Building yourself up to study a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UNSW?
Like the budding Architect you are, you probably want to draw a plan before you start any new project. The same goes for figuring where and what you’re going to study at uni.
Before you can create one though, you’ll probably need some information about the program. That’s where we come in!
核心单位，入学要求，教学格式等。您需要知道的一切，下面 - 查看它！
UNSW的建筑学士学位是什么？
核心单位和专业
How to Get into a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UNSW
什么是教学格式？
What’s the Faculty and Culture Like?
UNSW的建筑学士学位是什么？
想象自己走在悉尼的街道上，欣赏令人惊叹的建筑物，因为他们通过了你。你觉得自己，“我想知道已经有了这些建造的东西吗？”答案在于这一学位。
The truth of it is,there wouldn’t be any constructions to admire without architects, and in Sydney, those very buildings may have been built by a graduate of UNSW architecture.
ABachelor of Architectural Studies at UNSW是这一追捧的职业生涯的第一步。这绝对不是唯一的步骤，但这可能是最重要的。
Basically, this degree willprovide you with all the necessary academic skills in the theory and practiceof architecture.Design strategies, construction and architectural technologies- 本科课程包含架构职业的所有基础方面。
Did you know that UNSW is one of the top schools of Architecture in Australia? Learn morehere!
荣誉
Taking on anhonours year is an option but it’s not compulsory。为了进入荣誉计划，您需要维持65％的WAM（UNSW的成绩点）。
The Honours programgoes for one year and it will hone your research skills。You’ll spend the year researching a topic and writing a big thesis about it.
After the program,你可以继续的研究上PhD。You can also head on to more practical study after your honours by doing the standard Master of Architecture.
Where will this degree take me?
A little precursor here — foundational is a keyword for this program. Unfortunately,这个学士学位不够成为一个完全成熟的建筑师。
不要错问，它仍然是非常必要的，这就是这样you’ll also need to complete a Masters program in order to gain accreditation and be officially registered as an architect.This doesn’t mean that you have to become registered.
When you finish up the Bachelor’s you’ll havethe official status of ‘architectural designer’。The program is diverse and开发一系列不一定仅与架构相关的技能。
Some people decide to leave it with the Bachelor’s and go onto other things. You couldbecome a film production designer, interior/spatial designer, project manager or even a marketing executive.
Career Paths as an Architect
If you do want to plan and create spaces, buildings, and cities, you will need to do your Master’s degree.Once you’ve got that under your belt you could work as a:
- 咨询建筑师在私人惯例
- 遗产等领域的专家建筑师
- Building scientist
- Environmental consultant
- Architect within multidisciplinary design practices
- 大型商业建筑公司内的角色
- Architectural critic, academic or researcher
It’s also important to point out that UNSW Architecture scores#33 in Architectural studiesfor the whole world! It goes without saying that即使它不在架构中，这种威胁肯定会帮助确保未来的工作。
核心单位和专业
This may come as a surprise butnot every degree comes with a set of majors。A Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UNSW is one of those degrees.
Although, what this program lacks in major options, it makes up for byexposing students to a range of subjects within the Built Environment faculty.此外，您不会强调稍后选择专业！
Without a major option, you’re probably wondering how the degree is structured, right? Well, it’sprimarily built up of core units, design studios and interdisciplinary Built Environment electives.
What are the Core Units?
The core units dissect the academic side of architecture and are designed to给予实践和介绍核心工具和理论的背景。It goes without saying that these units are absolutely fundamental — they are, however,less practical than the design studio classes.
Some of these core courses may讨论建筑的实际方面, such as调查建筑材料，结构品质和建设惯例。You could also learn aboutarchitectural technologies and scienceduring these sessions, which are generally explored through case studies.
Alternatively, you will also have to take courses that deal with a more critical side of architecture, where you’ll dive into the建筑与建筑理论的历史。Here’s an idea of some of the core courses:
- Construction and Structures
- 建筑环境中的通信
- Fabrication Fundamentals
- Architectural History and Theory
- Building Information Modelling
The rest of the core units can be found in the course outlinehere!
What are the design studios?
There aresix design studio coursesthroughout the degree and they take place一年两次throughout the program. Design studiosgive students a chance to put theory into practiceand你会working with both digital and physical design technologies to produce your own projects.
Each session will have a different focus, eliciting architectural knowledge that students should have developed throughout the course. The focus could bearchitectural design and space, or it could be more contrived, getting students todesignbuilt spaces in Sydney with indigenous and industrial heritage.
A little heads up, the design studios will really throw you in the deep end —most lecturers and tutors will not explain how to use the design tools or even how to cut cardboard,as these are the skills you’ll need to develop on the job and with the help of other students. This is why当你需要时，询问你的伴侣是一个好主意— you might find yourself learning more from them than anyone else.
Passing each studio is compulsory。学生s are unable to progress to the next studio if they haven’t passed the one before it (so make sure you don’t slack off with these ones).
建造的环境看明者怎么样？
These areelectives provided by different disciplines within the faculty。This is a great chance to even further broaden your scope for career paths by picking up new skills.
教师内有大量的不同学习选择。Common streams of study are graphic design and business start up courses, but the choice is yours!
Here’s an idea of some of the courses you could take:
- Sustainable Design Thinking
- Architectural Photography
- Graphic Design for The Built Environment
- 国际规划
- 电影空间
Are there internships built into the course?
While completing an internship is不强制完成课程, UNSW Built Environment (BE) does offer professional opportunities for Architecture Students.
