation of implementation strategies and design controls.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	040103 Urban Design and Regional Planning
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External