Architecture Major

Bachelor of Environments

Architects combine creative vision, innovation, technological understanding to shape how we live.

Course Plans

The Architecture major Handbook entry stipulates the complete requirements for the Architecture major.

Always use the University Handbook as your primary course planning tool.

Commenced 2016

Semester 1 Intake

Year 1

Changing Melbourne

Global Foundations of Architecture

Level 1 Environments elective

Breadth

Year 1
Semester 2

Constructing Environments OR Construction as Alchemy

Designing Environments

Level 1 Environments elective

Breadth

Year 2
Semester 1

Architecture Design Studio: Earth

Environments Elective

Environments Elective

Breadth

Year 2
Semester 2

Environments Elective (Architecture Design Studio: Water recommended)

Construction Analysis

Environments Elective

Breadth

Year 3
Semester 1

Architecture Design Studio: Air

Construction Design

Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo

Breadth OR
Environments Elective

Year 3
Semester 2

Architecture Design
Studio: Fire

Environmental Building Systems

Breadth OR
Environments Elective

  First-year subjects   Major subjects   Elective subjects   Breadth subjects   Free points

*** Students who have not yet completed Changing Melbourne will instead complete ENVS10002 Reshaping Environments


Commenced Pre-2016

Students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments prior to 2016 should refer to the B Envs Handbook entry for the year they commenced in conjunction with the current Handbook listings for Environments elective and Breadth subject availability.


Environments Electives

Environments electives are subjects approved as Environments discipline subjects in the Bachelor of Environments. The full list of Environments electives is available here.

Breadth

Students should refer to the Bachelor of Environments Handbook entry for details of breadth requirements and to access a complete listing of available breadth subjects.

Breadth restrictions in the Architecture major


Students undertaking the Architecture major are not permitted to take as breadth:

  • any Art History subjects (subject codes beginning AHIS)
  • certain Planning, Design or Construction subjects

Refer to the Architecture Handbook entry for full details.

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