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Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Cultural Heritage (MC-ARCHUCH) // Course structure

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Course structure

All students must complete:

  • 312.5 points core subjects in Architecture and Urban and Cultural Heritage
  • 12.5 points selective subjects in Urban and Cultural Heritage
  • 25 points elective subjects

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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

Students who have completed an undergraduate degree with an Architecture major may receive 100 points of Advanced Standing for the above subjects.

Second/third-year core subjects (212.5 points)

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90118 Applied Architectural Technology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90437 Design Studio C
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
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
ABPL90438 Design Studio D
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ABPL90424 Introduction to High-Performance Design
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90439 No longer available
ABPL90282 Principles of Heritage and Conservation
February (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90355 Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage
August (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90075 Urban and Landscape Heritage
September (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90169 Design Thesis
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

And one of the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90382 Urban and Cultural Heritage Minor Thesis
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ABPL90360 MUCH Heritage Industry Internship
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

MC-UCH Selective Subjects (12.5 points)

Students must complete one of the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90020 Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90089 Australian Architecture
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90117 Twenty-first Century Architecture
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90367 Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90241 Representing and Remembering Place (PG) Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90146 Architectural Conservation in Asia
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective Subjects (25 points)

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ABPL90020 Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90085 Construction History Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90089 Australian Architecture
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90117 Twenty-first Century Architecture
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90265 History of Landscape Architecture
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90360 MUCH Heritage Industry Internship
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
ABPL90367 Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90385 Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90388 Polemic Design in China Japan Korea Not available in 2024 12.5
AMGT90024 Cultural Festivals and Special Events
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
AMGT90017 Marketing the Arts
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
CUMC90027 RESPECT
April (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
CUMC90029 Sustainable Collections
May (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90369 Architecture as Spectacle
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90134 Planning Theory and History
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90280 City Lights: Cities, Culture and History Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90368 Architecture and Media
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90146 Architectural Conservation in Asia
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ABPL90241 Representing and Remembering Place (PG) Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90336 Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90409 Realising The Knowledge Economy Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90418 Asian Built Environments Design Legacies Not available in 2024 12.5
ABPL90419 Contemporary Architectural Archives
February (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 10 November 2023