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Architectural Thesis Project 1
PostgraduateCUR-MAA6402025
Exercise your independent research skills and create a proposal for your architectural thesis. You'll study relevant literature and examples in the field of architecture. Work through your ideas. Get ready to wrap it up in Architectural Thesis Project 2.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $3,464
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Architectural Thesis Project 1
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- prioritise concepts theories and approaches to determine a research focus within a broad cultural and environmental and technological context for further refinement of the research project
- assess the value of research theories and methods, and prioritise a set of design criteria as appropriate to the architectural discipline in order to make judgements and discriminate between ideas
- develop a preliminary project report using critical thinking, analytical writing and theoretical discourse skills relevant to the focus of the study within the discipline of architecture
- produce preliminary thesis work by analysing, evaluating, exploring and testing ideas against the identified set of criteria
- What is Research
- Starting the Research
- Reviewing Literature for Research
- Research Methods in Architecture
- Writing a Research Proposal
- One-on-one with your tutor
In this subject students will engage with research in architecture which can be both design-based and/or traditional in nature. Students will draw from skills and knowledge obtained in the Common Research Methods subject and architectural theory and methodologies of practice, which will be used to develop a project report and produce preliminary thesis work in preparation for Architectural Thesis Project 2.
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- Preliminary Project Report (50%)
- Context Analysis and Evaluation (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-MAA-MAS-2025 - Master of Architecture
Elective
- CUR-FAST-MAS-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study (Postgraduate)
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
and one of
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required.
- Other requirements - Access to the Internet.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-MAA-MAS
Fast track your Curtin on campus study (Postgraduate)
PostgraduateCUR-FAST-MAS