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300pt Program
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Djordje Stojanovic
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Structure
300 credit points
Subject Options
First- year core subjects (100 points)
| 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/third-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 |
Note: Students may seek approval from the Master of Architecture program coordinator to replace ABPL90143 Master of Architecture Studio D or ABPL90115 Master of Architecture Studio E with ABPL90430 Design with Country: Resilience Studio.
Student wishing to pursue this option need to submit an Enrolment Variation form (including written approval from the Master of Architecture course coordinator) to Stop 1. For further information click here.
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 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90121 | No longer available | ||
| ABPL90123 | Advanced Computational Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90236 | No longer available | ||
| ABPL90272 | No longer available | ||
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2025 | 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 | 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 |
| EDUC90728 | No longer available | ||
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Façade Design and Construction | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90222 | F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90388 | Polemic Design in East Asia | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90385 | Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90394 | ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Bower Studio - Community Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | No longer available | ||
| ABPL90241 | Representing Heritage | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | No longer available | ||
| ABPL90147 | Design Futures | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90403 | Visions and Agendas in Architecture | Not available in 2025 | 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 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90418 | Asian Built Environments Design Legacies | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90419 | Contemporary Architectural Archives | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90420 | Interactive Architecture | Not available in 2025 | 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 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90429 | Venice Studio | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90432 | Building Information Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90433 | Building Information Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90436 | Galapagos at Shenzhen Biennale | Not available in 2025 | 25 |
| ABPL90449 | Housing Laboratory | Semester 2 (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:
Links
http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/architecture/
Last updated: 4 March 2025