Courses Handbook 2008

7579 (v.6) Building Technology 302


Area: Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.0
** 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. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 3836 (v.7) Building Technology 301 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit focuses on developing students' understanding of construction systems used in medium-scale buildings, including precast concrete, curtain walling, internal partition and ceiling systems, alternative glazing and cladding systems, and general approaches to detailing. A specialist lecture on general structural engineering of reinforced concrete floors and retaining structures is provided. Students undertake related field trips and are provided with an introduction to the philosophy and general requirements of architectural working drawings.
** 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: 030900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*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 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

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