ARCHITECTURE
REGULATION 3.48 DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE 1. There shall be
(a) a degree of bachelor of Architecture;
and
(b) a degree of bachelor of Architecture with honours.
2. Candidates for the degree of bachelor of Architecture or for the degree of bachelor of Architecture with honours shall after matriculation pursue their studies for at least five years and pass examinations In accordance with the conditions prescribed.
3. (1) The subjects of the course for the degree and for the degree with honours and the conditions on which such subjects may be taken shall be prescribed by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the faculty of Architecture and Planning and published with the details of subjects.
(2) Points to be scored for each subject of the course and the order in which the subjects may normally be taken shall be prescribed from time to time by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the faculty and published with the details of subjects.
(3) Notwithstanding sub-sections (1) and (2) hereof, the faculty may allow a candidate to substitute for any subject of the course another subject of a University course which subject is, in its opinion, of at least equal standard and relevant to the candidate's course of study. The points to be scored for passing the examination in any such substituted subject shall be prescribed by the faculty.
4. No candidate may pursue a course of study in any year or receive credit for any examination passed in that year unless the candidate's selection of subjects for the year has been approved by the faculty.
5. (1) During each year a candidate shall perform such practical work, consisting of field, laboratory and drawing office work and attendance at demonstrations and excursions, and shall attend such tutorials as are prescribed by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the faculty and published with the details of subjects.
(2) A candidate who enrols for a second or subsequent time in any subject for which practical work is prescribed shall be required to repeat the whole of such practical work, save insofar as the candidate is exempted
•by the faculty.
6. (1) A candidate's progress in the candidate's course of study shall be by Years.
(2) A candidate shall be —
(a) in the First Year of the course until such time as the candidate's cumulative points score shall equal or exceed thirty points;
(b) in the Second Year of the course until such time as the candidate's cumulative points score shall equal or exceed seventy points;
(c) in the Third Year of the course until such time as the candidate's cumulative points score shall equal or exceed one hundred and ten points;
(d) in the Fourth Year of the course until such time as the candidate's cumulative points score shall equal or exceed one hundred and fifty points;
(e) in the Fifth Year of the course until such time as the candidate's cumulative points score shall equal or exceed two hundred points.
7. (1) A candidate who does not pass in a subject in any year may be credited by the faculty with the points to be scored for that subject, having regard to the candidate's performance in all subjects taken by the candidate at the examinations in that year, in accordance with principles determined by the faculty from time to time and approved by the Academic Board.
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scored for a subject pursuant to sub-section (1) hereof the candidate may be permitted to proceed with any requisite subject of a later Year of the course for which a pass in such subject may be a prerequisite.
8. Where pursuant to regulations subsequently repealed or amended, a candidate has passed in or obtained credit for any subject in the course for the degree of bachelor of Architecture, the faculty may determine in what further subjects the candidate must pass in order to obtain the degree and, notwithstand- ing anything to the contrary, the faculty may exempt the candidate from such subjects of the course as are In its opinion the substantial equivalent of subjects already passed pursuant to the repealed or amended regulations and may credit the candidate with the points to be scored therefor.
9. A candidate who has been an enrolled student of or is a graduate of another university or tertiary educational institution and enrols in the course for the degree of bachelor of Architecture may, with the approval of the faculty, be given credit for any subject which in the opinion of the faculty is the equivalent of a subject or subjects passed by the candidate in the course undertaken by the candidate at that other university or institution. The total number of points which may be scored by a candidate in respect of any subjects so credited shall not normally exceed one hundred and twenty.
10. A candidate who has complied with the prescribed conditions and obtained a cumulative points score equal to or exceeding two hundred points may be admitted to the degree of bachelor of Architecture.
11. (1) A candidate for the degree of bachelor of Architecture with honours shall complete the course for the degree of bachelor of Architecture in accordance with the preceding provisions.
(2) In each year the faculty shall, after considering the performance in the subjects of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the courte of each candidate who has in that year completed the course, publish a final honours class list which shall contain in order of merit, as determined by the faculty in accordance with rules prescribed from time to time by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the faculty and published with the details of subjects, the names of candidates who have been awarded first class or second class honours. Candidates so classed may be admitted to the degree of bachelor of Architecture with honours.
12. In this regulation "subject" shall include part of a subject.
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
The degree of bachelor of Architecture may be awarded as either a pass degree or a degree with honours.
The course for either the pass or honours degree is completed by accumulating 200 points, as credits for subjects passed, and may normally be completed in 5 years of academic study. The academic course includes drawing office and laboratory work and must normally be undertaken on a full-time basis.
SUBJECTS OF THE COURSE AND TYPICAL COURSE STRUCTURE The subjects for the degree and the points to be awarded for each subject are shown below.
Set out below is the typical course structure for the degree. Variations will be made to this course structure with the approval of the faculty and may occur where a student is granted credit for previous studies, where a student has failed in subjects of the course and is required to repeat those subjects, or to permit elective subjects to be taken at an earlier stage in the course. Those subjects with prerequisites and/or corequisites as set out in the section below, are designated with a dagger.
