Bachelor of Design in Architecture
Table A: Units of study in the Bachelor of Design in Architecture
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Bachelor of Design in Architecture - Core units of study |
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| Candidates are required to complete all of the following core units: | |||
Junior units of study |
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| BDES1011 Architectural History/Theory 1 |
6 | A HSC Mathematics and HSC English Standard N DESA1102 |
Semester 1 |
| BDES1023 Architectural Technologies 1 |
6 | N DESA1102 |
Semester 2 |
| BDES1026 Architecture Studio 1A |
12 | C BDES1011 N : DESA1001 or BDES1010 or BDES1024 |
Semester 1 |
| BDES1027 Architecture Studio 1B |
12 | P BDES1026 or BDES1010 or DESA1001 C BDES1023 N BDES1020 or DESA1002 or BDES1012 |
Semester 2 |
Senior units of study |
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| BDES2013 Architectural Technologies 2 |
6 | P BDES1023 C BDES2026 N DESA2111 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BDES2024 Art in Architecture 2 |
6 | P BDES1026 or BDES1024 |
Semester 2 |
| BDES2026 Architecture Studio 2A |
12 | P BDES1027 or BDES1020 or DESA1002 C BDES2013 N : BDES2010 or DESA2001 or BDES2012 |
Semester 1 |
| BDES2027 Architecture Studio 2B |
12 | P BDES2026 and BDES1011 or BDES2010 or DESA2001 N : BDES2020 or DESA2002 or BDES2021 |
Semester 2 |
| BDES3011 Architectural History/Theory 3 |
6 | P BDES2027 or BDES2021 or DESA2111 N DAAP3001 |
Semester 1 |
| BDES3026 Architecture Studio 3A |
12 | P BDES2027 or BDES2013 or BDES2020 or DESA2002 N : BDES3010 or DESA3001 or BDES3023 |
Semester 1 |
| BDES3027 Architecture Studio 3B |
12 | P BDES3026 or BDES3010 or DESA3001 N : BDES3020 or DESA3002 or BDES3012 |
Semester 2 |
Recommended electives |
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| Students are strongly advised to undertake the following elective units of study: | |||
| AWSS1001 Architectural Sketching and Drawing |
6 | N DESA1601, DESA1602 Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 |
Master of Architecture - Prerequisite unit of study |
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| Candidates wishing to proceed to the Master of Architecture are required to complete the following prerequisite unit. This unit may count towards the senior Faculty electives. | |||
| BDES3025 Architectural Professional Practice |
6 | P BDES2027 |
Semester 2 |
Faculty electives |
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| Candidates are required to complete a minimum of 42 credit points of elective units of study, including a minimum of 12 credit points of senior elective units of study from those listed below. Candidates who have passed 96 credit points with a Credit average may request permission to enrol in graduate units from Table G, the table of graduate units of study, or Table M, the Master of Architecture, in this handbook. | |||
Senior Art in Architecture elective units of study |
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| AWSS2010 Architecture and Design Ceramic Processes |
6 | N DESA2634 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2015 Generative Drawing |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2020 Object Design |
6 | C DESA1555 N DESA2643 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2023 Architectural Photography 1 |
6 | N DESA2629 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2026 2D Print Processes in Design |
6 | N DESA2638 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2027 Architecture and Design Material Processes |
6 | N DESA2636 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Senior Architecture elective units of study |
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| DAAE2001 20th Century Australian Architecture |
6 | N DESA2305 |
Semester 2 |
| DAAE2002 Architecture, Place and Society |
6 | N DESA2211 |
Semester 1 |
| DESA3003 Architectural Detailing |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| DESA3004 Architecture and Diagrams |
6 | P 48 Credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| DESA3005 Architectural Drawing Through History |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| DESA3006 Architectural Investigations: Models |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA3007 Prefab Architecture |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive February |
| DESA3008 Architectural Models: Theory and Practice |
6 | P BDES1026 and BDES1027 and BAEN2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| DESA3009 Advanced Fabrication |
6 | P 96 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| DESA3010 Code to Production |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA3441 Design Architecture Independent Study A |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA3442 Design Architecture Independent Study B |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA3443 Design Architecture Independent Study C |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA3444 Design Architecture Independent Study D |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESA3552 Design Architecture General Elective B |
6 | P 48 credit points. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive January Intensive June Intensive November Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DESA3553 Design Architecture General Elective C |
6 | P 48 credit points. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive June Intensive November Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DESA3554 Design Architecture General Elective D |
6 | P 48 credit points. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive January Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| MARC6204 Graduate Exhibition |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Junior Architectural Science elective units of study |
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| DESA1004 Designing with Surfaces and Light |
6 | N DESA2612 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
Senior Architectural Science elective units of study |
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| DAAE2005 Designing with Colour |
6 | A DESA1004 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Early |
| DAAE2008 Innovative Building Structures |
6 | P BDES2013 N DESA2206 |
Semester 2 |
| DAAE3001 Sustainable Architectural Practice |
6 | P DESA2111 or BDES1023 or DESA1102 N DESA2201 or DESA2202 or DESA2207 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Junior Design Lab elective units of study |
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| DECO1012 Design Programming |
6 | N DECO2011 or SOFT1001 |
Semester 1 |
Senior Design Lab elective units of study |
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| DAAE2011 Intro to Visual Communication Design |
6 | P DAAE2009 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| DECO2010 Designing Social Media |
6 | N DECO2005 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 (SAC). First preference to Bachelor of Design Computing students. |
Semester 1 |
| DECO2101 Visual Communication |
6 | N DECO1015 or DECO1100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive June Semester 1 |
| DECO2102 Web Design and Technologies |
6 | N DECO1016 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 2a |
| DECO2103 3D Modelling and Fabrication |
6 | N DECO1003 or DECO1008 or DECO2001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3006 Animation and Motion Design |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Junior Planning elective units of study |
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| DESP1001 Introductory Urban Design and Planning |
6 | N DESP1201 |
Semester 2 |
Senior Planning elective units of study |
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| DESP2001 Planning for the Public Domain |
6 | N DESP2201 or DESP2203 |
Semester 1 |
| DESP2002 Planning for the Built Environment |
6 | N DESP2202 or DESP2204 |
Semester 2 |