Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

This course is no longer offered. Current students should consult with a Course Adviser for enrolment advice.

The Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is open to graduates of the Bachelor of Architectural Studies and students who have completed year 3 of the BLArch. Having the two professional degrees allows graduates to combine the architecture course's strengths in the design and procurement of buildings with the landscape architecture course's strengths in designing, planning and managing environments ranging in scale from small urban spaces to entire geographical spaces.

The Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Landscape Architecture course has as its objectives that graduates:

• have an architectural knowledge base consisting of an integrated system of concepts, principles, theories, technical data and skills relating to the design and practice of architecture and landscape architecture with particular relevance to Australia and to the broader Asia-Pacific region;

• have a sound grasp of problem-solving techniques such that they are able to synthesise and apply this knowledge base in the planning and design of large-scale, programmatically complex, energy-efficient buildings;

• have developed critical techniques that enable them to take a professionally responsible role in the community through the formulation of independent evaluations of those social, economic and political institutions, existing conventions and new ideas that inform the practice of architecture and landscape architecture and its professional ethics;

• understand the social context of their discipline and have a critical appreciation of the aesthetic and functional implications of socio economic factors on the cultural significance of architecture;

• are competent designers, able to understand, develop and apply design tactics that are responsive to clients' needs with regard to the formal and functional organisation of the program;

• are able to engage in the self-directed study and research necessary to their advancement through postgraduate studies and/or the continuing development of their professional careers;

• have the ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts;

• are effective managers with a developed understanding of those principles of interpersonal, communication, management and leadership skills necessary for the successful practice of architecture;

• have an ability to act in a leadership capacity in the community of their profession and in the greater community;

• are technically and professionally competent and are able to demonstrate the acquisition of those professional and technical skills necessary to gain employment as a graduate architect or landscape architecture and to advance to full professional status through registration;

• understand the systems operating both in natural environments and in those environments that, as landscapes, manifest human intervention and culture;

• are equipped with basic skills which will be necessary to be able to intervene positively in the process of change to those landscapes through planning, design and management.

BAS Graduates - Year 1

Semester 2

Students should also undertake 705-173 Shaping the Metropolis and 606-301 Applied Ecology (Theory)

Year 2

Semester 1

Students to take electives if already completed subject listed.

Semester 2

Students to take electives if already completed subject listed.

Year 3 Option 1

Semester 1

Students should also take a design elective (see Course structure for Bachelor of Architecture)

Semester 2

Student to take one 12.5 point elective.

Year 3 Option 2

Semester 1

Students should also take a design elective (see Course structure for Bachelor of Architecture)

Semester 2

Student to take 25 points of elective subjects.

Applicants would have to meet the following requirements:

• An average of H3 (65%) or above in the third year of their BAS or BLArch course;

• The completion of nominated prerequisite subjects. Normally for BAS Students 705-216 History of Landscape Architecture (12.5p) (as history elective in BAS year 2, Semester 2 or as the elective in Year 3, Semester 2). For BLArch Students 702-204 Architectural Design 2A needs to be taken as a prerequisite (in lieu of 705-335 Advanced Urban Planning & Design normally taken in BLArch, Semester 1, Year 3);

• The achievement of 26 weeks of approved practical experience with either an architecture emphasis, a landscape architecture emphasis or a combination of both, after their third year of study.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability