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Handbook Archive / 2025 / Architecture, Design and Planning / Postgraduate / Master of Building Performance and Sustainable Design / Unit of study table

Master of Building Performance and Sustainable Design

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 22 November 2024. View details of the changes below.

Master of Building Performane and Sustainable Design
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
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 & Co-design	6	P BPSD5010 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change Unit rules are prospective only' statement
BPSD6020 Building Lifecycles	6	P BPSD5000 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change Unit rules are prospective only' statement
BPSD6030 Building Systems	6	P BPSD5030 and BPSD5040 and BPSD5050 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change Unit rules are prospective only' statement
Capstone (Master of Building Performance and Sustainable Design)
BPSD6100 Integrated Design Capstone	12	P 48 credit points N BPSD6200 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change Unit rules are prospective only' statement
Research
The following unit may replace the capstone unit with the permission of the Program Director.
BPSD6200 Research Dissertation	12	P 48 credit points and a WAM of at least 75 N BPSD6100 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change Unit rules are prospective only' statement
Electives
Sustainable Design electives
MARC5330 Regenerative Design Technologies	6	N DESC9148
MARC5340 Advanced Building Envelopes	6	A Students should be familiar with architectural sketching and drawing, 3D modelling, building technology and construction process fundamentals, sustainable design principles P MARC5300
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
DESC9153 Graduate Internship	6	Masters students only. Graduate Diploma students with permission of the Program Coordinator. Advanced Standing will not be granted for this unit of study.

Post-publication amendments

Date	Original publication	Post-publication amendment
22/11/2024	Supplementary text for BPSD6010 missing.	Supplementary text for BPSD6010 added: "This unit of study is being developed, subject to change. Unit rules are prospective only"
22/11/2024	Supplementary text for BPSD6020 missing.	Supplementary text for BPSD6020 added: "This unit of study is being developed, subject to change. Unit rules are prospective only"
22/11/2024	Supplementary text for BPSD6030 missing.	Supplementary text for BPSD6030 added: "This unit of study is being developed, subject to change. Unit rules are prospective only"
22/11/2024	Supplementary text for BPSD6100 missing.	Supplementary text for BPSD6100 added: "This unit of study is being developed, subject to change. Unit rules are prospective only"
22/11/2024	Supplementary text for BPSD6200 missing.	Supplementary text for BPSD6200 added: "This unit of study is being developed, subject to change. Unit rules are prospective only"