UWA Handbook 2025

Second Major Overview

Description

Studying Architecture provides you with a rich combination of experiences in imaginative creativity, the humanities and the sciences. Students learn about the conceptualisation and design of individual buildings, urban configurations and landscapes in response to existing and emerging economic, technical and social needs and desires. The major introduces students to a range of different technologies and production methods, both manual and digitally based, to create drawings, models and prototypes. Your practical studies are supported by investigating design communication, sustainable design and considerations of relevant historical, theoretical and ethical aspects of architecture. You emerge with a knowledge of how to use creative and rational inquiry to analyse and provide solutions to design problems, integrating emerging aesthetic, technical, social and ethical concerns. Students who wish to progress to the Master of Architecture must successfully complete the co-requisite Architecture majors : Architecture A and Architecture B

Students should be aware that this major does not provide a pathway to an Honours.

Outcomes

Students are able to:

1. demonstrate skills in conceptualising, developing technical solutions and actualising design propositions of a range of complexities from small and simple to propositions of medium complexity
2. present design propositions through a range of media, both digital and hand-drawn, and digital and physical models
3. demonstrate knowledge of the history and theory of the profession, and be capable of undertaking the professional architectural degree.

Broadening guidelines

All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so if this suits your aspirations. Over the next few months you will find here some broadening suggestions related to your degree-specific major. While we know that many students value guidance of this sort, these are only suggestions and students should not lose sight of the opportunity to explore that is afforded by your Broadening Choices. Advice can also be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office.

Corequisite

MJD-ARCTR Architecture A

Courses

Architecture B can only be taken as a second major in the following degree courses:

• BP011 Bachelor of Environmental Design
• BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)

Units