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ARCH71-113: Professional Practice 1

Description

Professional Practice 1 is a subject wherein students shall be exposed to fundamental skills, strategies, and relevant information to conduct professional architectural practice. Professional Practice 1 will emphasise practice management skills and procedures, including attention to staff management, office procedure, codes of conduct, and business structures. An understanding of how architects have a specific community expectation, including roles of the architect as civic leader, public advocate, professional with integration and negotiation skill shall be developed and students will be expected to form their own sense of ethical and professional value systems. The subject will rely upon lectures and readings, with various assessment tasks.

Subject details

Code: ARCH71-113
Study areas:
  • Architecture

Learning outcomes

  1. Understand the legislative structure of the profession including the Architects Act and registration and the responsibilities of an architect under this legislative and ethical structure. (ANZAPAP National Competency Standards 4.1.4, 4.1.5, AIA Tertiary Education Policy 3.4.1)
  2. Understand the different models of architectural practice, corporate structures and the applications of each. (ANZAPAP National Competency Standards, 4.1.1, 4.1.4, AIA Tertiary Education Policy 3.4.1)
  3. Understand good practice management including the resource, financial, client and risk management skills required to establish and run an architectural practice (ANZAPAP National Competency Standards 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, AIA Tertiary Education Policy 3.4.1, 3.4.2)
  4. Perform a critical analysis of current issues facing architectural practice locally, nationally and internationally and demonstrate an ability to critique the current status of the profession. (ANZAPAP National Competency Standards 4.1.5, AIA Tertiary Education Policy 3.3.2

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.