BLCN14039 - Infrastructure Planning

General Information

Unit Synopsis

The unit introduces students to the principles and practices of infrastructure planning. Topics to be studied include infrastructure evaluation strategies, risk management, environmental and social impacts of infrastructure projects, financial concepts to assess project viability, contractual and participation relationships, management structures and sustainability of projects. Project case studies will be used to support student learning.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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 3 - 2025

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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

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 26.09% 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: Communication with students
Feedback
Students would like to see more case studies in this unit.
Recommendation
The teaching team will add more case studies to explain the knowledge.
Action Taken
Additional cases have been included in the learning materials and lecture.
Source: Communication with students
Feedback
'Presentation night' is helpful for students to exercise their communication skills.
Recommendation
Presentation night will be kept.
Action Taken
The presentation night was kept.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
There needs to be more application in the assessment tasks to link them back to real-world problems.
Recommendation
Update the assessment tasks to focus on real-world problems.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Assignment due dates this term have overlapped with other assessments. The compulsory presentation can be scheduled towards the end of exam week.
Recommendation
Adjust the due dates of assessments and make the due date of presentation to Friday of exam week.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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