Postgraduate course information

Postgraduate study in UTS: Design, Architecture and Building is sophisticated and contemporary. UTS: Design, Architecture and Building's design and digital architecture courses give students the chance to extend their abilities, developing both their broader and specific knowledge base to realise their potential as innovative designers. The property, planning and project management courses are renowned for their diverse, innovative and practical application, and the flexible delivery options. UTS: Design, Architecture and Building offers Australia's only Master of Animation (C04212) and Master of Digital Architecture (C04220).

It has a cutting-edge research culture, committed to developing knowledge, innovation and excellence. Research strengths have a national and international profile.

Postgraduate coursework

School of Design

Three postgraduate coursework degrees are offered by the School of Design:

• Master of Design (C04072)
• Graduate Diploma in Design (C06019)
• Master of Animation (C04212).

The Master of Design (C04072) ensures students graduate with the skills to:

• effectively manage a creative practice
• lead winning design pitches globally
• better understand and innovate for users
• facilitate clients to do their own designing.

Students can also choose a major in a particular area of design expertise from options such as photomedia, information design, branding design, interior lighting design, fashion practice design, furniture design or interaction design.

The Graduate Diploma in Design (C06019) prepares students with associate design degrees and advanced diplomas for the Master of Design (C04072) degree program. It aims to further the creative design abilities of technically proficient designers and provide competent designers with more in-depth critical understandings of the contexts in which they are designing. Students may choose to specialise in visual communication, fashion and textiles, interior design or industrial design, dependent upon previous study and experience.

The Master of Animation (C04212) is the only qualification, at this level, devoted to animation in Australia. Coursework areas include traditional film animation, 2D and 3D digital animation, graphic visualisation, object-oriented programming and animation studies, culminating in the production of a short animated work.

School of Architecture

Two postgraduate coursework degrees are offered by the School of Architecture:

• Master of Digital Architecture (C04220)
• Master of Architecture (C04235).

The Master of Digital Architecture (C04220) is a design-based, post-professional coursework program that critically explores current advances in design production and thinking to postulate new forms of urbanism and architectural space. It is available not only to architects, but all designers of the built environment.

The Master of Architecture (C04235) is the second of a two-tiered degree structure and is the degree required for registration as an architect.

The emphasis of this degree lies in educating students for the practise of architecture. The Master of Architecture is a professional degree, i.e. a qualification accepted for candidates seeking to take the professional examination of the Board of Architects and Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) as a prerequisite to registration under the provision of the Architects Act 2003. The Master of Architecture may be undertaken only after the successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (C10004) degree (or equivalent); a degree that by itself does not lead to professional recognition.

School of the Built Environment

This school offers postgraduate programs in project management, property development and planning. In particular, the project management courses are generically designed so the skills learned can be applied to a wide range of business fields and industry.

• Master of Project Management (C04006)
• Master of Property Development (C04008)
• Master of Planning (C04007)
• Graduate Diploma in Urban Estate Management (C06006)
• Graduate Certificate in Property and Planning (C11001)
• Graduate Certificate in Project Management (C11005).

Postgraduate research

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building offers five research degrees:

• Doctor of Philosophy (C02001)
• Doctor of Project Management (C02005)
• Master of Architecture (Research) (C03001)
• Master of Applied Science in Building Studies (Research) (C03002)
• Master of Design (Research) (C03012).

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