Masters (Coursework)
School of Arts & Sciences, Fremantle Campus
Architecture enhances people's lives through the creation of meaningful human environments. Many key challenges of contemporary society-such as sustainability, housing affordability, ageing-in-place, city living and community building-often involve spatial issues. Architecture applies a holistic way of thinking and acting to combine creative design processes and technical skills with understandings of human, cultural and environmental issues.
Notre Dame's new Master of Architecture program provides a unique education, in the heart of Fremantle. In ethically, socially and environmentally responsible architecture where you are part of a small cohort of creative, critical-thinking students, embedded in architectural practice.
The strength of this program lies in its unique combination of the following:
The Design Studio is the central component of the curriculum where you apply your knowledge, creativity and strategic problem-solving skills in the design of built environments.
During practice placements, you apply your professional and technical learning in local practices under the supervision of a Registered Architect.
The curriculum focusses on diverse graduate employment opportunities and is mapped to the Australian National Standard of Competency for Architects. In addition to gaining professional competencies, you develop highlevel strategic research agility, resourcefulness and design innovation that opens up opportunities within traditional and non-traditional career pathways.
The personal experience of studying architecture at the Fremantle Campus is enhanced by the historic, artistic and architectural context of the city. Within the program there are opportunities to undertake studies in the Kimberley, Sydney and overseas.
Students with a bachelor-level degree in architecture, interior architecture, or its equivalent knowledge base, will enter into the two-year Master's program. The application process will include an interview based on a portfolio of bachelor-level work, including any relevant professional work.
Advanced standing and/or recognition of prior learning may be available towards this program by application to the Dean, or delegate, and in accordance with the University's General Regulations.
The program structure for the two-year program is as follows:
Year One:
Semester One
Winter Term
Semester Two
Year Two:
Semester One
Winter Term (or Summer Term)
Semester Two
See the Master of Architecture course descriptions.
View the schema of the program structure.
Full details of the Master of Architecture program requirements are contained in the Program Regulations.