Program Overview

Bachelor of Built Environment (Architecture)/Bachelor of Built Environment (Interior Architecture) (ABAB01.1)

Overview

The Double Degree in Architecture and Interior Architecture is a transformative program that connects students with the skills and knowledge necessary to begin their journey towards becoming an architect in a rapidly changing, globalized era. The Bachelor of Built Environment (Architecture) provides an essential introduction to the field of architecture, while the Bachelor of Built Environment (Interior Architecture) introduces students to the field of interior spatial design.

Program Details

• Duration: 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
• Location: Bruce, Canberra
• Delivery Mode: On campus
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Design
• Discipline: School of Design & Built Environment
• AQF Level: 7 (Bachelor Degree)
• Fees:
  • Per Unit: Not specified
  • Per Annum: Not specified
  • Full Course: Not specified
  • Commonwealth Supported Place (2025 and 2026)
• English Language Requirements: IELTS Academic score of 6.0 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent)

Admission Requirements

• Entrance Rank: Based on an entrance rank, which can be achieved through Year 12 ATAR, other Australian qualifications, work experience, or overseas qualifications
• Assumed Knowledge: None
• Periods Course is Open for New Admissions:
  • Year: 2026, 2027
  • Location: Bruce, Canberra
  • Teaching Period: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Teaching Start Date: 16 February 2026, 10 August 2026, 15 February 2027, 09 August 2027
• Credit Arrangements: No formal credit transfer arrangements for entry to this course

Course Requirements

• Total Credit Points: 96 credit points
• Required: 75 credit points as follows
  • Part 1: 3 credit points
    • Professional Practice (Advanced Industry Studios B) (12133)
  • Part 2: 72 credit points
    • Core Major in the Built Environment (CM0004): 24 credit points
      • Required: 9 credit points
        • BE: Analysis Studio (11014)
        • Heritage Conservation (11015)
        • BE: History and Culture (11016)
      • Restricted Choice: 15 credit points
    • Specialist Major in Architecture (SM0013): 36 credit points
      • Required: 30 credit points
        • Built Environment Technology 1 (10187)
        • Built Environment Technology 2 (10188)
        • Built Environment Technology 3 (10189)
        • BE: Design Studio (11020)
        • BE: Visual Communication (11021)
        • Architecture: History & Theory 2 (11022)
        • Architecture Studio 1 (11023)
        • Architecture: History Theory 3 (11024)
        • Architecture Studio 4 (11025)
      • Restricted Choice: 6 credit points
    • Specialist Major in Interior Architecture (SM0014): 36 credit points
      • Required: 36 credit points
        • Built Environment Technology 1 (10187)
        • Built Environment Technology 2 (10188)
        • BE: Design Studio (11020)
        • BE: Visual Communication (11021)
        • Architecture: History & Theory 2 (11022)
        • Architecture Studio 1 (11023)
        • Interior Architecture Studio: Context (11029)
        • BE Digital Design Techniques 02: Prototyping Space (11625)
        • BE Digital Design Techniques 03: Digital Cities (11626)
        • Interior Architecture Technology (11899)
        • Interior Architecture Studio: Unstable Space (11900)
    • Open Electives: 9 credit points
    • Restricted Choice: 12 credit points
      • Streams: Must select 1 of the following
        • Industrial Design
        • Interaction Design
        • Landscape Architecture
        • Visual Communication
        • Building and Construction Management

Typical Study Pattern

• Standard Full Time, Semester 1 Commencing:
  • Year 1: BE: Analysis Studio, BE: History and Culture, BE: Visual Communication, Professional Orientation (Built Environment)
  • Year 2: Architecture Studio 1, BE Digital Design Techniques 02: Prototyping Space, Built Environment Technology 2, Restricted choice elective
  • Year 3: Interior Architecture Studio: Context, Interior Architecture Technology, Professional Practice (Advanced Industry Studios), Restricted choice elective
  • Year 4: Architecture: History Theory 3, Built Environment Technology 3, Open elective, Restricted choice elective
• Standard Full Time, Semester 2 Commencing:
  • Year 1: BE Digital Design Techniques 01: Fundamentals, BE: Design Studio, Built Environment Technology 1, Professional Orientation (Built Environment)
  • Year 2: BE: Analysis Studio, BE: History and Culture, BE: Visual Communication, Restricted choice elective
  • Year 3: Architecture Studio 1, BE Digital Design Techniques 02: Prototyping Space, Built Environment Technology 2, Open elective
  • Year 4: Interior Architecture Studio: Context, Interior Architecture Technology, Professional Practice (Advanced Industry Studios), Restricted choice elective
  • Year 5: Architecture: History Theory 3, Built Environment Technology 3, Open elective, Restricted choice elective

Course Information

• Course Duration: Standard 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent. Maximum 10 years from date of enrolment to date of course completion.
• Learning Outcomes:
  • Formulate architectural design proposals underpinned by rigorous analysis, critique, and reflection.
  • Synthesize and apply a range of contemporary and agile skills which inform interpretive, compositional, and technical outcomes.
  • Analyze and develop critical responses to the material and spatial assembly, agency, and effect of interior environments.
  • Develop an informed critique of architecture as professional practice and the ethical responsibilities of the profession to society and the environment.
  • Reflect and evaluate the role of Interior Architecture from a range of environmental, cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary contexts.
  • Select, apply, and evaluate a range of innovative and creative technologies in response to diverse and complex design problems.
• Majors:
  • Core Major in the Built Environment (CM0004)
  • Specialist Major in Interior Architecture (SM0014)
  • Specialist Major in Architecture (SM0013)
• Awards:
  • Bachelor of the Built Environment (Architecture)
  • Bachelor of the Built Environment (Interior Architecture)
• Honours: None
• Alternative Exits:
  • ABB001 Bachelor of the Built Environment (Architecture)
  • ABB002 Bachelor of the Built Environment (Interior Architecture)