• Pre-2012 rules
    • 2. Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts Rules

      Note: For the convenience of students and staff, the course code is recorded against the title of each course. This information, however, does not form part of the rules.

      Rules approved up to May 2014.

      Definitions

      Unless the context suggests otherwise—

      a core unit means a unit which is a compulsory unit in a course;

      an option means a unit chosen from among a range of given options;

      an elective means a unit which a student may choose freely from among the units available in the University, subject to the rules of the unit concerned and to any Faculty rule that governs the number of points that must or may be counted towards the degree from units of a particular level;

      the level of a unit indicates the amount of prior knowledge or maturity of learning required to study it successfully;

      the Faculty includes a body or person to whom the Faculty has delegated responsibility for a function covered by the rule concerned;

      a Design unit means a unit to the value of 12 points undertaken in a studio-based environment resulting in the production of a portfolio of design work in the disciplines of Architecture, Landscape Architecture or Fine Arts.

      • Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts Rules for undergraduate courses
        • 2.1 Rescinded
        • 2.2 Bachelor's degrees

          Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are only available to re-enrolling students.

          • 2.2.1 General provisions for bachelor's degrees
            Prerequisites

            2.2.1.1(1) Prerequisites for units are set out under ‘Unit details’.

            (2) Unless the Faculty approves otherwise, students are not permitted to enrol in units unless they have completed the necessary prerequisite unit(s) within the previous seven years.

            Academic Conduct Essentials module

            2.2.1.1A(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in a course of the University for the first time, irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake a module called Academic Conduct Essentials (the ACE module) in the teaching period in which they are first enrolled.

            (2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.

            (3) A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in the rules for the course.

            (4) A student who fails to make satisfactory progress in terms of (3) is assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet the other requirements for satisfactory progress set out in the rules for the course.

            Satisfactory progress

            2.2.1.2(1) Subject to (2) and (3) to make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.

            (2) Students who remain enrolled in a Design unit after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty in two or more teaching periods in a calendar year must pass at least one of those Design units.

            (3) Students who fail the same Design unit twice will not have made satisfactory progress.

            [(2) and (3) are approved additions to University Policy]

            Progress status

            2.2.1.3 Unless the Board of Examiners determines otherwise in light of exceptional circumstances—

            (a) when a student fails to make satisfactory progress for the first time, a progress status of 'Suspended' is assigned;

            (b) when a student fails to make satisfactory progress for the second time, a progress status of ‘Excluded’ is assigned.

            Restriction on enrolment

            2.2.1.4 A student must not enrol in more than one Design unit or more than one Art: Studio Investigations unit or more than one Art: Advanced Studio unit in each semester.

          • 2.2.2 Bachelor of Environmental Design pass degree (25120) Only available to re-enrolling students.

            Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students. Re-enrolling students should contact the ALVA Student Office via askUWA for a revised study plan in line with the University Policy on: Courses: Transition Arrangements (Undergraduate).

            Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

            2.2.2.1(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.

            (2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

            Course structure

            2.2.2.2 The course consists of units to a total value of 144 points comprising—

            (a) all units in Table 2.2.2a (Bachelor of Environmental Design pass degree core units)—90 points

            and

            (b) two units from Group A and two units from Group B in Table 2.2.2b (Bachelor of Environmental Design pass degree options)—48 points

            and

            (c) one unit from Group C in Table 2.2.2b (Bachelor of Environmental Design pass degree options)—6 points.

            Prerequisites

            2.2.2.3(1) A student—

            (a) must complete all the core units of a level before being permitted to enrol in any Design units of a higher level; and

            (b) must not take any Level 3 unit without having successfully completed all Level 1 requirements.

            (2) In exceptional circumstances, the Faculty may waive the requirements of (1)(a) and (b).

            Time limit

            2.2.2.4(1) Unless the Faculty approves an extension, the time limit is six years from the beginning of the semester in which the first unit is credited towards the course.

            [Approved exception to University Policy]

            (2) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from a completed degree course, the credit dates from the year of first enrolment in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Design.

