Master of Building Performance and Sustainable Design
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Unit of study table
Master of Building Performance 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 | ||
| 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) | ||
| BPSD6100 Integrated Design Capstone | 12 | A This capstone must be completed in your final semester |
Research | ||
| 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 | ||
Sustainable Design electives | ||
| MARC5330 Regenerative Design Technologies | 6 | N DESC9148 |
| MARC5340 Advanced Building Envelopes | 6 | P MARC5300 or BPSD5020 |
| ARCH9100 Urban Design Foundations Studio | 6 | |
| IDEA9106 Design Thinking | 6 | |
Building Performance electives | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 Communication and Evaluation | 6 | A DESC9166, fundamental knowledge of lighting |