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300 point Master of Architecture
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Donald Bates
Email: donald.bates@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Design
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
- Further information:http://msd.unimelb.edu.au/
- Email: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au
Structure
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Subject Options
First- year core subjects (100 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90284 | Master of Architecture Studio A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90285 | Master of Architecture Studio B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90286 | Construction Methods A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90287 | Architectural Technology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90288 | Architectural Cultures 1: Modernism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90289 | Architectural Cultures 2:After Modernism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Second/third-year core subjects (137.5 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90140 | Architectural Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90118 | Applied Architectural Technology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90142 | Master of Architecture Studio C |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90143 | Master of Architecture Studio D |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90115 | Master of Architecture Studio E |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Architecture electives (37.5 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90017 | Urban Design Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90121 | Compositional Analysis | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90123 | Digital Design Applications | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90151 | Popular Architecture and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90236 | Design Approaches and Methods (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90257 | |||
| ABPL90264 | Professional Practice Investigation | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerating Sustainability | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex-Lab: Digital Furniture Fabrication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90367 | Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90368 | Architecture and Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90369 | Architecture as Spectacle | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Form and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90185 | |||
| ABPL90268 | Building Envelopes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90222 | Timber Furniture Workshop (PG) | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90388 | Polemic Design in China Japan Korea | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90385 | Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90394 | ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90300 | Conservation of Architectural Materials | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Bushfire & Climate | February (On Campus - Creswick) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90387 | Wooden Furniture Workshop | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Speculative Systems | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Multidisciplinary electives (25 points)
Students may choose any masters-level subjects including:
- Melbourne School of Design graduate subjects provided prerequisites are met.
- Any University of Melbourne graduate subject provided prerequisites are met and written approval from the home faculty plus the Master of Architecture course coordinator is submitted to the Environments and Design Student Centre.
Click below for a list of Melbourne School of Design Multidisciplinary elective subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary elective subject list | No longer available |
To view a sample course plan go to:
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/architecture-course-plans
Notes
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Links
http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/architecture/Last updated: 30 January 2024