            (3) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from an incomplete degree course, the credit dates from the year in which the unit or units were passed.

            • Table 2.2.2a—Bachelor of Environmental Design pass degree core units
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              Level 1
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT1100Environmental Design 1a (12 points) 1
              ARCT1101Environmental Design 1b (12 points) 1
              ARCT1120Art and Architectural History 1
              ARCT1130Introduction to the Constructed Environment 1
              ARCT1141Digital Design 1 1
              VISA1102Art: Idealism to the Everyday 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Level 2
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT2210Architecture: Modern History 1
              ARCT2220Architecture: Australian Studies 1
              ARCT2230Architectural Technology 2 1
              ARCT2241Digital Design 2 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Level 3
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT3310History and Theories of the Built Environment 1
              ARCT3330Architectural Technology 3 1
              ARCT3350Environmental Architecture 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

            • Table 2.2.2b—Bachelor of Environmental Design pass degree options
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              Group A
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT2201Architectural Design 2b (12 points) 1
              ARCT2203Architectural Design 2a—Sustainability (12 points) 1
              ARCT2205Architectural Design 2c—Sustainability (12 points) 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Group B
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT3301Architectural Design 3b (12 points)
              ARCT3303Architectural Design 3a—Project Implementation (12 points)
              ARCT3305Architectural Design 3c—Project Implementation (12 points) 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Group C
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT3320Architecture: Special Elective Studies 1
              ARCT3391Sharing Space 1
              N/AHART2207Caravaggio and the Baroque
              N/AHART2234Film Noir to the New Wave
              N/AHART2243Imagist Avant-Garde Film
              HART2266Aboriginal Contemporary Art
              N/AHART3310Art and Games: from Dada to Data
              S1HART3330Art Writing
              N/AHART3340Materialist Avant-Garde Film
              N/AHART3375Twenty-first Century Art
              LACH2220Landscape in Australia 1
              LACH3320Landscape Theory: Culture of Nature 1
              VISA2203Art in Australia 1
              VISA2204Art and Ecology in Digital Culture 1
              VISA2211The Big Picture: Recurring Themes in Western Art and Architecture 1
              VISA2213Art: Special Studies
              VISA2214Aesthetic Crossovers of Art and Science
              VISA2216Art, Place and Identity 1
              VISA2227Feminist Interventions in Art 1
              VISA2228Feminist Theory and Practice 1
              VISA2232Art of Drawing 2
              VISA2237Nineteenth-century British Art
              VISA2241History of Industrial Design 1
              VISA2244Art of Sculpture
              VISA2245Transcultural Desires 1
              VISA2246Video Art
              VISA2248American Visual Culture
              VISA2249Art and Life Manipulation
              VISA2250The Body in Art 1
              VISA2251Art in the Environment
              VISA2252Art, Alchemy and Shamanism 1
              VISA2267Perth Visual Culture: Internationalism and Modernisation 1870–1930 1
              VISA2268Surrealism
              VISA2269Studies in the Renaissance: Italian Art History and Theory of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 1
              VISA3320Art of the Reformation 1
              VISA3360Painting into Film: the Reversed Canvas from Velazquez to Antonioni 1
              VISA3370Art and Pop 1
              VISA3385Cubism and its Diasporas 1
              VISA3390The Grand Tour: Visual and Verbal Contrasts from the Age of Enlightenment to the Era of Mass Tourism 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

          • 2.2.3 Rescinded
          • 2.2.4 Rescinded
          • 2.2.5 Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree (25150) Only available to re-enrolling students.

            Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students. Re-enrolling students should contact the ALVA Student Office via askUWA for a revised study plan in line with the University Policy on: Courses: Transition Arrangements (Undergraduate).

            Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

            2.2.5.1(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.

            (2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

            Course structure

            2.2.5.2 The course consists of units to a total value of 144 points comprising—

            (a) all units in Table 2.2.5a (Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree core units)—96 points

            and

            (b) units to a total value of 48 points chosen from Level 2 or 3 in Table 2.2.5b (Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree options).

