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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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90285 | Master of Architecture Studio B | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90286 | Construction Methods A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90287 | Architectural Technology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90288 | Architectural Cultures 1: Modernism | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90289 | Architectural Cultures 2:After Modernism | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Second/third-year core subjects (137.5 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90118 | Applied Architectural Technology |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90142 | Master of Architecture Studio C |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90143 | Master of Architecture Studio D |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90115 | Master of Architecture Studio E |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90140 | Architectural Practice |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90150 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Bower Studio - Community Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2022 | 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 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90257 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90299 | |||
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | No longer available | |
| ABPL90300 | Conservation of Architectural Materials | No longer available | |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2022 | 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 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerative Sustainability | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90264 | Professional Practice Investigation | No longer available | |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy |
March (Online)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90222 | F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | No longer available | |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90121 | Compositional Analysis | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Bower Studio - Community Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Façade Design and Construction | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Design Futures | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90150 | |||
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90236 | Design Approaches and Methods (PG) | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90151 | Popular Architecture and Design | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90267 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy |
March (Online)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90368 | Architecture and Media | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90369 | Architecture as Spectacle | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 | Advanced Computational Design | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Design Futures | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
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