First Year
700-101 Introduction to Architecture and Building 25 points
700-126 Mathematical Method 1 5 points
700-146 Building Structures 5 points
700-151 Environmental Science 1 5 points
FIRST YEAR TOTAL 40 points
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Second Year
700-201f Architectural Design 2 15 points
700-214 European Architecture 10 points
700-246f Building Technology 2 10 points
700-252 Building Services 1 5 points
SECOND YEAR TOTAL 40 points
Third Year
700-301f Architectural Design 3 15 points
700-314t Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
Architecture 10 points
700-328 Professional Practice 1 5 points
700-346f Building Technology 3 5 points
700-353 Environmental Science 2 5 points
THIRD YEAR TOTAL 40 points
Fourth Year — Requisite Subjects
700-402 Architectural Design 4 15 points
700-413t Australian Architecture 5 points
700-429 Professional Practice 2 (Practice) 5 points
FOURTH YEAR REQUISITES 25 points
Fourth Year — Elective Subjects
E lective subjects from amongst the subjects Listed in Group A together with
approved external electives.
SELECTED ELECTIVES 15 points ,
FOURTH YEAR TOTAL 40 points
Fifth Year — Elective Subjects
Elective subjects from amongst the subjects listed in Group A and B together with approved external electives.
SELECTED ELECTIVES 40 points
FIFTH YEAR TOTAL 40 points
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
The elective subjects, the points to be awarded for each subject, and the category in which each subject is grouped, are shown below:
Group A
700-336 Project Control 5 points
700-340 Building Economics i 5 points
700-412 Asian Architecture 5 points
700-416f Investigation Project Al 10 points
700-417 Investigation Project A2 15 points
700-426t Mathematical Method 2 5 points
700-427 Design Method 5 points
700-430f Professional Practice 2 (Basic Finance) 5 points
700-433 Computer Programming 5 points
700-440f Building Economics 2 5 points
700-446 Building Technology 4 5 points
700-452 Building Services 2 5 points
700-454t Environmental Science 3D 5 points
700-4551 Environmental Science 3E 5 points
700-456t Environmental Science 3F 5 points
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PREREQUISITES Subject
700-201 Architectural Design 2
Architectural Design 3 Nineteenth &
Twentieth Century Architecture 700-413 Australian
Architecture 700-301
700-314
700-454 700-455 700-456
Environmental Science 3D Environmental Science 3E Environmental Science 3 F 700-437 Building Projects
Organisation GROUP B
700-4371 Building Projects Organisation 700-502 Architectural Design 5 700-516t Investigation Project B1 700-517 Investigation Project B2 700-5421 Research Report
5 points 20 points 10 points 15 points 20 points
Prerequisite 700-146 Building
Structures 700-101 Introduction to
Architecture and Building 700-246 Building
Technology 2 700-214 European Architecťure
or equivalent 700-314 Nineteenth &
Twentieth Century Achitecture
Environmental Science 2 Environmental Science 2 Building Structures
Professional Practice 2 (Practice) and
Professional Practice 2 (Basic Finance) OR
700-328 Professional Practice 1, and
306-101 Accounting A
700-139 Principles of Economics A Grade of C or higher in subjects with a direct bearing upon the area of study of the Investigation Project.
A Grade of C or higher in Investigation Project A.
700-440 Building Economics 2 700-416 Investigation 700-516 Project AB 700-542 Research Report
700-353 700-353 700-151 Either:
700-429 700-430
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Elective subjects may, with the approval of the Faculty, be chosen from the subjects of the bachelor degree courses within the Faculty or in other faculties or boards of studies.
In considering elective subjects for approval note will be taken of the relevance of the subject to training in Architecture. Before approving an external elective subject the Faculty will need to be satisfied that time-table arrangements are satisfactory.
Points to be awarded for external elective subjects will be based on a standard 40 point year, will reflect an assessment of the relationship of the subjects to a normal year's work load in the department concerned and will be agreed between the department and the Faculty. Approval will not normally be given for external elective subjects totalling more than an equivalent of 10 points in any one Year, except that special approval may be given where a single external elective subject has an approved points rating in excess of 10 points..
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APPROVAL OF COURSES
All candidates must obtain the approval of the Faculty for their proposed choice of subjects and the year in which the subjects are to be taken. Students are encouraged to consult members of the teaching staff to plan the selection of electives to give consistent development of areas of study through the course. Any changes proposed subsequent to the approval of the course must also be approved.
An authority to enrol, setting out the approved course for the year, must be obtained from the Faculty Office before completing an enrolment at the Student's Records Office. Approval procedures, including interviews with lecturing staff where necessary, will take place between the date of publication of results In December and the middle of January.
AVAILABILITY OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
It is unlikely that all elective subjects will be offered every year. The teaching of an elective will depend oh staff availability and demand from students.