            Prerequisites

            2.2.5.3 Unless the Faculty permits otherwise in light of exceptional circumstances, a student must complete—

            (a) all Level 1 requirements before being permitted to enrol in any Level 2 Art: Studio Investigations unit; and

            (b) Level 2 units to a minimum of 12 points from Table 2.2.5b (Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree options) before being permitted to enrol in any Level 3 Art: Advanced Studio units.

            Time limit

            2.2.5.4(1) Unless the Faculty approves an extension, the time limit is six years from the beginning of the semester in which the first unit is credited towards the course.

            [Approved exception to University Policy]

            (2) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from a completed degree course, the credit dates from the year of first enrolment in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts.

            (3) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from an incomplete degree course, the credit dates from the year in which the unit or units concerned were passed.

            • Table 2.2.5a—Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree core units
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              VISA1102Art: Idealism to the Everyday 1
              VISA1105Art in the Age of Modernism 1
              VISA1106Art in Postmodern Visual Culture 1
              VISA1107Art of Drawing 1 1
              VISA1151Art: Studio Introduction 1 1
              VISA1152Art: Studio Introduction 2 1
              VISA1161Art: Film Introduction 1 1
              VISA1162Art: Film Introduction 2 1
              VISA2253Art: Studio Investigations 1 1 (12 points)
              VISA2254Art: Studio Investigations 2 1 (12 points)
              VISA3355Art: Advanced Studio 1 (12 points)
              VISA3356Art: Advanced Studio 2 (12 points)

              1 This unit is no longer available.

            • Table 2.2.5b—Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree options
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              Level 2
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT2210Architecture: Modern History 1
              ARCT2220Architecture: Australian Studies 1
              ARCT3310History and Theories of the Built Environment 1
              N/AHART2207Caravaggio and the Baroque
              N/AHART2234Film Noir to the New Wave
              N/AHART2243Imagist Avant-Garde Film
              HART2266Aboriginal Contemporary Art
              LACH2220Landscape in Australia 1
              LACH3320Landscape Theory: Culture of Nature 1
              VISA2203Art in Australia 1
              VISA2204Art and Ecology in Digital Culture 1
              VISA2211The Big Picture: Recurring Themes in Western Art and Architecture 1
              VISA2213Art: Special Studies
              VISA2214Aesthetic Crossovers of Art and Science
              VISA2216Art, Place and Identity 1
              VISA2227Feminist Interventions in Art 1
              VISA2228Feminist Theory and Practice 1
              VISA2232Art of Drawing 2
              VISA2237Nineteenth-century British Art
              VISA2241History of Industrial Design 1
              VISA2244Art of Sculpture
              VISA2245Transcultural Desires 1
              VISA2246Video Art
              VISA2248American Visual Culture
              VISA2249Art and Life Manipulation
              VISA2250The Body in Art 1
              VISA2251Art in the Environment
              VISA2252Art, Alchemy and Shamanism 1
              VISA2267Perth Visual Culture: Internationalism and Modernisation 1870–1930 1
              VISA2268Surrealism
              VISA2269Studies in the Renaissance: Italian Art History and Theory of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Level 3
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              N/AHART3310Art and Games: from Dada to Data
              S1HART3330Art Writing
              N/AHART3340Materialist Avant-Garde Film
              N/AHART3375Twenty-first Century Art
              VISA3320Art of the Reformation 1
              VISA3360Painting into Film: the Reversed Canvas from Velazquez to Antonioni 1
              VISA3370Art and Pop 1
              VISA3385Cubism and its Diasporas 1
              VISA3390The Grand Tour: Visual and Verbal Contrasts from the Age of Enlightenment to the Era of Mass Tourism 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

          • 2.2.6 Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree (2515H) Only available to re-enrolling students.

            Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students. Re-enrolling students should contact the ALVA Student Office via askUWA for a revised study plan in line with the University Policy on: Courses: Transition Arrangements (Undergraduate).

            Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

            2.2.6.1(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.

            (2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

            Admission

            2.2.6.2 To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have the Bachelor of Fine Arts pass degree of this University with an average of at least 65 per cent over the Level 2 and 3 units to the value of 72 points in which the student has gained their highest marks, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty.

