Master of Architecture
Aims of the Master of Architecture
The Master of Architecture program prepares students for the complex and challenging role of the professional architect. The program centres on design studios, supported by taught units in history and theory, advanced architectural technologies, and practice. In addition, there are a wide range of elective units from which students may choose in order to extend their knowledge and skills into other related areas.
The basic aims of the professional Master of Architecture program are to provide the knowledge, skills and experience that will equip the graduate to be an architect. The practice of architecture today is, however, extraordinarily diverse and complex and no course could provide training in depth for all areas of practice. It is therefore essential that students obtain from the course a firm grounding in fundamentals, an ability to think creatively and logically, and a capacity to explore for themselves those areas they wish to pursue in detail.
The Master of Architecture program will enable:
- the student to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to become an architect, noting the increasing complexity and diversity of the architect's role
- the satisfaction, where possible, of the demands of the professional and statutory bodies for entry to the professional institute and to qualify for registration, with minimal additional examination, in the context of academic independence in the judgements it makes on the education it provides
- the student to experience a range of attitudes and philosophies relating to architecture
- the student to be exposed to and acquire a range of knowledge which is expected to result in graduates who can provide the community with the highest quality of architecture, including to be able to think clearly and be able to make reasoned judgements.
Master of Architecture enrolment guide
The Master of Architecture is a two-year full-time degree. To qualify for the degree, candidates must complete the requirements as specified in the resolutions of the senate and faculty for this degree (see chapter 18). All students should read the degree resolutions and monitor their progress through the degree by reference to them. The following points summarise the resolutions but do not replace them.
Summary of requirements
In order to qualify for the award of the pass degree candidates:
- must maintain a full-time enrolment (18 credit points or more per semester - a normal full-time load is 24 credit points per semester, the maximum allowed is 30 credit points per semester)
- must complete successfully 96 credit points
- must complete successfully 78 credit points from the core units of study as described in Table M
- must complete successfully 18 credit points from elective units of study from those listed in Table M or, with permission from the unit coordinator concerned, from Table G.
Planning your degree
The program has been designed so that some core units should be taken in a certain order and the remaining core and elective units fitted with them. A recommended enrolment planner for the core units of the degree follows.
Master of Architecture enrolment planner - Semester One commencement
| Credit points shown in brackets | |||
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| March Semester | July Semester | March Semester | July Semester |
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Research studios
MARC4001 Urban Architecture (12) or MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture (12) or MARC4003 Digital Architecture (12) |
Research studios
MARC4001 Urban Architecture (12) or MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture (12) or MARC4003 Digital Architecture (12) |
Research studios MARC4001
or
MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture (12) or MARC4003 Digital Architecture (12) |
MARC5001 Graduation Studio (12)
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| (and) | (and) | (and) | (and) |
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MARC4101 Advanced Technologies 1 (6) |
MARC5101 Advanced Technologies 2 (6) |
MARC4101 Advanced Technologies 1 (6) |
MARC5101
Advanced Technologies 2 (6)
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| (and/or) | (and/or) | (and/or) | |
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MARC4201
Modern Architectural History (6) |
MARC4102
Modern Architectural Theory (6) |
MARC4201
Modern Architectural History(6) |
(and) |
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MARC5102
Contract Documentation (6) |
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Master of Architecture enrolment planner - Semester Two commencement
| Credit points shown in brackets | |||
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| July Semester | March Semester | July Semester | March Semester |
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Research studios
MARC4001 Urban Architecture (12) or MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture (12) or MARC4003 Digital Architecture (12) |
Research studios
MARC4001 Urban Architecture (12) or MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture (12) or MARC4003 Digital Architecture (12) |
Research studios
MARC4001 Urban Architecture (12) or MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture (12) or MARC4003 Digital Architecture (12) |
MARC5001 Graduation Studio (12) |
| (and) | (and) | (and) | (and) |
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MARC5101 Advanced Technologies 2 (6) |
MARC4101 Advanced Technologies 1 (6) |
MARC5101
Advanced Technologies 2 (6) |