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Candidates are not required to obtain practical experience in architecture in order to qualify for admission to the degree. However, the Faculty strongly recommends that candidates obtain some practical experience during long vacations so that they can better relate their academic studies to professional practice. The Faculty will approve applications for leave-of-absence from the course from candidates who have arranged a long period of employment in an architectural practice or who wish to travel to observe sites of architectural significance. The Faculty reserves the right not to approve every such application, as approval will depend on overall student numbers.
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE WITH HONOURS
The degree course bachelor of Architecture with honours is available where a high level of honours in the later years of the course is gained. The course programme is the same as for the pass degree. The candidate will be eligible for the honours degree if the level of honours gained satisfies the level required by faculty.
WORKING RULES
Degree of Bachelor of Architecture with Honours
The degree of B.Arch (Ions) shall be awarded on the basis of a review of the student's course for the degree of bachelor of Architecture. The review of the course shall be conducted in such a way as not to exclude a candidate whose academic results become distinguished only in the latter part of the course;
candidates with a consistently high performance throughout the course and "late developers" both could obtain the degree with Honours.
1. There shall be a Final Honours Committee of the Faculty comprising the Dean, the chairmen of the departments of the Faculty and a member of the department of Architecture and Building appointed by Faculty after consultation with the chairman of department.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the Final Honours Committee to:
(a) publish the conditions of eligibility for honours candidature prior to the date fixed for re-enrolment in January of each year;
(b) determine the list of candidates who qualify for the honours degree and to grade them in the following divisions: first class honours; second class honours (division A) and second class honours (division B).
(c) determine a class list of those candidates who are eligible for a place in the list of honours graduates ranked in order of merit.
3. To be considered for the award of a degree with honours a student must complete all the requirements for the award of the pass degree.
4.1 The following classes of candidates shall be eligible for the award of an honours degree:
(a) candidates who have completed all the requirements for the award of the pass degree and who have taken subjects from the list of approved subjects and which carry a total of not less than 80 points in the last two 36
years of the course, provided however that approved subjects taken in another institution on a complementary course basis may be included in the minimum requirement of 80 points.
(b) candidates who have received credit for subjects completed at another tertiary institution and who will qualify for their bachelor degree at the University of Melbourne by taking subjects drawn from the list of approved subjects and which carry less than a total of 80 points;
(c) special cases who, in the opinion of the Final Honours Committee merit inclusion in the class list.
4.2 A student who is deemed to have qualified for the award of the degree with honours may elect to graduate with the pass degree.
5. Honour points shall be awarded on the basis of results obtained in the subjects of the approved course of the candidate during the final two years of the course.
6. Where a candidate has completed more subjects than are required for the Bachelor degree the candidate's performance in any such additional subject may be disregarded in assessing his honours score.
7.1 Honour points shall be awarded where the candidate obtains specific grades in approved subjects of the course on the following basis: *
PENULTIMATE YEAR
Grade Subject Credit Points
5 points 10 points 20 points
Grade A 2.50 5 10
Grade B 75-79% 1.50 3 6
Grade B 70-74% 1.00 2 4
Grade C 65-69% 0.63 1.25 2.50
FINAL YEAR
Grade Subject Credit Points
5 points 10 points 20 points
Grade A 5 10 20
Grade B 75-79% 3 6 12
Grade B 70-74% 2 4 8
Grade C 65-69% 1.25 2.5 5
In subjects of credit points rating intermediate to those listed above, the honour points awarded shall be proportioned to the credit points rating of the subject.
Without prior approval of the chairman of department, no student shall be eligible for honour points gained in subjects within the faculty taken in the Third Year which are first available in the First Year or for subjects within the faculty taken in the Fourth Year which are first available in the Second Year or earlier.
7.2 For candidates in categories 4(b) and 4(c) the Final Honours Committee shall, before the commencement of examinations in the Final Year of the course, determine the special basis for assessing the eligibility for the class of honour to be awarded to such candidates and shall advise both the candidate and the Faculty of such determination.
8. A candidate who has failed in any subject eligible for the award of Honour points shall lose points for each failure on the following basis:
Subject Credit Points 5 points 10 points ' 20 points
Honour Points Deduction 1.25 2.50 5
Where failure occurs in subjects with credit points rating intermediate to those listed above, the honour points deducted shall be proportional to the credit points rating of the subject.
9. In special cases where candidates would not otherwise obtain an honours degree the Final Honours Committee is empowered to take into account hardship 37
or illness detracting from a candidate's academic performance in assessing the final honours score of the candidate.
10. Where a candidate has presented for a deferred or special examination the result obtained in such an examination shall be taken into account in the assessment of that candidates honours score.
11. The Final Honours Committee shall, after considering the whole of the candidate's course, decide whether the candidate shall be admitted to the degree with either first class,second class (division A) or second class (division B) honours.
The Committee shall publish a class list of the names of candidates qualified to be so admitted, the order of merit to be based on the collation of the results of such candidates in the examinations in approved subjects of the final two Years of the candidates course.