Bachelor (Honours)
Your architectural studies
You will begin with introductory and shared impact lab units where working with students from other disciplines you'll focus on problems and social issues and identify potential solutions connected to industry and community. Your introductory studies will also introduce you to visualisation skills and applications needed to formulate design as an exploration of the materials of the built environment.
Your studies will then build on these foundations and explore areas including environmental principles and the global movement of modern architecture with design studio units covering the process of design dwelling tectonics and public spaces.
Later in your degree you will be able to transfer skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience with work integrated learning.
Your urban and regional planning studiesIn your first year you'll complete units that will lay the foundations for the remainder of your course. You'll explore the built environment and receive an introduction to planning and design urban development law urban analysis and land-use planning. You will also develop your skills in negotiation and conflict resolution.
You will continue your studies in your second year building skills in site planning stakeholder engagement transport planning and planning law. From there you'll have the opportunity to refine your understanding of urban design and property development and use your cumulative knowledge to undertake environmental planning activities. You will also reflect on your work placement and consolidate your research skills.
In your final year you will explore advanced concepts of urban and regional planning as well as planning theory and ethics. You'll look at real-world planning projects in studio and research environments. Your studies will culminate in a major research project with a faculty mentor showcasing your acquired skills.
You will complete 30 days of approved work experience in the industry as part of your work integrated learning.
You will have employment opportunities internationally and in state and local government departments and agencies large multi-stranded development companies and professional architectural and planning consultancies. Career choices include urban design transport planning development assessment plan preparation for housing and industrial areas open space and recreational planning environmental protection and social and economic development.
The Urban and Regional Planning course has accreditation from the Planning Institute of Australia.
On completion of the two-year Master of Architecture and the required period of practical experience graduates are eligible to sit for registration as an architect in Australia.
In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 480 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) and 288 credit points from the Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning). You will study design and urban development units in your first four years and concentrate on urban development studies for the remainder of this course.
Design componentIn order to complete the Architecture major you must complete a total of 240 credit points of core units comprising:
The Urban and Regional Planning major component requires completion of 288 credit points (24 units) consisting of:
**Four units are completed as part of the Urban and Regional Planning component and will contribute to the completion requirements of both courses.
Study overseasStudy overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.
In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 480 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) and 288 credit points from the Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning). You will study design and urban development units in your first four years and concentrate on urban development studies for the remainder of this course.
Design componentIn order to complete the Architecture major you must complete a total of 240 credit points of core units comprising:
The Urban and Regional Planning major component requires completion of 288 credit points (24 units) consisting of:
**Four units are completed as part of the Urban and Regional Planning component and will contribute to the completion requirements of both courses.
Study overseasStudy overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.