Course overview
Deakin’s Bachelor of Design (Architecture) is a path of discovery, exploring the creative possibilities of architectural design and its potential to make a positive impact on the built environment. Discover architectural ideas through cutting-edge content, develop your creativity and gain a practical understanding of the built environment and its relationship with the community through meaningful and sustainable design, from houses to high-rise projects.
You will gain practical skills studying real-world projects in a studio environment and develop your ability to generate, analyse and communicate your ideas. You will learn to combine creative thinking with technical necessities and develop skills that enable you to examine and shape the places we inhabit. Gain work-ready skills in computer-aided design, drawing and digital fabrication.
Want to transform your ideas into a rewarding career?
Your learning space will be second to none, with Deakin’s extensive a+b studio – an inspiring open-plan space that enables you to work collaboratively and develop your projects.
You will also have access to our purpose-built workshop, where 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC routers and traditional tools and machinery are all at hand for you to fabricate models and experiment with technology, materials and processes.
While producing design concepts, you will explore:
- architectural history and philosophy
- building science and the environment
- construction technologies
- computer-aided modelling
- drawing and design process
- model making
- digital fabrications.
Enhancing your technical expertise, you will also collaborate with construction management students during your course through our unique integrated learning approach – just as you will in the real-world – ensuring you graduate with the practical and applied experience that employers value.
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 24 credit points, which must include the following:
- Nineteen (19) core units (22 credit points)
- two (2) credit points of elective units
- completion of SRA010 Safety Induction Program (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- completion of DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit point compulsory unit).
Career outcomes
Deakin architecture graduates work across the globe, from the UK, Berlin and Oslo to China, Dubai and the US. Our bachelor of Design (Architecture) graduates have pursued roles in the built environment field including:
- 3D Architectural Modeller
- architectural consultant or designer
- design coordinator.
Graduates who wish to pursue a career as a registered architect can continue onto further studies in Deakin’s Master of Architecture. Once you have completed postgraduate studies and gained registration to practice, you can pursue a career as a practising architect and work in private architectural firms, government organisations, property development, or other building and design fields.
