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Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Cultural Heritage (MC-ARCHUCH)
Masters (Coursework)Year: 2023 Delivered: On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
Award titles |
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Year & campus | 2023 — Parkville |
CRICOS code | 105513B |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 9 |
Credit points | 350 credit points |
Duration | 42 months full-time or 84 months part-time |
The Master of Architecture / Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage is a double degree, that will allow students to complete two graduate programs in a reduced time frame.
Architecture is a creative and exciting design-based profession concerned with virtually all aspects of the built environment. It combines art, science and technology with business, social and environmental concerns. The Master of Architecture is a professional program which prepares graduates for employment as architects. The ethos of the program emphasises the central role of design in the studio. Students can take a research subject which may enable progression to further studies as a PhD candidate.
With over thirty full-time academics and a broad range of leading architectural practitioners, the program has a depth and breadth of teaching and research performance unmatched within the Southeast-Asian and Australasian regions. Graduates will be equipped with the creative and critical thinking skills to push the envelope of architectural change in terms of the design and production of buildings as well as critique of their technical, aesthetic, social and environmental performance.
The Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage is a unique cross-disciplinary and industry oriented program for graduates who are passionate about the social and cultural dimensions of the built environment in the 21st century. It introduces students to the integrated skills and knowledge required to contribute to the burgeoning fields of urban and cultural heritage, and is suitable for students from a range of academic backgrounds and cultures.
The interpretation, management and conservation of urban and cultural heritage is increasingly a matter of urgency and significance for global cities and communities.
Challenges for heritage professionals include the pressures of rapid urbanization; issues of economic and environmental sustainability; and social change. Taking an international perspective on the heritage of buildings, cities and landscapes, the program will explore key heritage issues from around the world, with a particular focus on Australia and the Asia- Pacific region.
The core subjects in the Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage examine contemporary and theoretical approaches to heritage policy, regulation and practice; new approaches to digital technologies and heritage; issues of heritage significance within historical and cross-cultural contexts; cultural heritage and its social and economic impacts, including tourism; and heritage reconstruction. Students will gain critical research and presentation skills in the analysis, documentation and management of heritage sites, landscapes and tangible and intangible cultural practices. Students also study a range of specialist electives, with the option to undertake a research project or industry internship.
Please note: depending on your background, you may be eligible to receive up to 1 year of credit.
Entry requirements
- In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
• an undergraduate degree with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent; and
• a design portfolio in a format as specified by the Selection Committee; and
• at least one design studio subject and one art/architecture/built environment/design history subject at undergraduate level, or equivalent; and
• a personal statement outlining relevant prior study and work experience, and motivation to undertake the course.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
• prior academic performance; and
• the personal statement; and
• the design portfolio.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for postgraduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Note.
Applicants with the following may be awarded up to 100 points of credit:
• an undergraduate degree with a major in architecture, architectural studies with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent.
Graduate Degree Packages for School Leavers
The University of Melbourne offers Graduate Degree Packages to high achieving school leavers, allowing them to secure places (Commonwealth Supported places for domestic students or International fee places) in the Master of Architecture/ Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage provided that they meet certain requirements.
For a Commonwealth Supported Place or an International Fee Place, the applicant must:
• complete an Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2018 or later either:
— in Australia; or
— outside Australia and be an Australian citizen;
• achieve an ATAR (or notional ATAR) of at least 98.00;
• apply for a University of Melbourne Articulated Degree Pathway for commencement in the year following completion of Year 12 or IB via VTAC;
• enrol immediately or be granted deferral in the year following Year 12;
• successfully complete a Bachelor of Design (majoring in Architecture) at the University of Melbourne including all the specified prerequisite subjects;
• achieve a minimum weighted average mark of H3 (65%) in their undergraduate degree; and
• commence the Master of Architecture/Master of Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage within 18 months of completing the undergraduate degree.
Applicants eligible for entry via the Graduate Degree packages will not be required to complete a portfolio or personal statement as part of their application.`
Applicants should refer to the University handbook for the additional entry requirements for the Bachelor of Design.
Additional notes:
(a) Portfolio format for applicants not eligible for credit allowed under the Resolution on Selection.
The design portfolio is assessed digitally and must be saved as one PDF file in landscape format. The file size of the portfolio should not exceed 10 MB, and the number of pages should not exceed 15 pages. Note that as portfolios are evaluated digitally images should be reproduced at a sufficient scale and resolution to be easily readable with limited zooming or scrolling. The Selection Committee will look for evidence that the applicant has worked successfully in a studio learning environment. Any of the range of pedagogical approaches to the teaching of introductory design is appropriate, although the Selection Committee will be particularly interested in the exploration of 3D form and space, and evidence of other creative work
(b) Portfolio format for applicants who are eligible for credit allowed under the Resolution on Selection.
The design portfolio is assessed digitally and must be saved as one PDF file in landscape format. The file size of the portfolio should not exceed 10 MB, and the number of pages should not exceed 15 pages. Note that as portfolios are evaluated digitally images should be reproduced at a sufficient scale and resolution to be easily readable with limited zooming or scrolling. Elaborate formats that reduce the available page space for the design images should be avoided. The design portfolio should focus on design work rather than, for example, life or still-life drawing skills. Portfolios should be drawn largely from the design studio subjects the applicant has completed. Applicants submitting work done in the context of employment should explain their role in the work produced with brief notes. It would be helpful to see a variety of techniques of drawings and images: free hand diagrams, computer images, two-dimensional (plans, sections, elevations) and three-dimensional studies, photographs of physical models.
It is highly recommended that students obtain at least 16 weeks of documented relevant full-time professional work experience, before commencing the final 100 points of the degree.
Guaranteed Transfer into Commonwealth Supported Place
Students with a fee place in this course who complete 100 points of the course with a weighted average mark of at least H2A (75%) and who are eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place will be guaranteed a transfer to a Commonwealth Supported Place for the remainder of the course.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The Melbourne School of Design is the graduate school of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. It offers professional entry programs in Architecture, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, Property and Urban Planning. It offers specialist development programs in Property Valuation, Planning and Design and in Urban Design.
The Melbourne School of Design welcomes applications from students with disabilities. It is the University and Faculty (Architecture, Building and Planning) policy to take reasonable steps to make reasonable adjustments so as to enable students’ participation in degrees offered by the Melbourne School of Design (MSD).
A candidate for degrees offered in the MSD must have abilities and skills which include the following: observation; communication; motor; conceptual, integrative, and quantitative; and behavioural and social. Adjustments can be provided to minimise the impact of a disability, however, particularly at Masters level, students need to be able to participate in programs in an independent manner and with regard to their safety and the safety of others.
(i) Observation: Candidates must be able to read text, diagrams, maps, drawings and numerical data. Candidates should be able to observe details at a number of scales and to record useful observations of environmental contexts.
(ii) Communication: Candidates should be able to communicate with fellow students, professional and academic staff, members of relevant professions and the public. Candidates must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively. Communication includes not only speech but also reading and writing, presenting one's own work in front of a large group, receiving and responding to feedback about one's own work in a public setting. Assessment in studio subjects will involve 'crits' where students present their own work in front of a large group, where they will receive and respond to feedback about their work in a public setting. Crits are an integral part of working in the industry and are an inherent requirement of the course. The requirement to undertake public crits cannot be waived.
(iii) Motor: Candidates should have sufficient motor function to elicit information from environmental contexts. Off campus investigations may include visits to construction sites, urban, rural and/or remote environments. Candidates should have sufficient motor ability to prepare documentation of analytic texts, drawings and models of findings and for the reparation of proposals for environmental interventions via digital or other means. Candidates should have the ability to actively participate in appropriate site and/or design studio-based activities.
(iv) Intellectual-Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities: These abilities include measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis, synthesis and, importantly, the ability to interpret results of such work. Problem resolution, the critical skill demanded of graduates, requires all of these intellectual abilities. In addition, given the disciplines pursued in the SD, candidates should be able to comprehend three-dimensional relationships and to understand the spatial relationships in environmental structures of a wide range of scales – from smaller than the individual through individual buildings and urban spaces to large geographic areas. Further, graduate study entails learning to master one’s own abilities and skills and to deploy them strategically. This requires further developing skills in both reflective and reflexive thinking and being able to practice these skills.
(v) Behavioural and Social Attributes: A candidate must possess behavioural and social attributes that enable them to participate in a complex learning environment. Students are required to take responsibility for their own participation and learning. They also contribute to the learning of other students in collaborative learning environments, demonstrating interpersonal skills and an understanding of the needs of other students. Assessment may include the outcomes of tasks completed in collaboration with other students. Assessment in studio subjects will involve 'crits' where students present their own work in front of a large group, where they will receive and respond to feedback about their work in a public setting. Crits are an integral part of working in the industry and are an inherent requirement of the course. The requirement to undertake public crits cannot be waived.
