Melbourne School of Design - multidisciplinary elective subjects 2017

Overview

The following subjects can be taken as multidisciplinary electives in Melbourne School of Design masters programs. Some of these subjects will have prerequisites, please refer to the specific subject for more information. Students will have to meet these prerequisites to enrol into the specific subject. This page also lists the travelling studios on offer as well as subjects which have enrolment quotas.

Intended learning outcomes

Subjects contributing to the multidisciplinary elective requirement within the following Melbourne School of Design Programs:

• MC-ARCH Master of Architecture
• MC-ARCH2Y Master of Architecture 200 points
• MC-ARCH3Y Master of Architecture 300 points
• MC-LARCH Master of Landscape Architecture
• MC-LARCH2Y Master of Landscape Architecture 200 points
• MC-LARCH3Y Master of Landscape Architecture 300 points
• MC-PROP Master of Property
• MC-PROP2Y Master of Property 200 points
• MC-PROP3Y Master of Property 300 points
• MC-CM Master of Construction Management
• MC-CONMG2Y Master of Construction Management 200 points
• MC-CONMG3Y Master of Construction Management 300 points
• MC-URPL Master of Urban Planning

Subject options

Architecture

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90020	Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90089	Australian Architecture (PG)	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90121	Compositional Analysis	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90120	Building Sustainability	September	12.5
ABPL90123	Digital Design Applications	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90124	The Architecture of Wishful Thinking	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90149	Contemporary Digital Practice	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90151	Popular Architecture and Design	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90153	Complex Building Energy Modelling	June	12.5
ABPL90167	Design Communications Workshop (P/G)	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90236	Design Approaches and Methods (PG)	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90241	Representing and Remembering Place (PG)	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90264	Professional Practice Investigation	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90272	Regenerating Sustainability	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90276	Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90282	Principles of Heritage and Conservation	March	12.5
ABPL90303	Facilities for Social Sustainability	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90354	Robin Boyd Studio	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90355	Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage	August	12.5
ABPL90361	Ex-Lab: Digital Furniture Fabrication	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90367	Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90368	Architecture and Media	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90369	Architecture as Spectacle	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90378	Tectonic Grounds	Summer Term	12.5
ABPL90222	Timber Furniture Workshop (PG)	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90388	Polemic Design in China Japan Korea	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90086	Environmental Systems	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90357	Form and Politics in Architecture	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90146	Architectural Conservation in East Asia	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90386	AA Visiting School Graduate	Winter Term	12.5
ABPL90301	Architectural Finishes	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90386	AA Visiting School Graduate	Winter Term	12.5
ABPL90303	Facilities for Social Sustainability	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90377	Design for Ageing	Term 2	12.5
ABPL90305	Design Research	Summer Term	12.5
ABPL90268	Building Envelopes	September	12.5
ABPL90300	Conservation of Architectural Materials	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90371	Design Activism	September	12.5
ABPL90373	Digital: Craft, Design and Make	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90380	Designing for Heat in the Public Domain	November	12.5
ABPL90322	Human Environments Relations	June	12.5
ABPL90387	Wooden Furniture Workshop	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90336	Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90147	Speculative Systems	Not available in 2017	12.5

Construction

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90025	Project Management in Practice	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90027	Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90030	Project Evaluation	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90035	Risk in Construction	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90085	Culture of Building	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90129	Advanced Cost Management	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90208	Construction Measurement and Estimating	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90290	Fundamentals of Built Environment Law	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90295	Construction Regulations and Control	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90309	Supply Chains in Construction	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90311	Studies in Building Cultures and Markets	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90323	Construction Scheduling	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90324	Materials and Structures	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90325	Prefabrication in Building	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90327	Procurement Methods	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90329	Construction Policy	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90330	Economics of Building	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90334	Means and Methods in Construction	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90358	Research in Construction	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90359	Research Practicum in Construction	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90335	Contract Management	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90331	ICT in Building	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90332	Labour in Construction	July	12.5
LING90002	Presenting Academic Discourse	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90326	Technological Innovation	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90328	Issues in Technology	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90333	Specialist Contracting	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90207	Corporate Construction Management	Not available in 2017	12.5

