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200 point Master of Architecture
Contact information
Coordinator
Prof. 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 (87.5 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)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| 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 |
Second Year Core Subjects (50 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
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 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (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 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90123 | Digital Design Applications | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2018 | 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 |
| ABPL90264 | Professional Practice Investigation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerating Sustainability | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2018 | 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 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy | August (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 |
| ABPL90222 | Timber Furniture Workshop (PG) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90378 | Tectonic Grounds | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Building Envelopes | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90394 | ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Bushfire & Climate | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90387 | Wooden Furniture Workshop | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Speculative Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90403 | Visions and Agendas in Architecture | Not available in 2018 | 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.
To view a sample course plan go to:
Notes
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Links
http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/architecture/
Last updated: 24 January 2023