Course: Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (912AA)

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Award: Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Course Level: 10
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Design
University Admissions Centre (UAC) Course Code: 363003
CRICOS Code: 058966M
Offered Locations and Delivery Modes:

• UC Bruce Campus
  • Part Time, Face-to-Face - Convener: Prof Stephen Frith (Ph: +61 2 6201 2045)
  • Full Time, Face-to-Face - Convener: Prof Stephen Frith (Ph: +61 2 6201 2045)

Introduction

The Bachelor of Arts in Architecture course offers a liberal arts and technical program for those with a special interest in architectural studies and provides the basis for a further postgraduate professional degree.

Students have the advantage of learning from and contributing to Australia's National Capital Canberra, an internationally recognised model design city. The architecture program reflects the design ethos of the capital in its education profile with opportunities for study that complement Canberra as a laboratory for design invention. Students also use community and government projects as study vehicles, engage with public policy in environment and design and have access to international design connections and alliances.

The course is characterised by project based design studio learning integrated with technical studies and research led teaching. History and theory themes related to landscape urbanism, cultural meaning in architecture and place making, modernism and urban policy and form underpin the course. Students engage in interdisciplinary and architecture specific studies and activities and are encouraged to participate in design discourse.

For students wishing to proceed towards a career in the architecture profession the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture can be used as a basis for admission to the two year Master of Architecture degree. Both of these degrees are professionally accredited courses and together provide the education pathway towards registration as an Architect in Australia.

The Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree also offers a pathway for postgraduate studies in a range of other design disciplines taught at the University including interior architecture and digital design.

Foundation units

• have content and learning outcomes of relevance to the majority of disciplines within the Faculty (FAD);
• can be integrated into elective Minors or Majors in undergraduate courses; and,
• are generally taught by a mix of academic staff from within FAD.

Course Requirements

72 credit points comprising
(a) Required (57 credit points) as follows:
- MJ0011 Major in Architecture Design (Restricted) (24 credit points)
- MN0129 Minor in Architecture Technology (Restricted) (12 credit points)

Required units as follows (21 credit points)
8404 Design Studio 3.2 (Architecture) Graduation Studio (6cp)
8322 Visual Representation
8330 Digital Environment
8418 Design History
8400 Introduction to Architecture History
8401 Architecture and the Modern World

(b) Restricted choice (9 credit points) as follows:
Students are required to complete two Faculty of Arts and Design Foundation units (6 credit points).

One of the following units (3 credit points):
8179 Contemporary Architecture Theories
8403 Capital Cities and Urban Form

(c) Open electives (6 credit points) as follows:
6 credit points open electives from any part of the university.

In choosing electives students should note that no more than 30 credit points at level one is permitted for the entire course.

There are also opportunities for cross-institutional study through the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) in digital representation, including CAD and REVIT, to be used as Level 1, 3 credit point elective study.

Typical Course Structure

Course Duration

Standard six semesters full-time or equivalent. Maximum twenty semesters.

Admission Requirements

Approved Credit arrangements.

Students who have completed the Advanced Diploma in Building Design at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), or at an equivalent NSW TAFE, are given a maximum 36 credit points advanced standing. Such students must also have achieved a credit in their design studio units at the CIT. These students enter the second year of the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture.

Students who have completed a year of any professionally accredited architecture program receive year for year credit, up to a maximum of 48 credit points.

Professional Recognition

The various State Boards of Architecture and the Australian Institute of Architects recognise the current Bachelor of Architecture as providing a suitable pathway towards entering the profession. The Bachelor of Arts in Architecture is part of the accredited program leading to the Master of Architecture degree.