            Course structure

            2.2.6.3 The course consists of units to a total value of 48 points comprising all units in Table 2.2.6a (Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree core units).

            Submission date

            2.2.6.4 Unless the Faculty permits otherwise, VISA7480 Honours Project 2 must be submitted by the last day of the last teaching week of the semester in which it is to be completed.

            Examination of dissertation and exhibition

            2.2.6.5 The Faculty must appoint two examiners for each dissertation and two examiners for each exhibition, who provide written reports.

            • Table 2.2.6a—Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree core units
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              VISA7479Honours Project 1 (12 points)
              VISA7480Honours Project 2 (18 points)
              VISA7481Honours Seminar 1
              VISA7482Honours Seminar 2
              VISA7483Honours Seminar 3
          • 2.2.7 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture pass and honours degree (25140) Only available to re-enrolling students.

            Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students. Re-enrolling students should contact the ALVA Student Office via askUWA for a revised study plan in line with the University Policy on: Courses: Transition Arrangements (Undergraduate).

            Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

            2.2.7.1(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.

            (2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

            Pass degree
            Course structure

            2.2.7.2 The course consists of units to a total value of 192 points comprising—

            (a) all units in Table 2.2.7a (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture pass degree core units)—180 points

            and

            (b) one unit from Group A in Table 2.2.7b (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture pass degree options)—6 points

            and

            (c) one unit from Group B in Table 2.2.7b (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture pass degree options)—6 points

            and

            (d) professional work experience as set out in Rule 2.2.7.4.

            Prerequisites

            2.2.7.3 Unless the Faculty permits otherwise in exceptional circumstances, a student—

            (a) must complete all requirements of a level before being permitted to enrol in any Design units of a higher level;

            (b) must not take any Level 3 unit of the course without having successfully completed all Level 1 requirements;

            (c) must not take any Level 4 unit of the course without having successfully completed all Level 2 requirements.

            Professional work experience

            2.2.7.4(1) Before qualifying for the degree, a student must have completed at least 16 weeks of full-time, or the equivalent part-time, professional work experience considered appropriate by the Faculty.

            (2) Of the period of professional work experience required, students must complete at least four weeks full-time, or the part-time equivalent, prior to commencing the final 48 points of study in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture.

            (3) Of the period of professional work experience required, students must complete at least eight weeks full-time, or the part-time equivalent, under the supervision of a registered landscape architect.

            (4) Any professional work experience gained must be for a minimum period of four consecutive weeks with one employer.

            (5) Students must make their own arrangements for professional work experience with advice from the Associate Dean.

            (6) Students must provide proof of their professional work experience in accordance with the guidelines available from the Faculty.

            (7) The Faculty may waive or vary the requirement for professional work experience if it is satisfied that the conditions of (1) to (6) cannot be met.

            Time limit

            2.2.7.5(1) Unless the Faculty approves an extension, the time limit is eight years from the beginning of the semester in which the first unit is credited towards the degree.

            [Approved exception to University Policy]

            (2) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from a completed degree course, the credit dates from the year of first enrolment in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture.

            (3) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from an incomplete degree course, the credit dates from the year in which the unit or units concerned were passed.

            Honours degree
            Admission

            2.2.7.6(1) The admission requirements are—

            (a) completion of the Level 1, 2 and 3 requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from this University with an average weighted mark of at least 65 per cent;

            and

            (b)(i) for students who intend to pursue the Landscape Honours Dissertation option, a mark of at least 70 per cent in LACH3320 Landscape Theory: Culture of Nature and completion of LACH4420 Research in Landscape Architecture at a sufficiently high level; or

            (ii) for students who intend to pursue the Landscape Honours Studio option, a mark of at least 70 per cent in each of LACH3301 Landscape Urban Studio and LACH3302 Landscape Garden Studio and completion of LACH4420 Research in Landscape Architecture at a sufficiently high level;

            and

            (c) for students who intend to pursue the Landscape Honours Studio option, completion of LACH4401 Landscape Detail Studio at a sufficiently high level.

