200pt Program

Overview

Please refer to the MC-ARCH (Master of Architecture)

Last updated: 18 December 2025

Structure

200 credit points

Subject Options

 First/second-year core subjects (150 points)

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90117	Twenty-first Century Architecture	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90140	Architectural Practice	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90118	Applied Architectural Technology	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) 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
ABPL90437	Design Studio C	Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)	25
ABPL90438	Design Studio D	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)	25
ABPL90439	Design Studio E	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)	25
ABPL90169	Design Thesis	Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)	25

 

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	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90075	Urban and Landscape Heritage	September (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
ABPL90123	Computational Design and Optimisation	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90149	Contemporary Digital Practice	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90153	Complex Building Energy Modelling	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90282	Principles of Heritage and Conservation	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90304	Flexible Urban Modelling	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90321	Building the Brief: People Process Place	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90355	Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage	August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90361	Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90367	Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90368	Architecture and Media: Digital Heritage	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90369	Architecture as Spectacle	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90370	Design Management	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EVSC90022	Bushfire Urban Planning	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EVSC90023	Building Behaviour in Bushfires	September (Online)	12.5
ABPL90222	F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90378	DF_Lab: Designing Making	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90310	Construction Industry and Environment	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90316	The Shaping of Urban Design	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90146	Architectural Conservation in Asia	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90385	Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90241	Representing Heritage	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90377		No longer available
ABPL90268	Facade Design and Construction	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90386	AA Visiting School Graduate	Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90394	ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90371	Design Activism	Not available in 2026	12.5
FRST90025	Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire	Semester 1 (On Campus - Creswick)	12.5
ABPL90322	Human Environments Relations	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90152	Bower Studio - Community Development	Winter Term (Off Campus)	12.5
ABPL90147	Design Futures	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90403	Visions and Agendas in Architecture	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90404	Place Making for The Built Environment	Not available in 2026	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 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90418	Asian Built Environments Design Legacies	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90419	Contemporary Architectural Archives	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90420	Interactive Architecture	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90421	Design - Philosophy - Architecture	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90422	SI_Lab: Spatial Information	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90085	Construction History	Not available in 2026	12.5
ABPL90432	Building Information Modelling	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90433	Building Information Management	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90449	Housing Laboratory	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Multidisciplinary electives (25 points)

Students may choose any masters-level subjects including:

• Melbourne School of Design graduate subjects starting with ABPL90XXX, ARCH90XXX, LARC90XXX, PLAN90XXX; and CONS90XXX; provided prerequisites are met
• Any University of Melbourne graduate subject provided prerequisites are met and written approval from the home faculty plus the Master of Architecture course coordinator is submitted to STOP1.  Process information can be found  at https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-course/manage-your-course/course-enrolment/enrolment-variation

 

To view a sample course plan go to:

http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/graduate/course-planning/sample-course-plans-melbourne-school-of-design/master-of-architecture

Links

http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/architecture/

Last updated: 18 December 2025