Bachelor of Architectural Design Scholars Program for 2013

At a glance

Career opportunities

If you want to practice professionally as an architect, the Bachelor of Architectural Design is the first of the two degrees you will need. Once you successfully complete it, you're guaranteed entry into our two-year Master of Architecture.

With the Master of Architecture, you will be ready to practise. Our constantly changing built environment means a continual demand for architects exists in Australia and internationally.

Professional recognitions

Australian

The Monash architecture program is fully accredited. When you graduate from the five-year, Bachelor of Architectural Design and Master of Architecture program, you will meet the academic requirements for registration as an architect in Australia.

To register as an architect in Australia, you must also complete an additional two years of professional practice experience and pass the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia Architectural Practice Examination. For more details visit the [[http://www.arbv.vic.gov.au/default.aspx[]Architecture Registration Board of Victoria]].

As an architecture graduate, you will have to grapple with problems not yet imagined. Not simply a technician in the world of today, you will be a participant in shaping the world of tomorrow.

Why study Bachelor of Architectural Design Scholars Program?

Architects shape the environment that we live in. They can revitalise our cities, help us live more sustainably and create rich environments for us to live and work in. If this fits your passion, this degree is your first step in a two-degree program toward becoming an architect.

Be immersed in architecture from day one. With an emphasis on making, you will work across multiple media and scales, from drawing to digital fabrication to models and full-scale building. Through design media, you will learn to critically observe and test your ideas. You will also examine design and its relationship with urban networks, while developing an understanding of techniques and technologies.

Spend over half your degree in the architectural design studio. Explore areas such as housing, digital practices and sustainable urban design, and undertake studies that let you interact with communities and work on projects that benefit others - in 2012, our students created interactive kids' play spaces for 'ArtPlay' in Birrarung Marr.

You will be consistently presenting and discussing your projects, so you will develop specialist communication skills to engage clients and collaborate with other built-environment professionals.

Explore architecture in-depth through discipline-specific electives or choose interdisciplinary units that allow you to work on creative projects with your art and design peers. If you choose electives from other art and design areas, for example, interior architecture, communication design and fine arts, you can work with a range of techniques and materials, such as glass and metals. You can even brush up on your Italian, or pick up some marketing skills by taking interesting electives from another faculty.

Explore global issues and discover how to apply your knowledge to create local solutions. Our internationally diverse team of academics and visiting-architects program mean architects from around the world are in your studio, giving you the benefit of their global experiences. For example, in 2011, architecture students collaborated with Norwegian-based Rintala Eggertsson Architects to design and build the 'Sea Light Pavilion' at Docklands.

If that's not enough, you can study part of your degree at the Monash Centre in Prato, Italy, or pick from one of our travelling studios, taking you interstate or overseas to work on site specific projects.

Entry requirements

Clearly in ATAR score (2013):

  • 99.65 (Caulfield)

View entry requirements and applications for domestic students

Duration

3 years full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Average annual student contribution
$ 8,000 AUD
Note: see information on how average fee is calculated.

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Caulfield: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Course code: 3019

CRICOS code:

Find out more

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Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English, and a study score of at least 25 in mathematics (any). All applicants must achieve a minimum ATAR of 98.00 to be eligible for selection.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

  • A score of at least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL, and
  • A score of at least 4 in mathematics SL or 4 in mathematical studies SL or 4 in further mathematics SL or 3 in mathematics HL.

Applicants must achieve a minimum IB score of 40 to be eligible for selection.

Special application requirements

DIRECT APPLICANTS:

International Applicants (Non School Leavers Only): All applicants must submit a statement detailing their reasons for wanting study architecture and any work and/or study experience. For further information, please refer to the Faculty of Art & Design website.

Local Applicants: All local applicants must apply through VTAC. Please refer to above information.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

Qualification Caulfield
2013 ATAR clearly in for CSP 99.65

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications for on campus studies should be made online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.

Semester two (July)

This course is not available for second semester entry.