Stand out with Deakin’s Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours), a unique degree that combines studies in key aspects of the built environment. Explore architectural ideas and design approaches while learning how to manage construction projects, no matter their scale or scope. Gain in-depth knowledge and skills in architecture, design, construction and project management, while exploring your options for a diverse career in the built environment industry.
With an emphasis on practical learning, you will gain plenty of hands-on experience with opportunities for industry placements and involvement in real-world projects. Build your creative process and practical skills by exploring design, drawing, digital fabrication, measuring, estimating, project management and construction knowledge. Graduate workplace-ready with opportunities for site visits, international study tours and exchange.
Want to launch your career on the world stage?
The Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) qualifies you to work in Australia and in over 50 countries worldwide. Offered by the #1 Victorian university for graduate employment, this double degree combines hands-on experience with theoretical knowledge to ensure you graduate job-ready.
While studying a double degree in architecture and construction management, you will learn about:
architectural history, theory and design
computer-aided modelling and digital fabrication
drawing and model making as part of the design process
building economics and law
building practice
measurement and estimation
project management
quantity surveying
construction technologies
building science and the environment
digital built environment
sustainable built environment.
Within this course, you will work closely with other architecture and construction management students, creating a multidisciplinary learning experience that stands out to potential employers.
It will also allow you to better recognise the mindset and drivers of an architect or construction manager when working together in industry.
Located in Geelong, our campus offers a unique setting to explore urban and regional challenges across various project scales. We are positioned to connect the city to regional Victoria through our learning experiences and research. This opens opportunities to examine the sustainability and resiliency of our community through design-based investigations.
Through the design (architecture) component of this course, you will gain practical skills by studying real-world projects in a studio environment. You will develop the ability to generate, analyse and communicate your own ideas, while learning to balance creative thinking with real-world practicalities. Build the skills to examine and shape the places we inhabit – including all building types, spaces and locations.
The construction management component will give you the skills to manage projects of all sizes, drawing on knowledge of construction technology and processes, resource management, law, information technology, environmental management, and construction economics.
Your learning space will include Deakin’s purpose-built a+b studio, an open-plan space where you can work collaboratively, share ideas and develop your projects. You will also have access to our architecture workshop – a place to fabricate models and experiment with technology, materials, and processes. The workshop is fully equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, and traditional tools and machinery.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, workshops, site visits and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Professional recognition
When this combined course is followed by the 12 credit point (1.5 year) Master of Architecture (S700), you will have successfully completed an Architects Accreditation of Australia (AACA) accredited academic qualification and be on your way to becoming a registered architect via any state registration board, such as the Architects Registration Board of Victoria (ARBV).
The construction management stream of this combined course is professionally accredited by industry. Graduates of the course qualify for membership to the following:
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Career opportunities
This cross-disciplinary course gives you a unique complementary skill set, opening more options for your future career. Career opportunities include:
architect*
construction manager
3D architectural modeller
building project manager
estimator
quantity surveyor
contract administrator.
*Upon graduating, if you would like to pursue a career as a registered architect, you are able to articulate to Deakin’s accredited postgraduate studies in architecture, subject to entry requirements. This forms part of the requirements for registration as an architect under the Architects Registration Board of Victoria.
Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
The learning experiences and assessment activities within this course require students to engage with a number of production methods, such as drawing, large format printing, model making, and digital fabrication (laser cutting + 3D printing). Students will be required to purchase minor equipment such as drawing media, paperstock, sketchbooks, and model making tools, however many of these will be usable within different units. As such, there might be a higher upfront cost as students enter in the course. Each unit will outline the specific requirements at the commencement of the unit. Where possible, students are encouraged to reuse, recycle or think creatively about model materials. The indicative cost of this equipment and material (over time) can vary depending on quality or execution, but can be suggested in the range of $750-$1500 over the course duration.
Students are also recommended to have access to a personal computer (laptop or desktop) in order to engage digital communications methods (drawing, CAD and presentations). Advice on this is presented to students in first year, so it is not imperative to have this before commencing the course as Deakin has dedicated Computer Labs to get started with. Where possible, all required software (Autodesk, Adobe) is provided to students under free academic licencing and does not require additional cost.
Course Learning Outcomes Bachelor of Design (Architecture) (S342)
Course Learning Outcomes Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) (S346)
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Synthesise knowledge of architecture history, theory, technology and practice to design, develop and manage architecture projects, demonstrating initiative and judgement for professional practice. Apply technical and theoretical knowledge of architectural design to propose diverse, authentic, alternative, and well-rounded responses that are conceptually and physically sustainable to problems in the contemporary built environment. Integrate the knowledge of language of architecture, its meanings, capacities and implications to demonstrate ability and responsibility as reflective practitioners, in making decisions to define the human landscape.