MARC4101 Advanced Technologies 1 (6)
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| (and/or) | (and/or) | (and/or) | |
| MARC4102
Modern Architectural Theory (6) |
MARC4201
Modern Architectural History (6)
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MARC4102
Modern Architectural Theory (6)
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| (and) | |||
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MARC5102
Contract Documentation (6) |
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Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Core units of study |
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| Candidates are required to complete the following core units of study: | |||
Architectural Design |
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| MARC4001 Urban Architecture Research Studio |
12 |
This studio cannot be taken in the same semester with MARC4002 or MARC4003. Students may incur materials costs in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MARC4002 Sustainable Architecture Research Studio |
12 |
This studio cannot be taken in the same semester with MARC4001 or MARC4003. Students may incur materials costs in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MARC4003 Digital Architecture Research Studio |
12 |
This studio cannot be taken in the same semester with MARC4001 or MARC4002. Students may incur materials costs in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MARC5001 Graduation Studio |
12 | P MARC4001and MARC4002 and MARC4003 N ARCH5201, MARF5201 Students may incur materials costs in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Architectural Science and Technology |
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| MARC4101 Advanced Technologies 1 |
6 | C MARC(4001 or 4002 or 4003) N ARCH4202 |
Semester 1 |
| MARC5101 Advanced Technologies 2 |
6 | C MARC4001 or MARC4002 or MARC4003 N ARCH4203 |
Semester 2 |
Cultural Studies |
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| MARC4102 Modern Architectural Theory |
6 | N ARCH6104, ARCH9048, ARCH9049 |
Semester 2 |
| MARC4201 Modern Architectural History |
6 | N ARCH4102 |
Semester 1 |
Professional Practice |
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| MARC5102 Contract Documentation |
6 | C One of MARC4001, MARC4002, MARC4003, MARC5001 or MARC5201 N ARCH4103 |
Semester 2 |
Elective units of study |
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| Master of Architecture students may complete any other unit of study listed in Table G, the Faculty's table of graduate units of study, with permission of the unit coordinator concerned. | |||
Architectural Design |
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| MARC6202 Architecture Workshop A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students may incur materials costs in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| MARC6203 Architecture Workshop B |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students may incur materials costs in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
Architectural Science and Technologies |
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| DESC9014 Building Construction Technology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESC9138 Architectural and Audio Acoustics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESC9191 Building Acoustics and Noise Control |
6 | A Undergraduate architecture or engineering degree. |
S1 Late Int |
| MARC6101 Performance Based Modelling in Design |
6 | C One of MARC4001, MARC4002, MARC4003, MARC5001 or MARC5201 |
Semester 1 |
Art Workshops |
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| DESA9003 Graduate Art Studio (Photography) |
6 | N AWSS2023 Enrolment numbers limited by teaching resources. If your attempt to enrol online is unsuccessful, please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA9008 Object Design |
6 | N AWSS2020 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA9009 Public Art |
6 | N AWSS2001 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 |
| DESA9010 Painting |
6 | N AWSS2022 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA9011 Photography 2 |
6 | P AWSS2023 or DESA9003 N AWSS2024 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA9012 Screen Printing on Paper |
6 | N AWSS2026 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Int February |
| DESA9013 Sculpture |
6 | N AWSS2027 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 |
| DESA9014 Ceramics (Handbuilding) |
6 | N AWSS2010 Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 |
| DESA9015 Site Specific Art |
6 |
Please seek permission from the Tin Sheds Gallery, Wilkinson Building. Attendance at the first class is compulsory to maintain your place in the unit: allocation of spare places will be made at the first meeting. Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 2 |
Digital Architecture |
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| MARC6102 3D Computer Design Modelling |
6 |
Enrolment numbers limited by teaching resources. If your attempt to enrol online is unsuccessful, please seek permission from the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning Student Administration Centre. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IDEA9106 Design Thinking |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| IDEA9205 Art, Technology and Culture |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Heritage Conservation |
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| ARCH9074 History and Theory of Conservation |
