Specification

Award name and title

1. The award will be called Master of Architecture with Honours with the abbreviation MArchHons.

Validity

2. These specifications shall take effect on 1 January 2007 and shall apply to all candidates for the award, including those enrolling for the first time in that year and those enrolled subsequently.

Entry

3. Entry requires the Bachelor of Environmental Design or approved equivalent and is subject to performance in the final year of the first degree. Continuation to the second year of the Master of Architecture Honours will be subject to performance in the first year of the course.

Requirements and duration

4. To qualify for the Master of Architecture Honours, a candidate shall pass in 200% of units in accordance with Specification 6.

5. Candidates shall complete the degree requirements in not less than two separate years of full-time study and not more than four years, from the time of first enrolment.

Structure

6. Candidates will select units from the accompanying schedule as follows: (a) 100% of Year 1 units in Schedule A; and (b) 100% of Year 2 units in Schedule B.

Terminating passes

7. No Terminating Passes may be counted towards the requirements of the degree.

General

8. Units may be counted toward the award only if they have been taken in accordance with the prerequisites determined by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology and as summarised in Schedules attached to these Specification unless otherwise approved by the Dean.

9. A candidate normally may not enrol in any year in units totalling more than 100% weighting.

10. Where two or more units of the same name or content are offered within the University, only one may be counted towards the award.

11. In every case the candidate's choice of units and the order in which they are taken shall be subject to approval by the Dean in accordance with the requirements of Specification 6.

12. Honours will be awarded on the following basis:

• First Class
• Upper Second Class
• Lower Second Class

Students who pass but do not achieve these levels will graduate with a Master of Architecture.

13. The Faculty may from time to time make amendments to the Schedules to these specifications.