Faculty of Arts

 Architectural History

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Architectural history is taught within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, and in the Faculty of Arts. It deals with aspects of the history, interpretation, representation, cultural context, design, planning, construction and conservation of buildings, viewed in a perspective of social history and cultural milieu. Specific subject areas include the wide range of European architecture, architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Greek and Roman architecture, Asian architecture, and Australian architecture.

A major in this area can lead into postgraduate studies as indicated below. These postgraduate studies are most often directed towards professional specialisation in the building conservation field. Though the specific major detailed below has only recently been introduced, earlier graduates of the Faculties in this field constitute a large proportion of the professionals now working for private consultants and government in Victoria in the areas of survey and identification, design and conservation controls, historical research, and the physical conservation of buildings.

 1. Prerequisites

It is recommended that students intending to undertake this major consider undertaking two of the first-year Architectural History subjects listed below as preliminary studies to second and third year subjects.

 2. Requirements for a major in Architectural History

A major in Architectural History consists of at least five subjects completed at the second and third levels, from those listed below, and totalling at least 83.3 points. Students will normally take 702-231 Modern Architecture A: 19th Century in the first semester of their second year.

 3. Entry to Honours

The prerequisite for entry to Honours in Architectural History is the completion of all the requirements for the pass degree and completion of a major in Architectural History with an average grade over the major of at least H2B. Entry to Honours requires the approval of the Faculty of Arts.

 4. Architectural History Honours

An Honours program in Architectural History will be available in 1999.

Students taking Pure Honours in Architectural History will enrol in 100 points of subjects at the fourth year level from the subjects below, including 702-408 Architectural History Research Methods and 702-409 Research Project (Architectural History). Students may wish to combine study in Architectural History with study in Classical Studies, Art History, or Japanese; more information will be made available in the 1999 Handbook.

 5. Opportunities for further studies

A degree in Architectural History can lead to the Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Architectural History and Conservation), the Postgraduate Diploma and Masters of Art Curatorship, or the Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Tourism and the Visual Arts. The Honours degree can lead to a Master of Planing and Design (Architectural History and Conservation) by coursework or research, or to the Master of Arts by research. PhD Study is also available in the contributing departments.

 6. For further information

Architectural History Major
First-year subjects		Semester
	702-131 European Architecture A: Foundations of Western Design and Building	1
	702-132 European Architecture B: the Renaissance to the Enlightenment	2
	702-102 The City in History	n/a
Second and third-year subjects
	702-231 Modern Architecture A: 19th Century	1
	702-232 Modern Architecture B: 20th Century	2
	702-233 Asian Architecture A: South and Southeast Asia	1
	702-234 Asian Architecture B: China and Japan	2
	104-234 Roman Architecture	n/a
	104-249 Greek Architecture	1
	111-218 Studies in Asian Art and Architecture	1
	111-266 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750	1
	158-248 The Dynamics of Japanese Architecture	1
Third-year only
	702-305 Theories of Architecture	1
	702-331 Australian Architecture A	1
Third and fourth-year subjects
	702-317 Crisis and Complexity: 1950s Architecture	2
	702-311 Revolution, Nationalism & Architecture	2
	702-435 Measured Drawing	1
	111-449 The Representation of Architecture	n/a

Fourth-year Honours subjects
Fourth-year Honours subjects		Semester
	702-408 Architectural History Research Methods	1
	702-409 Research Project (Architectural History)	n/a
	702-432 Australian Architecture B	2
	705-415 Perceptions of the Australian Landscape	2
	705-441 Origins of Modern Urban Planning	2
	702-421 Urban Design Theory	1
	111-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 (Honours)	1
Total Points		100

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