Develop a broad and coherent knowledge of construction materials, structures, construction practices, estimating, cost planning, regulatory, legal, construction economics and construction management frameworks to manage construction projects. Integrate knowledge of technology, management, economics, regulatory and legal systems in implementing a construction project from small residential to large complex and high-rise buildings. Integrate well-developed knowledge of contextual factors that impact on construction management including regulatory requirements, industry environment, professional practice and sustainability to finalise construction management decisions. Acquire and apply research skills to initiate and formulate a research plan and undertake research that contributes to scholarly knowledge, based on current research directions.
Communication
Communicate clearly, professionally and responsibly in a variety of contexts using oral, visual, digital, graphic and interpersonal communication modes to inform, motivate and persuade specialist and non-specialist audiences about architectural ideas and designs. Imagine, conceive and represent ideas using the language of architecture, its codes and conventions to reflect on possibilities, the implications of hypothetical designs and its applications.
Communicate clearly, professionally and responsibly with specialist and non-specialist audiences in a variety of contexts using oral, written, graphical and interpersonal skills to inform, negotiate, lead and motivate a project team.
Digital literacy
Apply knowledge of relevant technological tools, methodologies and techniques to locate, collect, analyse, interpret and synthesise complex information. Use architecture theory and practice to analyse, evaluate, produce and disseminate design responses using techniques and technology ethically and responsibly in a digital world.
Utilise a range of digital technologies including building information modelling to locate, select, analyse, use, evaluate, and disseminate a variety of information.
Critical thinking
Use critical thinking to analyse and provide a rational, reflective and socially responsible response to architectural problems at different scales and complexities in a variety of contexts. Examine causes and consequences of different morphologies to appreciate their capacities and opportunities in order to reproduce, manipulate, and identify conventional and alternative solutions to architectural problems.
Use critical and analytical thinking and judgment to identify and evaluate appropriate principles and procedures in technology, law, management and economics for construction projects.
Problem solving
Investigate and identify ill-defined real world environmental, cultural, physical and social architectural problems, explain its significance, causes and consequences, and use a methodical approach to formulate a solution. Make appropriate choices to solve problems in complex and contradictory situations based on knowledge of social, economic, environmental and cultural aspects of architectural design to evolve human landscape.
Apply analytical thinking and judgment to make decisions to identify a variety of problems and recommend solutions related to technology, law, management and economics for construction projects. Generate solutions to construction management problems using a framework of accountability and professional practice in the construction industry environment.
Self-management
Work independently and collaboratively to produce architectural designs and responses in an ethical, responsible and professional manner. Use initiative and judgement to reflect on knowledge and skills, to demonstrate autonomy and capacity to identify opportunities for improving practice.
Use appropriate strategies including reflective evaluation to develop independence and demonstrate responsibility for professional learning.
Teamwork
Work as a team to analyse and evaluate complex problems, and share critical, analytical and creative approaches to select best responses to architectural problems.
Work in multidisciplinary teams and develop leadership skills to manage construction projects and use appropriate team processes to collaborate, communicate, and negotiate solutions.
Global citizenship
Integrate subjective and objective stakeholder perspectives in the process of formulating architectural and design responses taking into account economic, cultural, social and ethical values inherent in human landscape. Engage with global trends in contemporary architectural design and urbanism in order to recognise cultural diversity, the need for equity in outcomes and implement high ethical and professional standards.
Engage ethically and productively with diverse stakeholders, communities and cultures in the global construction industry.
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) students must pass 40 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
SRA010 Safety Induction Program (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
STP010 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
39 credit points of core units
1 credit point of open elective units (level 2 or above)
Architecture Design Studio 06: Superstudio (capstone, 2 credit points)
Accelerated program
Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours): (accelerated program)
The Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) component of this course may be taken as an accelerated program. By taking selected units in Trimester 3 the course can be completed in four years instead of five.
You can apply to undertake a discipline specific industry placement as an elective option as part of your course. Explore the SEBE WIL program.
Course duration
You may be able to study available units in the optional third trimester to fast-track your degree, however your course duration may be extended if there are delays in meeting course requirements, such as completing a placement.
Other learning experiences
In addition to work integrated learning, or short-term study tour opportunities, you may have an opportunity to contribute to the student led, designed and managed end of year curated exhibition.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
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