Bachelor of Architectural Design
Pathway to Master of Architecture (5558)
Program code
1492
Available at
Nathan
Gold Coast
Mount Gravatt
Logan
South Bank
Online
Offshore
Other
Duration
3 years full-time
6 years part-time
Credit points
240
Indicative fee
$9,500.00* per year (more)
* 2025 indicative annual CSP
fee
Commencing in
Trimester 1 and Trimester 2
Prerequisites
- NIL
Assumed knowledge
- Any General or Applied English subject (Units 3 and 4, C)
About this program
Start your journey to becoming an architect here.
Start your path towards an exciting career as an architect with our Bachelor of Architectural Design. You'll combine creativity with technical expertise, applying your skills while you learn through small group practice-led design studios, field trips, and industry placements with the option to complete up to 130 hours so you'll graduate with the experience and industry contacts to help launch your career.
What sets our architecture degrees apart is a distinctive emphasis on sustainable design, creative problem-solving and green technologies, so you'll be equipped to create architectural solutions that respond to the evolving challenges of our global community.
You will learn how to develop designs that meet aesthetic, functional and user needs now and into the future. Plus, in your third year, you will get hands-on experience when you complete a supervised industry-based design project.
Further, our connected alumni community, along with five star ratings for learner engagement and skills development from the Good Universities Guide 2023, means you're supported not only while you learn, but into the future.
The Bachelor of Architectural Design will set you on the path to a career as an architect, as it provides a stepping stone to our Master of Architecture degree.
Attendance information
This program is offered full-time on-campus only at the Gold Coast campus. The program includes some Trimester 3 core courses which may be offered in intensive mode.
Student Income Support
To be classed as a full-time student, you are required to enrol in a minimum number of credit points each standard study period. The minimum credit points for full-time enrolment in this program is 30 credit points.
Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 are deemed standard study periods. As Trimester 3 is a non-standard study period, continuing students moving from one year to the next will not be required to study during this trimester to be eligible for student income support.
Domestic students who commence in Trimester 3 may be eligible for student income support from the onset of study provided they are enrolled full-time in this study period.
Please refer to the Australian Government website for more details.
Managing Study Interruptions
Leave of AbsenceTaking a leave of absence from this program is permitted, subject to conditions outlined in the Enrolment Procedure.
Work-integrated learning
Work-integrated learning activities integrate theoretical learning with its application in the workplace. The inclusion of work-integrated learning activities in this degree program demonstrates Griffith's commitment to preparing its graduates for success in their working life.
The second trimester of the third year of the program includes a compulsory industry focused project.
My career opportunities
Griffith's Bachelor of Architectural Design will set you on the path to a career as an architect. Graduates will be eligible to apply for admission to the Master of Architecture, which provides the academic qualifications needed for accreditation as an architect.
With your design, technical knowledge and creative visual thinking skills, you will be qualified to assist architects and other built environment professionals in the design, documentation and procurement of buildings.
You could find employment in a broad spectrum of creative roles in government agencies, statutory bodies, design practices and studios (urban design, architecture, interior design, virtual environments, graphic design and the film and games industries), commercial development companies, building product manufacturing and distribution companies and research organisations.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Architectural Design is recognised by the Australian Institute of Architects / Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) / Board of Architects of Queensland as an approved pathway program to the professionally accredited Master of Architecture.
Pathways to further study
Graduates from this program will be eligible for direct entry into the Master of Architecture (5558) subject to meeting the academic entry standard.
Commonwealth supported students
- The indicative fee represents the expected average fee for an annual full-time study load (80 credit points). This is based on average study patterns across courses and the Australian Government's broad discipline areas (student contribution bands). A student's actual annual fee may vary in accordance with his or her choice of majors and electives. The Australian Government sets student contribution amounts on an annual basis.
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Fee-paying undergraduate and eligible micro-credential (domestic) students
These fees are only applicable to domestic students who are not Commonwealth supported including:
- Full-fee paying domestic students who commenced their program prior to 2009.
- Micro-credential domestic students studying a program approved as part of the Government Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education
- International students who have been approved to pay domestic tuition fees after obtaining Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency or a permanent humanitarian visa and who have not obtained a Commonwealth supported place.
Tuition fees
- A fee-paying undergraduate and micro-credential student pays tuition fees.
- Students are liable for tuition fees for the courses they are enrolled in as at the census date.
- The tuition fee is charged according to the approved program fee for the trimester in which the student is enrolled.
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Program fees for the Bachelor of Architectural Design (1492)
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FEE-HELP
Eligible undergraduate and micro-credential fee-paying students may defer their tuition fees by taking out a FEE-HELP loan which is part of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP). Payment of the loan is via the taxation system when income reaches a specified level.
Further information
- Calculating tuition fees
- Calculating your EFTSL
- Fees and Charges Procedure
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Additional fee information
Additional costs
Throughout your program you may be required to pay for the following items:
- Studio materials (drawing equipment and consumables: various pens, pencils, brushes, paper, masking tape, erasers etc., model making consumables; cardboard, timber, sheet materials, glue, tape etc.), printing, laptops
- expenses associated with field trips and placements