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Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects
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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
Overview
Subjects approved as Design discipline subjects in the Bachelor of Design .
Intended learning outcomes
Subjects contributing to the core requirements within the Bachelor of Design- Majors.
Last updated: 29 April 2021
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:
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/undergraduate/course-planning/bdes
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 |
| PLAN10001 | Cities Past and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH20001 | Design Studio Beta |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ARCH20002 | Design Studio Gamma |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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 |
| 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 |
| ARCH30005 | Design Visualisation: Digital Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN30003 | Planning Social Research Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH30001 | Design Studio Delta |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ARCH30002 | Design Studio Epsilon |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| 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 |
| PLAN30005 | 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 |
| PLAN30004 | Transit Oriented Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH30004 | Environmental Design in Housing | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH30005 | Design Visualisation: Digital Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
| ABPL30063 | AA Visiting School Undergraduate | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30068 | Design Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL30069 | Installations and Happenings | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN30011 | Smart Transportation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30064 | Humanitarian Design Internship | Not available in 2020 | 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 |
| ABPL30051 | Urban Morphological Mapping | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
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 |
| PHYC10001 | Physics 1: Advanced | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHYC10002 | Physics 2: Advanced | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHYC10003 | Physics 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PHYC10004 | Physics 2: Physical Science & Technology | Semester 2 (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 | November (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 |
| 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 | No longer available | |
| 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 | Transit Oriented Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MCEN30021 | Mechanical Systems Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| INFO20005 | User Interface Development | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| GDES30004 | Design Visualisation: Analogue | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| PERF30001 | Public Event Design | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Business and Economics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKTG10001 | Principles of Marketing |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
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: 29 April 2021