Course Title: Real Estate Law

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Real Estate Law

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

JUST1137

City Campus

Postgraduate

325H Property, Construction & Project Management

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 1 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 2 2016,
Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024,
Sem 2 2024,
Sem 1 2025,
Sem 2 2025

Course Coordinator: Rebecca Leshinsky

Course Coordinator Phone: 61 3 9925 3501

Course Coordinator Email: rebecca.leshinsky@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 8.8.53


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

Real Estate Law is a mix of contract law, consumer and real property law. The course explores key concepts from these areas of law, and how they work together to make up Real Estate Law in the state of Victoria.

Classes comprise of three hours of real estate law theory and then practice legal problem-solving exercises.

Via these approaches, you will develop and apply your knowledge of real estate law by applying the legal theory to complete legal problem-solving exercises.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes

In this course you will develop the following program capabilities:

1. Apply knowledge of real estate theory and concepts to inform decision making in the local and global professional arena, demonstrating evidenced based judgement and ethical decision making

2. Critically engage with economic, legal and environmental policy frameworks to inform developed solutions, decision making and problem solving



Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse and apply Victorian legislation and judicial precedent to property practice including transactions.
  2. Apply legislative frameworks to interpret property case studies.
  3. Discuss how the principles of property law impact on the rights of parties in the context of real property.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities in lectorials.

Delivery may be face-to-face, online or a mix of both.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

There are services and resources available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the RMIT student website.


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and your development against the program learning outcomes.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Legal problem online assessment, 10%, Individual (CLO1: CLO2)


Assessment Task 2: In class Test, 40%, Individual, (CLO1, CLO2)


Assessment Task 3: Final Exam, 50%, Individual (CLOs: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3)

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.