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Director
Hélène Frichot
Course structure
The Bachelor of Design requires the successful completion of 300 credit points.
- 225 credit points of Design subjects including
- A minimum of 62.5 credit points of Level 1 discipline subjects
- A minimum of 62.5 credit points of Level 2 discipline subjects
- A minimum of 75 credit points of Level 3 discipline subjects
- 50 credit points of Breadth subjects including
- A maximum of 37.5 credit points of Level 1 breadth subjects
- 25 credit points of free subjects (discipline or breadth)
Additional rules
- A maximum of 125 credit points of Level 1 subjects
- Completion of between one and two prescribed majors
Progression rules
- All students must complete the compulsory Joining Melbourne modules in their first year of enrolment in the Bachelor of Design before being allowed to progress to the second year of enrolment. These Modules can be accessed Via Canvas "Discovery Modules" enrolment.
- Completion of at least 50 points of Level 1 study before proceeding to the next subject year level.
- Completion of at least 50 points of Level 2 study before proceeding to the next subject year level.
Electives
Electives are chosen from any subject offered within the Bachelor of Design. Prerequisites for some subjects will apply. Please check subject Handbook entries for prerequisite requirements.
Architecture, Building and Planning
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL10005 | Understanding the Built Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH10001 | Foundations of Design: Representation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ARCH10002 | Construction as Alchemy | No longer available | |
ARCH10003 | Design Studio Alpha |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PLAN10002 | Introduction to Urban Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CONS10001 | Principles of Building | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP10001 | Economics and Cities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LARC10001 | Natural History for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN10001 | Cities Past and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH20001 | Design Studio Beta |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ARCH20002 | Design Studio Gamma |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ARCH20003 | Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ARCH20004 | Design Processes and Techniques |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL20033 | Architectural Technologies 2: Analyse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL20035 | Cities: From Local to Global | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL20036 | Environmental Building Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL20042 | Construction of Residential Buildings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL20053 | Construction of Concrete Buildings | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CONS20002 | Measurement of Building Designs | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP20001 | Finance for Built Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP20002 | Design and Property Principles | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP20003 | Design and Property Industry Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LARC20001 | Designing Living Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN20002 | Urban Design for People and Places | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH30005 | Design Visualisation: Digital Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN30003 | Research Methods for Planners | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH30001 | Design Studio Delta |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ARCH30002 | Design Studio Epsilon |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ABPL30041 | Architectural Technologies 3: Implement |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL30042 | Landscape Studio: Urban Open Space | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30061 | Landscape Capstone Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
ABPL30039 | Construction Contract Administration | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30044 | Industry Partner project Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30046 | Steel and Concrete Structural Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30055 | Construction Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN30001 | Planning Scenario and Policy Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN30005 | Urban Precinct Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
ABPL30059 | Property Case Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP30001 | Valuation of Land and Buildings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP30002 | Sustainable Management of Design Assets | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PROP30003 | Design and Property Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN30004 | Transit Oriented Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LARC30001 | Site Tectonics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LARC30002 | History of Landscape Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH30003 | Environmental Design- Commercial | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH30004 | Environmental Design in Housing | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30053 | Formative Ideas in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30057 | Asia Pacific Modernities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CONS30001 | Building Information Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CONS30002 | Building Information Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30063 | AA Visiting School Undergraduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30068 | Design Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL30069 | Installations and Happenings | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CVEN30011 | Smart Transportation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30064 | Humanitarian Design Internship | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
MULT30022 | Indigenous Engineering and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30067 | Design Workshop | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
PERF30001 | Public Event Design | June (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES30004 | Design Visualisation: Analogue |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
June (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
ABPL30051 | Urban Morphological Mapping | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30070 | Venice Studio | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ARCH10004 | Design History & Theory in the Making |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL20055 | Global Foundations of Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ABPL10007 | Architectural Technologies 1: Place |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PROP10002 | Introduction to Property | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30071 | Managing Design Projects | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Science
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MAST10005 | Calculus 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MAST10006 | Calculus 2 |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MAST10007 | Linear Algebra |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PHYC10001 | Physics 1: Advanced | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHYC10002 | Physics 2: Advanced | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHYC10004 | Physics 2: Physical Science & Technology |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Engineering
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
COMP10002 | Foundations of Algorithms |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
COMP10003 | Media Computation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO10003 | Fundamentals of Interaction Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGR10005 | Statics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ENGR20004 | Engineering Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENEN20002 | Earth Processes for Engineering |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENGR20003 | Engineering Materials and Mechanics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ELEN20005 | Foundations of Electrical Networks |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GEOM20013 | Applying Digital Infrastructure | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOM20015 | Sensing and Measurement | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO20003 | Database Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
COMP20007 | Design of Algorithms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP20005 | Intro. to Numerical Computation in C |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
CVEN30008 | Engineering Risk Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CVEN30009 | Structural Theory and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CVEN30010 | Geotechnical Modelling and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGR30002 | Fluid Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MCEN30017 | Mechanics & Materials |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MCEN30018 | Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GEOM30009 | Imaging the Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOM30013 | Land Administration Systems | No longer available | |
GEOM30012 | Digital Infrastructure Systems Capstone | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO30005 | Advanced Interface Prototyping | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP30023 | Computer Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP30022 | IT Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
INFO20004 | Usability Evaluation Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO30008 | Interactive Technology Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
ENVS10006 | Mapping Environments | No longer available | |
INFO30009 | Game Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CVEN30011 | Smart Transportation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLAN30004 | Transit Oriented Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MCEN30021 | Mechanical Systems Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
INFO20005 | User Interface Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGR20005 | Numerical Methods in Engineering |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SWEN20003 | Object Oriented Software Development |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MCEN30020 | Systems Modelling and Analysis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
COMP30026 | Models of Computation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOM30014 | Integrating Digital Infrastructure | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP10001 | Foundations of Computing |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SWEN30006 | Software Modelling and Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
CVEN20001 | Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Fine Arts and Music
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
FINA10026 | Critical and Theoretical Studies 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA10032 | Critical and Theoretical Studies 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA20029 | Critical and Theoretical Studies 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES10001 | Graphic Design Studio 1: Image & Text |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
GDES20001 | Graphic Design Studio 2: Image & Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES20002 | Colour Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES30001 | Infographics Studio | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES30002 | Branding | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES30003 | Graphic Design Studio 3 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
MUSI10223 | Sound in Performance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA20041 | The Figure in Performance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA20043 | Light in Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA30022 | Space Studio | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA30023 | Space in Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FINA30024 | Performance Design Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
GDES30004 | Design Visualisation: Analogue |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
June (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
PERF30001 | Public Event Design | June (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES30007 | Imagery in Graphic Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
GDES30008 | Interactive Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BLAW10001 | Principles of Business Law |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Breadth
General information on breadth subjects is available at this Stop1 webpage:
Breadth subjects specifically available for Bachelor of Design students include:
- University Breadth subjects
- English as a Second Language subjects
- subjects offered in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Environments, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science that are available as breadth and that contrast with your major (or intended major)
- some subjects from within the majors in the Bachelor of Design may be available as breadth, depending on which major you are intending to take
Non-allowed Breadth
The breadth options for Bachelor of Design students are restricted depending on the major that has been selected. Detailed information and a full listing of Non-allowed Breadth subjects is available under the pages of the individual majors.
Breadth requirements
Please refer to the original document
Find breadth subjects
Use the Handbook Search function to find subjects that can be used as breadth studies in the Bachelor of Design
Last updated: 6 December 2024