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Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Master of Architecture - MArch8143 - Architecture

Specialisation Structure
48 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 48 UOC.

Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

ARCH7201
12 UOC
Research Studio
ARCH7202
12 UOC
Major Design Studio

HISTORY AND THEORY PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES

Students must take at least 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARCH7214
6 UOC
Architecture and Politics
ARCH7215
6 UOC
Advanced Themes in Australian Architecture
ARCH7216
6 UOC
Designing Diversity: Architecture and Urbanism in a Multicultural Context
ARCH7220
6 UOC
Architecture and Urbanism in Asia
ARCH7227
6 UOC
A History of Housing
ARCH7304
6 UOC
Architecture and the City

OTHER PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES

Students must complete 12 UOC from this list.

ARCH7213
6 UOC
High Performance Building Systems
ARCH7219
6 UOC
Graduation Exhibition Design
BEIL6007
6 UOC
International Study Tour
BEIL6008
6 UOC
International Design Studio
BEIL6010
6 UOC
Sydney Urban Lab
BEIL6012
6 UOC
Asian Urbanism Laboratory
BENV6713
6 UOC
Architectural Spatialisation
BENV7800
6 UOC
Documentation Techniques for Major Buildings
BENV7806
6 UOC
Design and Technology-Timber
BENV7811
6 UOC
Urban Renewal
BENV7813
6 UOC
Contemporary Fabrication Techniques
PLAN7156
6 UOC
Housing Policy and Finance
SUSD0002
6 UOC
Building Ecology and Life Cycle Thinking
SUSD0003
6 UOC
Energy and the Built Environment
UDES0004
6 UOC
History and Theory of Urban Development and Design
UDES0009
6 UOC
Urban Landscape and Heritage

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