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Structure
400 credit points
Subject Options
Core Subjects (375 Points)
Students may seek approval to replace ABPL90072 Landscape Studio 5: Sustainable Urbanism with a Melbourne School of Design Travelling Studio
First 100 points for students with an undergraduate major or degree in Architecture (87.5 point core and 12.5 points elective):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90107 | Landscape Studio 1: Design Techniques | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| HORT90033 | Plants in the Landscape | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90271 | Shaping the Landscape | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Ecology for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90176 | Landscape Studio 2: Site and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
First 100 points for students with an undergraduate major or degree in Landscape Architecture:
| 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 Year Core Subjects (87.5 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90437 | Design Studio C |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
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 |
| ABPL90078 | Contemporary Landscape Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90140 | Architectural Practice |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90265 | History of Landscape Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90424 | Introduction to High-Performance Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Third Year Core Subjects (87.5 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90172 | Landscape Studio 3 Speculations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90263 | Constructed Ecologies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90170 | Landscape Studio 4 Strategies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90048 | Landscape Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Fourth Year Core Subjects (100 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90439 | Design Studio E |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90072 | Landscape Studio 5:Sustainable Urbanism |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90375 | Landscape Architecture Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Architecture /Landscape 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 |
| ABPL90085 | Construction History | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90123 | Advanced Computational Design | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Design Futures | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Not available in 2024 | 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 |
| ABPL90173 | Advanced Planting Design | 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 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Façade Design and Construction | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerative Sustainability | Not available in 2024 | 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 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2024 | 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 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90340 | Landscape Materialities | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2024 | 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 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90367 | Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90368 | Architecture and Media | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90369 | Architecture as Spectacle | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90378 | DF_Lab: Designing Making |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90380 | Designing for Heat in the Public Domain | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90394 | ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop | Summer Term (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 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90418 | Asian Built Environments Design Legacies | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90419 | Contemporary Architectural Archives | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90420 | Interactive Architecture | Not available in 2024 | 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 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
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 |
| PLAN90002 | Comparative Urban Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 15 May 2024