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 studyCredit points

Year 1

Semester 1
ARCH9074Principles of Heritage Conservation6
ARCH9075New Design in Old Settings6
PLAN9068History and Theory of Planning and Design (recommended)/Elective6
MHST6913Indigenous Museums and Heritage (recommended)/Elective6
Semester 2
ARCH9028Conservation Methods and Practices12
ARCH9081Heritage Law and Policy6
ARCH9082Conservation of Traditional Buildings6

Year 2

Semester 1
ARCH9083Conversation of Modern Buildings6
ARCH9031Research Report12
ARCH9113Advanced Topics in Architectural History (recommended)/Elective
6