BLAR11032 - Structural Forms & Analysis

Showing: 2026 HE Term 1
General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will introduce you to basic systems and calculations in structural design and stability for residential and commercial buildings.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

BLAR11049 Built Environment Communication and Skills Or COMM11003 Professional and Technical Communication (before 2012 term 1)

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026


Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 5%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Written Assessment 5%
4. Written Assessment 30%
5. Written Assessment 5%
6. Written Assessment 35%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2018 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.86% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 52.83% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Evaluation 2017
Feedback:
 A well organised course, in particular, the assessments have been designed to follow the topics, which help students stay on track.

Recommendation:
 Retain current structure.

Action Taken:
 The same format of delivery was followed in the year 2018.
Source: Student Evaluation 2017
Feedback:
 I feel some topics were a bit rushed but this is probably because there is so much to absorb in only a 12 week time-frame.

Recommendation:
 All the material is necessary for a basic understanding of structural forms.

Action Taken:
 Same content covered this year as well, as it was necessary for basic understanding of the structural forms.
Source: Moodle Unit Evaluation
Feedback:
 The unit content was to the point and understood. The Zoom sessions were very helpful in its entirety.

Recommendation:
 Good to know that the content and resources were useful towards learning progress and knowledge development.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: Moodle Unit Evaluation
Feedback:
 Lecturer provided additional explanation of subject matter as required to assist understanding.

Recommendation:
 Thanks for the feedback. Nice to see Lecturer helped the student/s to his/her level best.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the concept of equilibrium, determine loading and load paths in building structures and calculate supporting reactions
  2. Calculate the properties of sections including first and second moment of area, structural determinacy and indeterminacy, bending and shear forces, bending moments, shear and bending stresses, deflections in beams, axial forces in trusses and column stresses, capacity and buckling
  3. Apply the principles of structural analysis to determinate and indeterminate structures including the design of beams and columns and the bracing of rigid and pin jointed frames
  4. Use basic computational methods to solve structural problems associated with residential and commercial buildings.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
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