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Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Alan March
Email: alanpm@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Contact Stop 1
Future students:
Further information: https://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au
Contact: https://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/contact
Structure
Students will be expected to complete a series of subjects taken from any discipline offered within the Bachelor of Design. Within each discipline there are specific subject sequences which lead to the completion of required core subjects in a major. For further information regarding sample study plans for single and double majors please visit:
Subject Options
Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects
Architecture, Building and Planning
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL10004 | Global Foundations of Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL10005 | Understanding the Built Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH10001 | Foundations of Design: Representation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ARCH10002 | Construction as Alchemy |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ARCH10003 | Design Studio Alpha |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PROP10001 | Economics and Cities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN10002 | Introduction to Urban Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CONS10001 | Principles of Building | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LARC10001 | Natural History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAN10001 | Cities Past and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH20001 | Design Studio Beta | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH20002 | Design Studio Gamma | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH20003 | Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH20004 | Digital Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20033 | Construction Analysis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL20035 | Cities: From Local to Global | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20036 | Environmental Building Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL20042 | Construction of Residential Buildings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20053 | Construction of Concrete Buildings | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CONS20002 | Measurement of Building Designs | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN20001 | Planning Social Research Workshop | No longer available | |
| PROP20001 | Finance for Built Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP20002 | Design and Property Principles | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP20003 | Design and Property Industry Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARC20001 | Designing Living Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN20002 | Urban Design for People and Places | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH30005 | Design Visualisation: Digital Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAN30003 | Planning Social Research Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH30001 | Design Studio Delta |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH30002 | Design Studio Epsilon | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL30041 | Construction Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL30042 | Landscape Studio 3: Urban Open Space | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30061 | Landscape Studio 4: Designed Ecologies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL30039 | Construction Contract Administration | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30044 | Industry Partner project Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30046 | Steel and Concrete Structural Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30055 | Construction Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN30001 | Planning Scenario and Policy Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL30060 | Urban Precinct Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL30059 | Property Case Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP30001 | Valuation of Land and Buildings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP30002 | Sustainable Management of Design Assets | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP30003 | Design and Property Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAN30004 | Transport Oriented Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARC30001 | Site Tectonics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LARC30002 | Interpreting Australian Landscape Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH30003 | Environmental Design- Commercial | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH30004 | Environmental Design-Residential | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH30005 | Design Visualisation: Digital Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL30053 | Formative Ideas in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30057 | Asia Pacific Modernities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CONS30001 | Building Information Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CONS30002 | Building Information Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL30063 | AA Visiting School Undergraduate | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30068 | Design Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL30069 | Installations and Happenings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN30011 | Smart Transportation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30064 | Humanitarian Design Internship | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT30022 | Indigenous Engineering and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30067 | Design Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PERF30001 | Public Event Design | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| GDES30004 | Design Visualisation: Analogue | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Science
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAST10005 | Calculus 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST10006 | Calculus 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST10007 | Linear Algebra |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PHYC10003 | Physics 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Engineering
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMP10002 | Foundations of Algorithms |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP10003 | Media Computation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO10003 | Fundamentals of Interaction Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR10005 | Statics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR20004 | Engineering Mechanics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENEN20002 | Earth Processes for Engineering |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR20003 | Engineering Materials | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ELEN20005 | Foundations of Electrical Networks |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOM20013 | Applications of GIS | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM20015 | Surveying and Mapping | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO20003 | Database Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP20007 | Design of Algorithms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP20008 | Elements of Data Processing |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP20005 | Engineering Computation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| CVEN30008 | Engineering Risk Analysis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| CVEN30009 | Structural Theory and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN30010 | Systems Modelling and Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR30002 | Fluid Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCEN30017 | Mechanics & Materials |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MCEN30018 | Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MCEN30014 | Mechanical Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOM30009 | Imaging the Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM30013 | Land Administration Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM30012 | Integrated Spatial Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO30005 | Web Information Technologies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP30019 | Graphics and Interaction | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP30023 | Computer Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP30022 | IT Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| INFO20004 | Usability Evaluation Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO30008 | Interactive Technology Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ENVS10006 | Mapping Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO30009 | Game Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN30011 | Smart Transportation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN30004 | Transport Oriented Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
VCA and MCM
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINA10026 | Critical and Theoretical Studies 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA10032 | Critical and Theoretical Studies 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA20029 | Critical and Theoretical Studies 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| GDES10001 | Graphic Design Studio 1: Image & Text | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| GDES20001 | Graphic Design Studio 2: Image & Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| GDES20002 | Colour Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDES30001 | Infographics Studio | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| GDES30002 | Branding | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| GDES30003 | Graphic Design Studio 3 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
| MUSI10223 | Sound in Performance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINA20041 | The Figure in Performance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA20043 | Light in Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA30022 | Space Studio | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA30023 | Space in Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA30024 | Performance Design Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDES30004 | Design Visualisation: Analogue | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERF30001 | Public Event Design | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Business and Economics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKTG10001 | Principles of Marketing |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Law
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAW10001 | Principles of Business Law |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020