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Master of Heritage Conservation

Enrolment planner

The program aims to develop core competencies in the following areas:

  • The documentation and assessment of culturally significant places, including buildings, sites and cultural landscapes.
  • The formulation of policy for culturally significant places and their effective management.
  • Understanding of the legal frameworks, policy positions and professional methods that govern heritage conservation practice.

You will be encouraged to think critically about:

  • How cultural value is determined.
  • Who should help to determine cultural value.

Planning your degree

The program has been designed so that some core units should be taken in a certain order and the remaining core and elective units fitted with them. A recommended enrolment planner for the core units of the degree follows.

Unit of study Credit points

Year 1

Semester 1
ARCH9074 Principles of Heritage Conservation 6
ARCH9075 New Design in Old Settings 6
PLAN9068 History and Theory of Planning and Design (recommended)/Elective 6
MHST6913 Indigenous Museums and Heritage (recommended)/Elective 6
Semester 2
ARCH9028 Conservation Methods and Practices 12
ARCH9081 Heritage Law and Policy 6
ARCH9082 Conservation of Traditional Buildings 6

Year 2

Semester 1
ARCH9083 Conversation of Modern Buildings 6
ARCH9031 Research Report 12
ARCH9113 Advanced Topics in Architectural History (recommended)/Elective
6