Students who feel a disability will prevent them from meeting the above academic requirements are encouraged to contact the Disability Liaison Unit.
Intended learning outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Cultural Heritage will demonstrate
Knowledge:
- A knowledge of design based on architectural history, theory and contemporary practice.
- A knowledge of current practice contexts, including environmental, technological, regulatory and project-delivery systems.
- A knowledge of research and design-research methodologies and methods, including empirical and research methods drawn from the sciences and humanities relevant to the discipline of architecture.
- Theoretical and applied knowledge in the core issues, histories and methodologies of urban and cultural heritage.
- Understandings of the range of methodological approaches to urban and cultural heritage across academic disciplines and within professional practice.
- Critical engagement with international contemporary practice in urban and cultural heritage as this relates to built environments and the social, cultural, and regulatory economic dimensions of heritage.
- Ability to interpret and analyses complex cross-disciplinary materials relating to heritage in order to develop sustainable and effective strategies to the challenges of heritage within the built and social fabric.
Skills:
- The cognitive and creative skills to develop and evaluate a design concept that demonstrates the exercise of theoretical reflection, critical choice, imagination and professional responsibility, through the exploration, testing and refinement of different technical and aesthetic alternatives.
- The technical and creative skills to produce a design that demonstrates an appreciation of economic factors, environmental issues, social and cultural issues, building systems and materials.
- The technical and communication skills to generate design and contractual documentation that clearly conveys information to both specialist and non-specialist audiences and that enables a design project to be realised.
- Understanding of the conceptual and theoretical frameworks that guide urban and cultural heritage practice at national and international levels, and how these may be applied in particular contexts and locations.
- Knowledge of the complexity of heritage management, with particular reference to cross-cultural issues.
- Ability to communicate effectively within cross-disciplinary teams, and to take a holistic approach to urban and cultural heritage in the communication of heritage strategies and applications.
Application of knowledge and skills:
- The ability to think strategically at different urban scales.
- The ability to establish and evaluate requirements and priorities in new project situations and contexts.
- The ability to work individually and collaboratively to prepare and deliver a design project.
- The ability to prepare, structure, schedule, evaluate and deliver a substantial research or design-research project.
- Capacity to respond with initiative and to build upon key frameworks in relation to new situations and challenges in urban and cultural heritage.
- Ability to respond to the challenges posed by urban and cultural heritage through a cross‐disciplinary framework that enables students to execute a substantial research and/or design project.
Generic skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences
- Critical and analytical skills to identify and resolve complex problems
- Ability to learn and use appropriate technologies
- Effective organisational, time management and planning skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and productively in groups
Graduate attributes
The Master of Architecture/Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage degree provides graduates with:
- Design skills that will contribute to the improvement of our built environment;
- A grounding in the rich lessons of architectural history, theory and technology enabling them to develop innovative architecture, relevant to time and place, people and culture;
- The skills to manage an architectural practice and work within teams; and
- The ability to use resources, materials and technologies to produce responsible and sustainable architecture.
Course structure
All students must complete:
- 312.5 points core subjects in Architecture and Urban and Cultural Heritage
- 12.5 points selective subjects in Urban and Cultural Heritage
- 25 points elective subjects
Subject options
First-year core subjects (100 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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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 |
Students who have completed an undergraduate degree with an Architecture major may receive 100 points of Advanced Standing for the above subjects.
Second/third-year core subjects (225 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
ABPL90424 | Introduction to High-Performance Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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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 |
ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | February (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 |
ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
And one of the following subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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ABPL90382 | Urban and Cultural Heritage Minor Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ABPL90360 | MUCH Heritage Industry Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
MC-UCH Selective Subjects (12.5 points)
Students must complete one of the following subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture |
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 |
ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Elective Subjects (25 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90085 | Construction History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90265 | History of Landscape Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90360 | MUCH Heritage Industry Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ABPL90367 | Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90385 | Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90388 | Polemic Design in China Japan Korea | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
AMGT90024 | Cultural Festivals and Special Events | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
AMGT90017 | Marketing the Arts | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CUMC90027 | RESPECT | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CUMC90029 | Sustainable Collections | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90369 | Architecture as Spectacle | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90134 | Planning Theory and History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90280 | City Lights: Cities, Culture and History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90368 | Architecture and Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90409 | Realising The Knowledge Economy | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90418 | Asian Built Environments Design Legacies | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90419 | Contemporary Architectural Archives | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Further study
Completion of ABPL90169 Design Thesis is necessary research preparation for doctoral study
Last updated: 10 November 2023