Property major

Property is about ownership, management and occupation of land and buildings. It is concerned with the management of assets, people, processes and finances related to specific buildings and across the property industry. Just as the property industry embraces both buildings and commerce, so will students' studies in property, with subjects undertaken in everything from economics and finance, property valuation, construction, facility management to urban planning and law.

Careers and Further Study

Bachelor of Environments graduates with a Property major might obtain work in valuation, investment, development, portfolio management, property and facility management, corporate real estate and land economics. The Property major also provides a strong grounding to prepare you for further studies in the Master of Property. For more information on the Master of Property please visit the Melbourne School of Design web site: www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-school

Course planning for a Property major

A major in Property in the Bachelor of Environments consists of:

• 112.5 points (9 subjects) of Property subjects (including Principles of Business Law and Accounting Reports and Analysis);

• 25 points (2 subjects) of core first year subjects (Natural Environments and Reshaping Environments);

• 12.5 points (1 subject) of first year subjects that are core to the major (Constructing Environments).

This is in addition to electives and breadth to make up the 300 points required for the degree. Specific details of the Bachelor of Environments course structure can be found at:

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/current/B-ENVS

The following description of the Property major aligns with the Study Plan Structure viewable on the Portal for students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments in 2011 or later.

It is strongly recommended that students refer to the full description of this major.

The layout of this description is not necessarily in the order in which subjects are taken.

E.g. breadth subjects should be taken in a student's first year and the information on breadth is displayed at the end of this entry.

Students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments prior to 2011 should also refer to this description for the 9 subjects (112.5 points) required for the major. These students will need to complete 225 Environments Discipline subjects including a major sequence but are not bound by minimum requirements for total Environments Discipline subjects at Level 2 and Level 3. Refer to the B-ENVS entry in the 2010 Handbook for further details.

Level 1 Core subjects - Bachelor of Environments (25 points)

Core subjects that must be taken by all Bachelor of Environments students.

Both of

Level 1 Environments Electives (50 points)

Select four of the following subjects.

N.B.

• ENVS10003 Constructing Environments must be taken by students intending to undertake the Property major.

• ENVS10005 Governing Environments is recommended.

Property major - core subjects (112.5 points)

Level 2 Environments elective subjects (12.5 points)

Level 3 Environments elective subjects (25 points)

Breadth subjects

Bachelor of Environments students must complete between 50 and 75 credit points of subjects selected from those available as breadth for Bachelor of Environments students; with no more than 37.5 points at Level 1. For a complete listing of available subjects please click the 'Find breadth subjects' link on the Handbook homepage and perform a search.

The breadth requirements for the Bachelor of Environments include the restriction of some subjects as breadth options, depending on an individual student’s choice of major. Subjects in the Handbook that are marked as available as breadth in the Bachelor of Environments may be subject to further restrictions, depending up which major a student is completing in that course. Detailed information on these Restrictions for Breadth Options is available.

In order to meet the requirements for accreditation, students intending to major in Property are strongly recommended to undertake the following subjects as breadth.

Students who have previously completed VCE Mathematical Methods Units 3 and 4 (or equivalent) are not required to complete additional mathematics subjects. That subject (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics. Students who have completed VCE Mathematical Methods Units 1 and 2 only (or equivalent) will be eligible to enrol in MAST10012 Introduction to Mathematics which is an alternative prerequisite for ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics.

Within the 300 points of the Bachelor of Environments course students cannot complete more than 125 points at Level 1. Students who enrol in MAST10012 Introduction to Mathematics will not be able to enrol in ECON10003 Introductory Macroeconomics as part of their enrolment in the Bachelor of Environments if enrolment in that subject means a total Level 1 subject enrolment of more than 125 points.

Students majoring in Property must not take Level 1 subjects as part of the Free Points component of the course to ensure that the course points limit for Level 1 subjects is not exceeded.

For more information on this major and to view a sample course plan please visit:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/course-info/property.html