Degree Transfer Extended Design (Architecture)
KEY FACTS
Duration
3 semesters (16 months)
Intakes
March and October
Location
Newcastle
Program Fee
$39,600
CRICOS Code
113051E
OVERVIEW
Our Degree Transfer Extended Design (Architecture) program is tailored to prepare you for Year 2 of the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) at the University of Newcastle. It provides a pathway into one of Australia’s best design schools. Your offer is also packaged with Master of Architecture to give you the option of practising as a professional architect upon graduation.
The University of Newcastle is ranked top 150 in the world for Architecture and the Built Environment* and No 3 in Australia for overall satisfaction**. You will complete Work Integrated Learning (WIL) as part of your degree. More than half of your design courses in the bachelor’s degree are spent in the architecture studio.
* QS Worlding University Rankings by Subject 2023
** Course Experience Questionnaire 2020 – 2021 – Undergraduate Architecture and Built Environment
Pathway
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In your first semester of your Degree Transfer Extended program, you will study a bridging program consisting of five courses: Academic English, Accounting, Economics, Commercial Law Fundamentals and Statistics. You will then go on to study the same curriculum as the Year 1 bachelor’s degree university students plus Academic English A and B, and receive 80 credit points for the Bachelor of Design (Architecture).
Upon successful completion of the Degree Transfer Extended Design (Architecture) program, you will enter Year 2 of the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) at the University of Newcastle.
Entry Requirements
For more information about English entry requirements and the academic entry requirements for your country of origin, please refer to our Entry Requirements page.
Course Structure
Thirteen core courses
ICEN7100 Academic English
ICAC7100 Accounting
ICEC7100 Economics
ICLG7101 Commercial Law Fundamentals
ICST7100 Statistics
ARBE1102 Construction Ecology 1
ARBE1201 Visual Communication in the Built Environment
ARBE1222 Architecture Studio 1
ARBE1103 Digital Communication in the Built Environment
ARBE1104 History and Theory in the Built Environment 1
ARBE1220 Architecture Studio 2
ICEN7101 Academic English A
ICEN7102 Academic English B
*ARBE1222 Architecture Studio 1 and ARBE1220 Architecture Studio 2 are 20-credit-point courses.
Scholarships
Please see Scholarships page for more information.