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About this course
Coordinator
Prof. Donald Bates
Contact
Email: donald.bates@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Design
Currently enrolled students:
Contact Stop 1
Future students:
Further information: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au/
Email: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au
Course structure
All student must complete:
- 237.5 points of core subjects (including the capstone subject: ABPL90169 Design Thesis).
- 37.5 points of architecture electives (at least 25 points from the same elective group).
- 25 points of multidisciplinary electives.
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 |
| 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 |
| ABPL90140 | Architectural Practice |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Architecture electives (37.5 points)
Students must specialise in an architecture elective area and must undertake at least 25 points in that area with the remaining 12.5 points undertaken from the same or another architecture elective area.
Architecture electives: Asia/Pacific Architecture (MC-ARCHELEAPARC)
Students wishing to specialise in Asia/Pacific Architecture must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Asia/Pacific Architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90150 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
Architecture electives: History and Conservation (MC-ARCHELEH&C)
Students wishing to specialise in History and Conservation must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the History and Conservation elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90257 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90299 | |||
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (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 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | No longer available | |
| ABPL90300 | Conservation of Architectural Materials | No longer available | |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
Architecture electives: Production, Practice and Sustainability (MC-ARCHELEPP&S)
Students wishing to specialise in Production, Practice and Sustainability must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Production, Practice and Sustainability elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerative Sustainability | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90264 | Professional Practice Investigation | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | 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 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex-Lab: Experimental Design Lab |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90222 | Furniture Workshop | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | No longer available | |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90121 | Compositional Analysis | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Building Envelopes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Speculative Systems | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
Architecture electives: Society and Culture (MC-ARCHELES&C)
Students wishing to specialise in Society and Culture must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Society and Culture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90017 | Urban Design Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90150 | |||
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90236 | Design Approaches and Methods (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90151 | Popular Architecture and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90267 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90368 | Architecture and Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90369 | Architecture as Spectacle | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
Architecture electives: Digital Architecture (MC-ARCHELEDA)
Students wishing to specialise in Digital Architecture must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Digital Architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90123 | Digital Design Applications | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex-Lab: Experimental Design Lab |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Speculative Systems | Not available in 2019 | 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
Multidisciplinary elective subject list
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Last updated: 30 January 2024