            (2) A student who has obtained a fail grade for any Level 3 or 4 unit will not be considered for the award of honours.

            (3) In exceptional circumstances, the Faculty may permit a student who does not meet the requirements set out in (1) and (2) to study for the degree with honours.

            Course structure

            2.2.7.7(1) The course consists of the course for the pass degree as set out in Rule 2.2.7.2 but including either—

            (a) LACH4402 Landscape Honours Studio instead of LACH4403 Landscape Design Studio;

            or

            (b) LACH7721 Landscape Honours Dissertation instead of the unit required under Rule 2.2.7.2(c).

            (2) Students are permitted to complete both LACH4402 Landscape Honours Studio and LACH7721 Landscape Honours Dissertation as part of their honours course if they have satisfied the appropriate admission requirements for those units.

            Grade of honours

            2.2.7.8 The grade of honours to be awarded is determined on the basis of a student’s performance in the course in accordance with the Faculty’s honours policy.

            Submission dates

            2.2.7.9(1) Unless the Faculty permits otherwise, the dissertation required for LACH7721 Landscape Honours Dissertation must be submitted no later than two weeks prior to the last day of the last teaching week of the semester in which it is to be completed.

            (2) Unless the Faculty permits otherwise, the work for LACH4402 Landscape Honours Studio must be submitted no later than the last teaching day of the semester in which it is to be completed.

            Examination of dissertation

            2.2.7.10 The Faculty must appoint two examiners for each dissertation, who provide written reports.

            • Table 2.2.7a—Bachelor of Landscape Architecture pass degree core units
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              Level 1

              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT1100Environmental Design 1a (12 points) 1
              ARCT1120Art and Architectural History 1
              ARCT1130Introduction to the Constructed Environment 1
              ARCT1141Digital Design 1 1
              LACH1101Landscape Bioregional Studio (12 points) 1
              VISA1102Art: Idealism to the Everyday 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Level 2
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              LACH2201 Landscape Rural Studio (12 points) 1
              LACH2202 Landscape Suburban Studio (12 points) 1
              LACH2220 Landscape in Australia 1
              LACH2230 Landscape Technology 2 1
              LACH2240 Landscape Ecology 1
              LACH2250 Landscape Computing 2 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Level 3
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              LACH3301Landscape Urban Studio 1 (12 points)
              LACH3302Landscape Garden Studio 1 (12 points)
              LACH3320Landscape Theory: Culture of Nature 1
              LACH3330Landscape Technology 3
              PLNT3331Plants in Managed Landscapes 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Level 4
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              LACH4401Landscape Detail Studio (12 points)
              LACH4403Landscape Design Studio (12 points)
              N/ALACH4414Landscape Professional Documents
              LACH4420Research in Landscape Architecture
              N/ALACH4460Landscape Practice
            • Table 2.2.7b—Bachelor of Landscape Architecture pass degree options
              Key to availability of units:
              S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
              T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
              NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
              N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

              Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

              All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

              Group A
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT2210Architecture: Modern History 1
              ARCT2220Architecture: Australian Studies 1
              ARCT3310History and Theories of the Built Environment 1
              ARCT3320Architecture: Special Elective Studies 1
              ARCT3391Sharing Space 1
              N/AHART2207Caravaggio and the Baroque
              N/AHART2234Film Noir to the New Wave
              N/AHART2243Imagist Avant-Garde Film
              HART2266Aboriginal Contemporary Art
              N/AHART3310Art and Games: from Dada to Data
              S1HART3330Art Writing
              N/AHART3340Materialist Avant-Garde Film
              N/AHART3375Twenty-first Century Art
              VISA2203Art in Australia 1
              VISA2204Art and Ecology in Digital Culture 1
              VISA2211The Big Picture: Recurring Themes in Western Art and Architecture 1
              VISA2213Art: Special Studies
              VISA2214Aesthetic Crossovers of Art and Science
              VISA2216Art, Place and Identity 1
              VISA2227Feminist Interventions in Art 1
              VISA2228Feminist Theory and Practice 1
              VISA2232Art of Drawing 2
              VISA2237Nineteenth-century British Art
              VISA2241History of Industrial Design 1
              VISA2244Art of Sculpture
              VISA2245Transcultural Desires 1
              VISA2246Video Art
              VISA2248American Visual Culture
              VISA2249Art and Life Manipulation
              VISA2250The Body in Art 1
              VISA2251Art in the Environment
              VISA2252Art, Alchemy and Shamanism 1
              VISA2267Perth Visual Culture: Internationalism and Modernisation 1870–1930 1
              VISA2268Surrealism
              VISA2269Studies in the Renaissance: Italian Art History and Theory of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 1
              VISA3320Art of the Reformation 1
              VISA3360Painting into Film: the Reversed Canvas from Velazquez to Antonioni 1
              VISA3370Art and Pop 1
              VISA3385Cubism and its Diasporas 1
              VISA3390The Grand Tour: Visual and Verbal Contrasts from the Age of Enlightenment to the Era of Mass Tourism 1

              1 This unit is no longer available.

              Group B
              AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
              ARCT5503Built Work: Architecture in Construction
              N/AARCT5511Utopia/Disaster and Imagining the City
              ARCT5514Practical and Theoretical Problems in Global Design Practice (B): History/Theory Stream
              ARCT5515High Density: the Urban Model
              ARCT5516Daguerre to Digital
              N/AARCT5580Advanced Architectural Animation
              N/AARCT5581Key Texts
              ARCT5582Non-Western Architecture 1
              ARCT5583Introduction to Architectural Conservation
              ARCT5584Publications
              ARCT5585City as Site
              S2ARCT5586Australian Architecture in a Global Setting
              ARCT5587Urban Design
              N/AARCT5588Westralian Architecture
              S1ARCT5589Furniture Design
              S2ARCT5590Architectural Studies

              1 This unit is no longer available.

        • 2.3 Undergraduate diplomas

          Currently there are no undergraduate diplomas offered by the Faculty.

      • Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts Rules for postgraduate courses

        Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are only available to re-enrolling students.

        • Master of Urban Design (by coursework) (25510) Only available to re-enrolling students.

          Note: (1) This course is only available to re-enrolling students. Commencing students in 2015 should refer to the Master of Urban Design (dissertation and coursework) (25530).

          (2) This course has an advisory board known as the Urban Design Program (UDP) Academic Committee.

          Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

          1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.

          (2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

          Academic Conduct Essentials module

          1.A(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).

          (2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.

          (3) A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in the rules for this course.

          (4) A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of (3) is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation'.

          Admission

          2. To be considered for admission to the Master of Urban Design (by coursework) an applicant must have—

          (a) a relevant bachelor's degree from this University or another recognised institution;

          or

          (b) the Graduate Diploma in Urban Design with an average mark of at least 60 per cent, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee.

          Course structure

          3. The course consists of units to a total value of 96 points comprising—

          (a) all units in Table a [Master of Urban Design (by coursework) core units]—66 points

          and

          (b)(i) the unit from Group A in Table b [Master of Urban Design (by coursework) options]—18 points

          or

          (ii) both units from Group B in Table b [Master of Urban Design (by coursework) options]—18 points

          or

          (iii) both units from Group C in Table b [Master of Urban Design (by coursework) options]—18 points

          and

          (c) two units from Group D in Table b [Master of Urban Design (by coursework) options] selected to complement but not repeat previous relevant coursework, as advised by the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee—12 points.

          Credit

          4.(1) The Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee, may grant credit towards the course up to a value of 24 points for units completed in a relevant postgraduate degree course from this University or another recognised institution other than a course described in (4) and (5).

          (2) Credit described in (1) is normally granted only for units completed within the previous five years but the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee, may in special circumstances approve an extension to the five-year limitation.

          (3) Credit for URBD5804 Urban Design Workshop is only granted on submission of a satisfactory portfolio of relevant design work or related graphics produced within the previous five years.