Landscape Architecture

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90074	Landscape Detail Design	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90075	Urban and Landscape Heritage	September	12.5
ABPL90078	Contemporary Landscape Theory	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90173	Advanced Planting Design	Winter Term	12.5
ABPL90265	History of Landscape Architecture	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90283	Performative Ecologies	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90319	GIS In Planning, Design & Development	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90374	GeoDesign Models & Applications	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90340	Landscape Materialities	Semester 1	12.5

Property

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90011	Advanced Property Analysis	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90016	Asset Management	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90026	Property Development	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90028	Project Management in Theory	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90031	Corporate Real Estate Management	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90032	Building Services and Operations	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90034	Property Securitisation	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90036	Property Investment	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90038	International Property Development A	June	25
ABPL90040	International Property Development B	June	12.5
ABPL90041	Property Law (PG)	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90045	Statutory Valuation (PG)	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90274	Property Markets and Valuations	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90275	Property Resources and Management	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90277	Humanitarian Construction	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90314	Property Agency and Marketing (PG)	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90321	Building the Brief: People Process Place	July	12.5
ABPL90339	International Real Estate Economics	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90322	Human Environments Relations	June	12.5

Urban Design

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90017	Urban Design Theory	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90304	Flexible Urban Modelling	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90316	The Shaping of Urban Design	Semester 1	12.5

Urban Planning

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90009	Participation and Negotiation	July December	12.5
ABPL90022	Healthy Communities	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90064	Planning Urban Sustainability	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90065	Managing Global City Regions	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90090	Public Transport Network Planning	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90130	Planning Law & Statutory Planning	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90131	Strategic Plan Making	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90132	Land Use and Urban Design	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90134	Planning Theory and History	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90135	Analytical Methods	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90246	The Economies of Cities and Regions	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90266	Inclusive Cities	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90279	Cities Without Slums	July	12.5
ABPL90280	City Lights: Cities, Culture and History	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90281	Housing Markets, Policy and Planning	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90315	Urban Governance	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90320	Building Resilient Settlements	November	12.5
ABPL90341	Urban Environmental Policy and Planning	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90055	Planning Asia Pacific Cities Studio	June	12.5
ABPL90056	Sustainable Transport and Public Policy	September	12.5
ABPL90077	Transportation, Land Use and Urban Form	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90366	Urban Informatics	September	12.5
ABPL90399	Hacking Society Systems in Transition	Summer Term	12.5
EVSC90023	Building Behaviour in Bushfires	May	12.5
EVSC90024	Bushfire Interface Science	July	12.5
EVSC90022	Bushfire Urban Planning	April	12.5

Travelling Studios

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90261	Travelling Studio (Ahmedabad)	January	25
ABPL90296	Travelling Studio (Shanghai)	February	25
ABPL90114	Travelling Studio (Brazil)	Not available in 2017	25
ABPL90111	Urban Eco Acupuncture Studio	Semester 2	25
ABPL90260	Travelling Studio (Indonesia)	Not available in 2017	25

Quota subjects

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90038	International Property Development A	June	25
ABPL90040	International Property Development B	June	12.5
ABPL90088	Healthy Employment Centres Studio	Not available in 2017	25
ABPL90123	Digital Design Applications	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90153	Complex Building Energy Modelling	June	12.5
ABPL90304	Flexible Urban Modelling	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90311	Studies in Building Cultures and Markets	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90319	GIS In Planning, Design & Development	Semester 1	12.5
ABPL90361	Ex-Lab: Digital Furniture Fabrication	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90222	Timber Furniture Workshop (PG)	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90055	Planning Asia Pacific Cities Studio	June	12.5
ABPL90268	Building Envelopes	September	12.5
ABPL90152	Sustainable Tropical Housing	Not available in 2017	12.5
ABPL90366	Urban Informatics	September	12.5
ABPL90336	Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture	Semester 2	12.5
ABPL90147	Speculative Systems	Not available in 2017	12.5