6 | N ARCH9003 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9075 New Design in Old Settings |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Professional Practice |
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| DESC9047 Strategic Facility Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESC9048 Operational Facility Management |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DESC9074 Project Management |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MARC5201 Management in Architecture |
6 | N ARCH6201 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Social Studies |
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| ARCH9061 East Asian Arch and Urbanism (Classical) |
6 | N DESA2203, ARCH6202 This unit is offered in odd numbered years only. |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9064 East Asian Arch & Urbanism (Modern) |
6 | N ARCH9054 This unit is offered in even numbered years only. |
Semester 2 |
Sustainable Architecture |
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| DESC9015 Building Energy Analysis |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| DESC9111 Energy Management in Buildings |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DESC9169 Daylight in Buildings |
6 | N DESC9106 |
Int March |
| DESC9192 Energy Code Compliance in Buildings |
6 | A Undergraduate architecture or engineering degree. |
Semester 2 |
| PLAN9048 Environmental Design and Planning |
6 | Int October |
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Urban Architecture |
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| ARCH9062 Urban Design - Ideas and Methods |
6 | A Some prior study of architectural, urban or planning history. N ARCH9022 |
Semester 1 |
| ARCH9063 Urban Morphology |
6 | A Some prior study of architectural, urban or planning history. N ARCH9021 |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9001 Urban Design Studio A |
12 | C ARCH9062 or ARCH9063 Permission of coordinator required unless enrolled in the Master, Grad Dip or Grad Cert of Urban Design or MUrbDes(UrbDes & Plan) or MUrbDes(Arch & UrbDes). |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
General Electives |
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| ARCH9039 General Elective 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| ARCH9040 General Elective 2 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| ARCH9041 General Elective 3 |
4 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| ARCH9042 General Elective 4 |
4 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARCH9043 General Elective 5 |
2 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| ARCH9044 General Elective 6 |
2 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARCH9058 General Elective 7 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Int January Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| ARCH9059 General Elective 8 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Submit an Independent Study Approval Form, signed by your proposed supervisor, with your request to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
Course rules
Master of Architecture
These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended) and the Academic Board policies on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.
Course Resolutions
1 Course Codes
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Code |
Course title |
|---|---|
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CC165 |
Master of Architecture |
2 Attendance pattern
3 Master's type
0.
The master's degree in these resolutions is a professional master's course, as defined by the Coursework Rule.
4 Admission to candidature
(1)
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the following admission criteria. In exceptional circumstances the Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications but where evidence of experience and achievement is deemed by the Dean to be equivalent.
(a)
a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification, with a credit average across all units; and
(c)
completion of a recognised undergraduate program in architectural studies with a distinction average (75% or equivalent) over the final two years of study.
(3)
Other applications may be considered for graduates of a recognised undergraduate program in architectural studies without a distinction average with the provision of a portfolio and evidence of suitable work experience.
5 Requirements for award
(2)
To qualify for the award of the Master of Architecture a candidate must complete 96 credit points, including:
6 Credit for previous study
0.
Credit transfer is subject to the provisions of the Coursework Rule and the Resolutions of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning. Credit may be granted in the Master of Architecture for a unit of study completed in excess of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Design in Architecture only if that unit is deemed by the Dean to contribute to the degree requirements of the Master of Architecture.
7 Transitional provisions
(1)
These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature after 1 January, 2011 and students who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January, 2011 who elect to proceed under these resolutions.
(2)
Candidates who commenced prior to 1 January, 2011 may complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement, provided that requirements are completed by 1 January, 2016. The Faculty may specify a later date for completion or specify alternative requirements for completion of candidatures that extend beyond this time.