          (4) Subject to (6), the Faculty may grant credit up to a value of 24 points to a student who has completed the Graduate Certificate in Urban Design.

          (5) Subject to (6), the Faculty may grant credit up to a value of 42 points to a student who has completed the Graduate Diploma in Urban Design.

          (6) If a student has completed both the Graduate Certificate in Urban Design and the Graduate Diploma in Urban Design the total value of credit for units completed in those courses will not exceed 42 points.

          Approval of course

          5. Students must submit to the Faculty for approval—

          (a) their proposed course of studies;

          and

          (b) any proposed changes to the approved course of studies.

          Satisfactory progress

          6.(1) Subject to (2) and (3), to make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.

          (2) Students who fail a Design unit must pass that unit at the next attempt.

          [(2) is an approved addition to University Policy]

          Progress status

          7.(1) Unless the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee, determines otherwise in light of exceptional circumstances—

          (a) when a student fails to make satisfactory progress for the first time, a progress status of 'Suspended' is assigned;

          (b) when a student fails to make satisfactory progress for the second time, a progress status of 'Excluded' is assigned.

          (2) Students applying to re-enrol in the course after being assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' must submit sufficient reason, in writing, demonstrating why an improvement in performance could reasonably be expected.

          (3) Students who have been assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' and are subsequently permitted by the Faculty to re-enrol are assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' and must meet any conditions determined by the Faculty.

          (4) Students who have had conditions attached to their enrolment in terms of University Policy and who meet those conditions are assigned a progress status of 'Good Standing' by the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee.

          (5) Students who have had conditions attached to their enrolment in terms of University Policy and who fail to meet those conditions are assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' by the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee.

          Repeat withdrawal from a unit

          8. A student who withdraws twice from a unit may only re-enrol in that unit with the permission of the Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee.

          Award of Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Urban Design

          9. A student who withdraws from the course before completing the course requirements but after completing required units to the value of 24 points for the Graduate Certificate in Urban Design or 48 points for the Graduate Diploma in Urban Design may apply to the Faculty to be awarded the relevant qualification.

          Time limit

          10.(1) The time limit is eight years from the beginning of the semester in which the first unit is credited towards the course.

          [Approved exception to University Policy]

          (2) The Faculty, on the recommendation of the UDP Academic Committee, may in special circumstances approve an extension to the time limit in (1).

          [Approved addition to University Policy]

          Award of degree with distinction

          11. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent in—

          (a) all units attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark; and

          (b) all relevant units undertaken in articulating courses of this university that are awarded a final percentage mark.

          • Table a—Master of Urban Design (by coursework) core units
            Key to availability of units:
            S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
            T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
            NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
            N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

            Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

            All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

            AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
            S2URBD5802Urban Design Studio 2
            URBD8803Urban Strategies Studio (12 points)
            S1URBD5804Urban Design Studio 1
            S2URBD5805Contemporary Urbanism
            URBD8806Readings in Urban Design 1
            S1URBD5807The Forces that Shape Cities
            URBD5808Case Studies in Urban Design
            URBD5820Urban Design Research Methods

            1 This unit is no longer available.

          • Table b—Master of Urban Design (by coursework) options
            Key to availability of units:
            S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
            T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
            NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
            N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

            Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

            All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

            Group A
            AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
            URBD8801Urban Design Thesis (18 points)
            Group B
            AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
            URBD8811Urban Design Thesis Part 1
            URBD8812Urban Design Thesis Part 2 (12 points)
            Group C
            AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
            URBD8813Urban Design Thesis Part 1 (12 points)
            URBD8814Urban Design Thesis Part 2
            Group D
            AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
            ARCT5514Practical and Theoretical Problems in Global Design Practice (B): History/Theory Stream
            N/APLNG4401Planning Theory and Practice
            N/APLNG4402Planning Law
            LACH4420Research in Landscape Architecture
        • Professional doctorates
          Currently there are no professional doctorates offered by the Faculty.
        • Higher doctorates
          Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

          The University Policy on: Higher Doctorates applies in this Faculty.