ARCHImaster

Coursework Master Degrees of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Aims & objectives The Master by program-work degrees allow students to explore architectural or landscape architectural issues within both practical and theoretical frameworks. The degrees aim to produce highly capable graduates, keen to enter the discipline of architecture or landscape architecture as productive successful individuals who are creative, insightful and intellectually skilled in their approach to the profession and their practice. Career & professional relevance Graduates will have an understanding of both the industry and academia and will have the necessary education and skills to enter their own pursuits in either area at a level higher than the bachelor degree. The degrees have a project oriented approach to the technical and practical matters of practice within a philosophical and theoretical context. Postgraduate program-work degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, are designed to give students a qualification that should be fully accredited and professionally recognised within Australia. Accreditation for these master degrees is currently in process. Graduates have several career options open to them.Most begin practicing, some move on to academia and some seek to apply their education within multi-disciplinary fields such as project management, manufacturing and industrial design, large scale design and environmental design. Electives & exchange programs Typically the M.Arch.(Coursework) and M.L.Arch. degrees have no elective structure however the School is eager to support student exchange programs, allowing students in architecture and landscape architecture to study alternative courses in Europe, Asia or North America. Through the University, the School has exchange agreements with the Universities of Stuttgart, KTH in Sweden, McGill in Montreal Canada, Delft in Holland, Washington State in Seattle, California at Berkeley and USM in Penang, Malaysia. Prerequisite qualifications Entry to the Master of Architecture (Coursework), requires the successful completion of the Honours Bachelor of Design Studies (with an Architectural Studies major), or other award of the School or an equivalent award of another University course to approval by the School.Graduates from non-design studies degrees will be required to complete a one year bridging program offered by the School before they are accepted for candidature (see Graduate Diploma in Design Studies). Entry to the Master of Landscape Architecture, requires the successful completion of the Honours Bachelor of Design Studies (with a Landscape Studies major), or other award of the School or an equivalent award of another University course to approval by the School.Graduates from non-design studies degrees will be required to complete a one year bridging program offered by the School before they are accepted for candidature (see Graduate Diploma in Design Studies Landscape). Program structure The accompanying tables illustrate the structure of the Master of Architecture (Coursework)and Master of Landscape Architecture (Coursework) degrees. Master of Architecture (Coursework) Level I Semester 1 Subject/Catalogue No Title Units ARCH 4000 Architecture Studio IC 6 ARCH 4025 Architecture Studio IB 6 Semester 2 ARCH 4003 Architecture Studio ID 6 ARCH 4016 Architecture Studio IA 6 Level II Semester 1 Subject/Catalogue No Title Units ARCH 5018 Architecture Studio II 8 ARCH 5024 Architecture Practice II 4 Semester 2 ARCH 7008 Architecture Masters Project II 12 Level III Semester 1 Subject/Catalogue No Title Units ARCH 7005 Architecture Masters Dissertation 12