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Bachelor of Architecture and Environments

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 21 November 2022 and was last amended on 02 December 2022.
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Bachelor of Architecture and Environments

Students must complete 144 credit points, including:
(a) 120 credit points of core unit of study
(b) 24 credit points of elective units of study, including:
(i) a minimum of 12 credit points of 2000-level or 3000-level elective units of study as listed in Table A

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units of study

1000-level units of study
DECO1006
Design Process and Methods
6  
BDES1011
Architectural History/Theory 1
6 A HSC Mathematics and HSC English Standard
N DESA1102
BDES1012
Architectural Communications 1
6 A HSC Mathematics and HSC English Standard or equivalent
N DESA1001
AWSS1002
Sketching and Drawing the Built Environment
6 N AWSS1001 or DESA1601 or DESA1602
BADP1001
Empirical Thinking
6  
BAEN1001
Design in Architecture
6  
BDES1023
Architectural Technologies 1
6 N DESA1102
DAAE1001
Living Cities
6 A DECO1006 and DECO1012 and BDES1011 and AWSS1001
2000-level units of study
BADP2002
City Form and Development
6 P DAAE1001 or (DAAE2002 and ENGG1850)
BADP2003
Light and Sound
6 C BAEN2001 and BADP2002
BAEN2001
Design Integration Lab: Materials
6  
BADP2001
Algorithmic Architecture
6 C BAEN2002
A Basic skills in 3D modelling
BAEN2002
Design Integration Lab: Energy
6 C BADP2001
BADP2004
Building Technologies
6 A AWSS1002
P BDES1023
C BAEN2002
3000-level units of study
BDES3023
Architectural Technologies 3
6 P (BDES2013 or BADP2004) or BDES2613
N DAAP3002 or BDES3603
BADP3001
Designing for Environmental Quality
6  
BAEN3001
Design Integration Lab: Urban
6 P DAAE1001 and BADP2002
C BDES3023 and BADP3001
BADP3002
Property and the Built Environment
6  

Capstone Unit

BAEN3002
Design Integration Lab: Capstone
12 P BAEN2001 and BAEN2002 and (BAEN3001 or BAEN3601)

Elective units of study

Master of Architecture - Prerequisite unit of study
BDES3025
Architectural Professional Practice
6 P BDES3023 or BDES3026 or BDES3616
1000-level units of study
DECO1012
Design Programming
6  
DESA1004
Designing with Surfaces and Light
6 N DESA2612
2000-level units of study
DECO2103
Architectural Modelling and Prototyping
6 A Basic understanding of design principles and design processes and how to apply them in practical design projects
P DESA1555 and completion of at least 36 credit points
DECO2101
Fundamentals of Visual Design
6 N DECO1015
This unit is for students who are not enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing. Students from the Bachelor of Design Computing should enrol in DECO1015.
DAAE2011
Intro to Visual Communication Design
6 N DAAE2009 or DECO1015 or DECO2101
GEOS2123
The Geography of Cities and Regions
6 P GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or DAAE1001
N GEOS2923
DAAE2005
Designing with Colour
6  
BADP2005
City Design and Urban Ecology
6 A It will be assumed that students have a basic awareness of social, environmental and political circumstances surrounding climate change, urban development and the concepts of sustainability
P 12 credit points of 1000-level units including DAAE1001
DAAE2008
Innovative Building Structures
6 P BDES1023
N DESA2206
DECO2015
Responsible Design for Innovation
6 P DECO2016 or DECO1006
DAAE2001
Australian Architecture
6 N DESA2305
3000-level units of study
ARCH3108
Industry and Community Projects
6 A Upper-level disciplinary knowledge
P 72 credit points
DECO3101
Innovation Design Studio
6 P DECO2016 or DECO1006
DAAE3001
Sustainable Architectural Practice
6 P BDES1023 or (DAAE1001 and DESA3011) or (DAAE2002 and DESP1001)
DESA3009
Advanced Fabrication

6 P 96 credit points
GEOS3520
Urban Citizenship and Sustainability
P GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GOES2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012
N GEOS3920
DESA3010
Code to Production
6 P 48 credit points

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
02/12/2022 Prerequisites (P) for GEOS3520 published as:
GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GOES2X15 or GEOS2X11 or LWSC2002
Prerequisites (P)  for GEOS3520 amended to:
P GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GOES2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012