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300pt Program
Master of ArchitectureCourse Entry PointYear: 2023
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300pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Djordje Stojanovic
Email:d.s@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
Overview
Please refer to the MC-ARCH (Master of Architecture)
Last updated: 10 November 2023
Structure
300 credit points
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 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90287 | Design and Construction | 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 (150 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90140 | Architectural Practice |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90118 | Applied Architectural Technology |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90142 | Master of Architecture Studio C |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90143 | Master of Architecture Studio D |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90115 | Master of Architecture Studio E |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90424 | Introduction to High-Performance Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Note: Students may seek approval from the Master of Architecture program coordinator to replace ABPL90143 Master of Architecture Studio D or ABPL90115 Master of Architecture Studio E with ABPL90430 Design with Country: Resilience Studio.
Student wishing to pursue this option need to submit an Enrolment Variation form (including written approval from the Master of Architecture course coordinator) to Stop 1. For further information click here.
Architecture electives (25 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 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90121 | Compositional Analysis | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90123 | Advanced Computational Design | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90236 | Design Approaches and Methods (PG) | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerative Sustainability | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures |
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 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy |
Semester 1 (Online)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Façade Design and Construction | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90222 | F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90388 | Polemic Design in China Japan Korea | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90385 | Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90394 | ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Bower Studio - Community Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Design Futures | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90403 | Visions and Agendas in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90404 | Place Making for The Built Environment | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90405 | Energy & Carbon in the Built Environment |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90412 | R_Lab: Made by Robots |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90418 | Asian Built Environments Design Legacies | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90419 | Contemporary Architectural Archives | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90420 | Interactive Architecture | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90421 | Design - Philosophy - Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90422 | SI_Lab: Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90085 | Construction History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90429 | Venice Studio | Winter Term (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90432 | Building Information Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90433 | Building Information Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90436 | Galapagos at Shenzhen Biennale | Not available in 2023 | 25 |
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 STOP1. Process information can be found at https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-course/manage-your-course/course-enrolment/enrolment-variation
To view a sample course plan go to:
Links
http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/architecture/
Last updated: 10 November 2023