Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Urban Planning (MC-LARCHUP) // Course structure

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Course structure

300 point program:

All students must complete:

  • 275 points core subjects in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
  • 25 points electives

400 point program:

All students must complete:

  • 375 points core subjects in in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
  • 25 points electives

Subject options

Students entering the Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Urban planning  from a non cognate discipline will undertake the 400 point program.

 

Year 1:

First 100 points for students with an undergraduate major or degree in a non cognate discipline:

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
ABPL90176 Landscape Studio 2: Site and Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ABPL90283 Ecology for Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90265 History of Landscape Architecture
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Students entering the Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Urban Planning from a cognate discipline (Landscape Architecture major) with 100 points of advanced standing (above subjects) will undertake the 300 point program (starting point for students with Landscape Architecture major)

Year 2:

Students who have completed elective subject ABPL90319 GIS in Planning, Design & Development may seek approval to replace ABPL90170 Landscape Studio 4: Strategies with a Melbourne School of Design Travelling Studio.

Students may seek approval to replace ABPL90072 Landscape Studio 5: Sustainable Urbanism with a Melbourne School of Design Travelling Studio.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90078 Contemporary Landscape Theory
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90246 The Economies of Cities and Regions
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90134 Planning Theory and History
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90135 Analytical Methods
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90170 Landscape Studio 4 Strategies
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ABPL90074 Landscape Detail Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90315 Participatory Planning
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Year 3:

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
ABPL90130 Planning Law & Statutory Planning
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90132 Urban Coding and Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90131 Strategic Plan Making
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90064 Climate Change & Sustainability Planning
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90048 Landscape Practice
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Year 4:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90072 Landscape Studio 5:Sustainable Urbanism
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ABPL90396 MSD Minor Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90375 Landscape Architecture Design Thesis
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
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)

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90009 Participation and Negotiation No longer available
ABPL90017 Urban Design Theory
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 2025 12.5
ABPL90055 Planning Asia Pacific Cities Studio
November (Off Campus)
 12.5
ABPL90056 Urban Transport Politics Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90065 Managing Global City Regions
Semester 2 (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
ABPL90090 Public Transport Network Planning
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90173 Advanced Planting Design Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90260 Travelling Studio (Indonesia) No longer available
ABPL90266 Inclusive Cities
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 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
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90283 Ecology for Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90304 Flexible Urban Modelling Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90305 Design Research No longer available
ABPL90319 GIS In Planning, Design & Development
June (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90320 Building Resilient Settlements
November (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90339 International Real Estate Economics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90340 Landscape Materialities Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90341 Urban Environmental Policy and Planning
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90366 Urban Informatics No longer available
ABPL90374 GeoDesign Models & Applications
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90377 Design for Ageing Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90380 Designing for Heat in the Public Domain Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90384 MUP Studio No longer available
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 Not available in 2025 12.5
ABPL90409 Realising The Knowledge Economy
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90410 Travelling Studio (Philippines) No longer available
ABPL90417 Environment Behaviour Methods for Design Not available in 2025 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
Semester 2 (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
LARC90001 Placemaking : Design for Landscape No longer available
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
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PLAN90003 City Leadership
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SOCI90011 Foundations of Social Policy
March (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 16 April 2025