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Master of Architecture/Master of Landscape Architecture (MC-ARCLARC) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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Intended learning outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Architecture/ Master of Landscape Architecture will demonstrate:
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of design based on architectural history, theory and contemporary practice;
- Knowledge of current practice contexts, including environmental, technological, regulatory and project-delivery systems;
- 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;
- Advanced design knowledge and skills from studio-based courses that contribute to the improvement of our built, social and natural environments;
- Advanced knowledge of design representation and communication mediums;
- Knowledge of landscape architectural history and theory and critical skills to interpret historic ideas, environmental movements and contemporary trends;
- Knowledge of recent developments in the landscape architecture discipline and professional practice;
- Critical engagement with parameters of cross-disciplinary and international contemporary practice;
- Knowledge of landscape materiality, construction and documentation;
- Knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to the practice of landscape architecture.
Skills:
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;.
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex site attributes, information, challenges and opportunities to develop responsible and ecologically sound and novel design solutions;
- Ability to use resources, materials and technologies to develop responsible and ecologically sound and novel design solutions;
- Cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of landscape architecture theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on scholarship and professional practice;
- Communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret landscape architecture design propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
- The ability to develop design and research strategies within interdisciplinary teams supported by excellent communication skills.
Application of knowledge and skills:
- Ability to think strategically at different urban scales.
- Ability to establish and evaluate requirements and priorities in new project situations and contexts.
- Ability to work individually and collaboratively to prepare and deliver a design project.
- Ability to bridge between the arts and sciences, design and the environment, and engage in core ecological, cultural and social issues in both urban and rural societies;
- Ability to respond with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or further learning;
- Ability to work individually and collaboratively with high level personal autonomy and accountability;
- Ability to plan and execute a substantial research-based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship.
Generic skills
The Master of Architecture/Master of Landscape Architecture has been specifically designed around the University of Melbourne graduate attributes, as well as requirements of professional associations.
Graduates of The Master of Architecture/Master of Landscape Architecture will demonstrate:
- 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 and Landscape Architecture 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 or landscape architectural practice and work within teams;
- the ability to use resources, materials and technologies to produce responsible and sustainable architecture or landscape architecture.
Last updated: 24 April 2024