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Course structure
400 point Program
All students must complete:
- 375 points core subjects in Architecture and Urban Planning
- 25 points electives
300 point Program
All students must complete:
- 275 points core subjects in Architecture and Urban Planning
- 25 point electives
Subject options
Students entering the Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Planning from a non cognate discipline will undertake the 400 point program (375 points core and 25 points electives )
Year 1:
First 100 points for students with an undergraduate major or degree in a non cognate discipline:
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 |
Students entering the Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Planning from a cognate discipline (Architecture major) with 100 points of advanced standing (above subjects) and will undertake the 300 point program (starting point for students with an Architecture major)
Year 2:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90118 | Applied Architectural Technology |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90132 | Urban Coding and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90135 | Analytical Methods | Semester 1 (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 |
ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90315 | Participatory Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Year 3:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90130 | Planning Law & Statutory Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90131 | Strategic Plan Making | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90134 | Planning Theory and History | Semester 1 (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 |
Year 4:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture |
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 |
ABPL90396 | MSD Minor Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90397 | MSD Minor Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Electives (25 points)
25 points elective can be taken from Architecture or urban planning specialisation elective subjects.
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 |
ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90040 | International Property Development B | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90055 | Planning Asia Pacific Cities Studio | December (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
ABPL90056 | Urban Transport Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90077 | Introduction to Transport and Land Use | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90085 | Construction History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90090 | Public Transport Network Planning | Semester 2 (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 |
ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90147 | Design Futures | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90152 | Bower Studio - Community Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90222 | F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90236 | Design Approaches and Methods (PG) | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90266 | Inclusive Cities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90268 | Façade Design and Construction | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90272 | Regenerative Sustainability | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90280 | City Lights: Cities, Culture and History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90281 | Housing Markets, Policy and Planning | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90283 | Ecology for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90339 | International Real Estate Economics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90341 | Urban Environmental Policy and Planning | Semester 1 (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 |
ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90361 | Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | Not available in 2023 | 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 |
ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90378 | DF_Lab: Designing Making |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL90384 | MUP Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
ABPL90385 | Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90388 | Polemic Design in China Japan Korea | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ABPL90394 | ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop | February (Dual-Delivery - 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 |
ABPL90406 | Financial Engineering in Property | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90407 | Representing Spatial Information | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90408 | Spatial Analytics | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90409 | Realising The Knowledge Economy | Not available in 2023 | 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 |
ABPL90429 | Venice Studio | Winter Term (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
ABPL90430 | Design with Country: Resilience Studio | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
CVEN90048 | Transport Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CVEN90061 | Freight Systems | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy |
Semester 1 (Online)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | September (Online) |
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FRST90017 | Bushfire Planning & Management | September (Online) |
12.5 |
FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
HORT90039 | Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities | February (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN90001 | Urban Demography and Statistics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN90002 | Comparative Urban Planning | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
PLAN90003 | City Leadership | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90011 | Foundations of Social Policy | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 19 April 2024