Master of Building Performance and Sustainable Design
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Unit of study table
Master of Building Performane and Sustainable Design |
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| Students must complete 96 credit points, including: |
| (a) 54 credit points of core units of study; and |
| (b) 12 credit points of capstone units of study |
| (c) 30 credit points of elective units of study |
| (i) With the permission of the relevant delegate, a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units outside those listed in the table, including units of study offered by other faculties. |
Graduate Diploma in Building Performance and Sustainable Design |
| Students must complete 48 credit points, including: |
| (a) minimum of 36 credit points of core units of 5000 level; and |
| (b) maximum of 12 credit points elective units. |
| (i) With the permission of the relevant delegate, a maximum of 6 credit points can be taken as elective units outside those listed in the table, including units of study offered by other faculties. |
Graduate Certificate in Building Performance and Sustainable Design |
| Students must complete 24 credit points of core units, including: |
| (a) minimum of 18 credit points of core units of 5000 level; |
| (b) maximum of 6 credit points elective units. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units |
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| BPSD5000 Sustainable Design: Principles and Frameworks |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge of building design N DESC9147 |
| BPSD5010 Designing with Culture |
6 | |
| BPSD5020 Sustainable Building Technology Fundamentals |
6 | |
| BPSD5030 Indoor Environments |
6 | N DESC9201 |
| BPSD5040 Building Performance |
6 | N DESC9015 |
| BPSD5050 Data Science for the Built Environment |
6 | |
| BPSD6010 Social Sustainability in the Built Environment |
6 | P BPSD5010 |
| BPSD6020 Building Lifecycles |
6 | A BPSD5020 P BPSD5000 and minimum 24 credit points of core units of study |
| BPSD6030 Building Systems |
6 | P BPSD5030 and BPSD5040 and BPSD5050 |
Capstone (Master of Building Performance and Sustainable Design) |
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| BPSD6100 Integrated Design Capstone |
12 | P Completion of 48 credit points |
Research |
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| The following research unit (ARCH9031) may replace the capstone unit with the permission of the Program Director | ||
| DESC9300 Research in Arch. and Design Science |
6 | N ARCF9001 It is strongly recommended that students wishing to enrol in ARCH9031 complete this unit first. |
| ARCH9031 Research Report |
12 | |
Electives |
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Sustainable Design electives |
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| MARC5330 Regenerative Design Technologies |
6 | N DESC9148 |
| MARC5340 Advanced Building Envelopes |
6 | P MARC5300 |
| ARCH9100 Urban Design Foundations Studio |
6 | |
| IDEA9106 Design Thinking |
6 | |
Building Performance electives |
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| PHYS5032 Techniques for Sustainability Analysis |
6 | |
| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis |
6 | |
| SUST5003 Energy and Resources |
6 | |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis |
6 | |
| ARCH9110 Code to Production |
6 | |
Urbanism electives |
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| PLAN9075 Urban Data and Science of Cities |
6 | A Basic mathematics and statistics; all required programming and mathematics needed for the unit will be taught from the basics |
| ARCH9075 New Design in Old Settings |
6 | |
| ARCH9080 Urban Ecology, Design and Planning |
6 | |
Sustainability and Project Management electives |
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| SUST5006 Sustainability: Business and Leadership |
6 | |
| PMGT5896 Sustainable Project Practice |
6 | N PMGT5888 |
| PMGT5872 People and Communications |
6 | N PMGT6872 |
| PLAN9045 Economics for the Built Environment |
6 | |
| ARCH9090 Dialogue, Deliberation and Engagement |
6 | |
| PMGT5873 Project Economics and Procurement |
6 | N PMGT6873 |
| PMGT5875 Project Innovation Management |
6 | |
| PHYS5031 Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis |
6 | |
Audio & Acoustics electives |
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| DESC9090 Audio Systems and Measurement |
6 | |
| DESC9011 Audio Production |
6 | |
| DESC9115 Digital Audio Systems |
6 | |
| DESC9117 Sound Design for New Media |
6 | |
Illumination Design electives |
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| DESC9164 Lighting Technologies |
6 | N DESC9063 |
| DESC9166 Photometry and Colorimetry |
6 | N DESC9072 |
| DESC9167 Light and Vision |
6 | N DESC9085 |
| DESC9198 Subjective Analysis in Lighting Design |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge of lighting |
Other electives |
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| DESC9152 Practice of Lighting Design |
6 | A DESC9164 P At least 12 credit points of core advanced units of study in Illumination Design |
| DESC9153 Industry Placement |
6 | Masters students only. Graduate Diploma students with permission of the Program Coordinator. Advanced Standing will not be granted for this unit of study. |
| DESC9154 Lighting Design Software |
6 | A DESC9166, fundamental knowledge of lighting |
