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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

3836 (v.7) Building Technology 301

Note

Tutition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 2985 (v.7) Building Technology 202 or any previous version
OR
311059 (v.1) Building Technology 204 or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to medium-scale building construction: floor, wall and roof systems including cladding material selection, system connections, general structural framing, roof drainage, ceiling systems and general weatherproofing. Specialist lectures are provided on structural engineering of a building's lateral stability and by a practising architect on the design development philosophy of a building. Students undertake project-based design development exercises in workshop tutorials, including tuition with architects and structural engineers, and related field trips.
Field of Education: 040300 Building (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
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 HKU SPACE Island East Campus Semester 2A Y        
2011 Lim Kok Wing Uni Malaysia Semester 1 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