Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)
2024 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2024 course information |
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| Award granted | Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) |
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| Deakin course code | D364 |
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| Faculty | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment |
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| Campus | Offered at Waterfront (Geelong) |
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| Online | No |
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| Duration | 5 years full-time or part-time equivalent
4 years full-time accelerated program (studying in Trimester 3) |
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| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2024. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2024 (Accelerated Program) This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2024. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
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| CRICOS course code | 080118A Waterfront (Geelong) |
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| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
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Course sub-headings
Course overview
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. Develop 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 or overseas, in more than 50 countries. It offers an excellent mix of hands-on practice and theory, so that you graduate job ready.
While studying a combined course 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 technology 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.
Our location in Geelong gives us a unique environment to explore urban and regional issues and multiple scales of projects. We are positioned to connect the city to regional Victoria through our learning experiences and research, opening up opportunities to examine our community’s sustainability and resiliency through our design-based investigations.
With the design (architecture) component of this course, you will gain practical skills studying real-world projects in a studio environment and develop your ability to generate, analyse and communicate your own ideas. You will learn to integrate creative thinking real-world practicalities, and develop skill sets that allow you 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 small-to-large projects that need knowledge across 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 to work collaboratively, share ideas and develop your projects. There is access to our architecture workshop that offers you 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
The construction management stream of this combined course is professionally accredited by industry. Graduates qualify for membership of:
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)
- Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The architecture stream of this combined course is subject to regular and rigorous review processes, carried out by external professional bodies.
- Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA).
When this combined course is followed with the Master of Architecture (S700) you will have successfully completed an accredited academic qualification and on your way to becoming a registered architect with the ARVB Architects Registration Board of Victoria.
Career opportunities
This cross-discipline course gives you a unique complimentary 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. This enables you to undertake part of the requirements for registration as an Architect under the Architects Registration Board of Victoria, and Architects Accreditation Council of Australia.
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.
Alternative exits
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
Course Learning Outcomes
Please refer to the Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) of both the single degrees.
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours), students must attain 40 credit points, which must include the following:
- SRA010 Safety Induction Program (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- STP010 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit point compulsory unit)
- thirty-six (36) core units (39 credit points)
- one (1) open elective unit (level 2 or above) (1 credit point).
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Course structure
Core
Year 1 - Trimester 1
| SRC163 | Architecture Communication 01: Drawing |
| SRD163 | Architecture Design Studio 01: Thoughtscapes |
| SRT153 | Building Materials Science |
| SRA010 | Safety Induction Program (0 credit points) |
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity Module (0 credit points) |
Year 1 - Trimester 2
| SRC164 | Architecture Communication 02: Modelling |
| SRD164 | Architecture Design Studio 02: Matterscapes (2 credit points) |
| SRT151 | Construction and Structures 1 |
Year 2 - Trimester 1
| SRA215 | Utopian Ideals in the Modern World |
| STP010 | Career Tools for Employability (0 credit points) |
| SRT251 | Construction and Structures 2 |
Year 2 - Trimester 2
| SRT257 | Building Environmental Studies |
Plus one open elective unit (level two or above)
Year 3 - Trimester 1
| SRD263 | Architecture Design Studio 03: Earthscapes |
| SRM161 | Contract Administration 1 |
Year 3 - Trimester 2
| SRD264 | Architecture Design Studio 04: Publicscapes (2 credit points) |
| SRT351 | Construction and Structures 3 |
Year 4 - Trimester 1
| SRC362 | Architecture Communication 03: Documentation |
| SRA323 | Contemporary Architecture |
| SRE302 | Building Measurement and Estimating |
Year 4 - Trimester 2
| SRM261 | Contract Administration 2 |
| SRM310 | Project Planning and Scheduling |
| SRQ460 | Quantity Surveying Practice |
Year 5 - Trimester 1
| SRT358 | Building Environmental Services |
| SRM461 | Contract Administration 3 |
| SRD363 | Architecture Design Studio 05: Hybridscapes |
Year 5 - Trimester 2
| SRE464 | Building Development Appraisal |
| SRV499 | Built Environment Integrated Research |
| SRD364 | Architecture Design Studio 06: Superstudio (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.
Year 1 - Trimester 1
| SRC163 | Architecture Communication 01: Drawing |
| SRD163 | Architecture Design Studio 01: Thoughtscapes |
| SRT153 | Building Materials Science |
| SRA010 | Safety Induction Program (0 credit point unit) |
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity Module (0 credit points) |
Year 1 - Trimester 2
| SRC164 | Architecture Communication 02: Modelling |
| SRD164 | Architecture Design Studio 02: Matterscapes (2 credit point unit) |
| SRT151 | Construction and Structures 1 |
Year 1 - Trimester 3
Year 2 - Trimester 1
| SRA215 | Utopian Ideals in the Modern World |
| STP010 | Career Tools for Employability |
| SRT251 | Construction and Structures 2 |
Year 2 - Trimester 2
| SRT257 | Building Environmental Studies |
| SRT351 | Construction and Structures 3 |
Year 2 - Trimester 3
| SRT358 | Building Environmental Services |
| SRE302 | Building Measurement and Estimating |
Plus one open elective unit (level two or above)
Year 3 - Trimester 1
| SRM161 | Contract Administration 1 |
| SRD263 | Architecture Design Studio 03: Earthscapes |
| SRA323 | Contemporary Architecture |
Year 3 - Trimester 2
| SRM261 | Contract Administration 2 |
| SRD264 | Architecture Design Studio 04: Publicscapes (2 credit point unit) |
Year 3 - Trimester 3
| SRM310 | Project Planning and Scheduling |
| SRQ460 | Quantity Surveying Practice |
Year 4 - Trimester 1
| SRC362 | Architecture Communication 03: Documentation |
| SRM461 | Contract Administration 3 |
| SRD363 | Architecture Design Studio 05: Hybridscapes |
Year 4 - Trimester 2
| SRE464 | Building Development Appraisal |
| SRD364 | Architecture Design Studio 06: Superstudio (2 credit point unit) |
| SRV499 | Built Environment Integrated Research |
Work experience
You can apply to undertake a discipline specific industry placement as an elective option as part of your course. deakin.edu.au/sebe/wil.
Other course information
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
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 - PaperSpace.