TheElective BE Professional Placement (BENV6800)可以作为UNSW建筑学生的选修选择，并让他们进行实习。可以找到更多信息here!
How to Get into a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UNSW
进入的传统路径是通过获得95的atar。此分数将为您提供保证进入程序。
It isn’t, however, the only way to get a seat at the table. The Built Environment Faculty hasheaps of alternative entry schemes that help people get in with commitments that may have prevented them from getting a high ATAR.
Alternate Pathways
There’s an精英运动员的计划, entry through投资组合提交, and theoption to transfer internally (from a different UNSW program) or externally (from a different university).
There are heaps more entry schemes, which can be found on the faculty’swebsite如果你的atar看起来不太高，那就不要强调！
Are there any prerequisite subjects?
Getting into the program is hard enough already, so being loaded up with prerequisite subjects would definitely not be fun.Luckily for you, there aren’t any!
虽然占用了一些人肯定不会受伤Art subjects所以你可以习惯使用物理和digital design tools.HSC Maths and Physics也不会伤害。
How about scholarships?
UNSW offers a variety of scholarships specific to each year and field of study. A list of those scholarships can be foundhere!
什么是教学格式？
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, butUNSW正式转型给TrimeStersin 2019.What does this mean for you?
好吧，它意味着slightly shorter holidays than a normal semester system but the flexibility to accelerate your degree。It also means that you’ll bestudying 3 subjects instead of 4在每个学术会议。
Class Structure
UNSW Architecture courses are built up oflectures and tutorials/studios.
Generallylectures will go for 2 hours, tutorials for 1-2 hours and studios for 3-5 hours。This basically means that每周你永远不会超过15个联系时间。
Something to keep in mind though is thata Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UNSW is highly autonomous— this means that你会expected to do most of your hours in your own time。While 15 hours may not seem like much, you’ll definitely still be busy keeping up with your projects when you’re not in class.
Lectures
These classes are where you’ll beintroduced to all of the course content,but because Architecture is not a huge cohort,there will most likely only be one lecture stream。这意味着每个人都将在一堂课中，仍然存在200 people.
在讲座期间，您将在倾听讲师并记笔记。关于内容的任何互动讨论，而且这就是教程进入的地方。
Tutorials
Tutorials (or tutes as you’ll come to call them) are much more intimate than the lectures as there’ll probably only be30个其他学生在课堂上。You’ll only be doingtutorials in the academic core courses(as well as some of the electives, but not in the design studios).
这些课程是你实际上的与老师聊天，并拥有更多的动手学习方法with the course content. The teacher will过去的任何case studies that were introduced in the lecture, and they’ll encourage everyone to critically engage with them.
Studios
Studios are only a part of the design studio courses and they’re also smaller than lectures witha class size of roughly 30.这些课程是你能够的地方讨论项目的进度。
3个小时的大部分都将是在您的项目中自主工作当你等待你的导师来和你谈谈。导师会give you advice on how you could improve on your projectand they might point you in a better direction.
Assessments
The style of assessments will depend on the type of class that you are doing — for the academic classes, you’ll mostly be doing散文。There is also the possibility of介绍, but themajority of the assessments will be essay-based.
During the design studio classes, yourassessments will revolve around your project。You might start with a现场分析worth 20%, aproposalworth 30% and a最终提议价值50％。
Skills That You Develop
虽然您从学习这一学位的主要目标可能获得设计技能，但you’ll find that you’ll learn much more.
Of coursedesign is a huge part of the program这些技能肯定不会缺乏该计划结束。然而，有一个重点关注你的能力think critically, as well as yourability to presenta project and really sell it.
You might think that being a good designer is the most important part of being an architect, but it’s only one half of it —无论产品有多好，你生产的是，如果你不能卖给它，你就不会到达任何地方。UNSW Architecture pushes its students to develop these abilities during the design studios.
在一些极端情况下，出售某些东西的能力比项目本身更重要：there has allegedly even been an incident of a student getting a High Distinction by presenting a grape(yep, as in the fruit). You might find these skills to be the most important learning curve for professional life.
What’s the Faculty and Culture like?
建筑环境comprises highly regarded architects that are experts in the field— a lot of the teachers have their own agencies and teach on the side. This means that you’llget a real taste for the field, as well as expert academic guidance.
UNSW Architecture’s cohort is quite small, which will在你一起通过节目斗争时，请给你戏剧的鲜明感觉。你将通过同一个人通过该计划进步，所以你肯定会最终完全接近。
One problem is that thecloseness can encourage competition.但谁不爱一个友好的竞争？它绝对会让你更加努力。
Interested in the pros and cons of this degree? Check out our articlehere!
UNSW Architecture Society
UNSW的Architecture Society是学生代表团吗？provides social, academic and professional support for students of Architecture.
Because UNSW doesn’t have a shared studio space,the Architecture Society strives to bridge the gap between the different years in the program。他们组织pub crawls, barbecues and other social events在UNI之外创建一个强大的社交网络在队列中。
The Architecture Society alsoorganises meet and greets with graduates of the program。They aim tobring alumni who have gone on to pursue their Masters, and others who chose different paths- 他们最近邀请了一个毕业生，现在是来自Nida的讲师，专门从事集设计。
社会也是如此organises workshop events that teach students how to use design technologies and other points that are not discussed in lectures。建筑学会绝对是该计划学生的必备。
索娜
UNSW also offers Architecture students the opportunity to join索娜(Student Organised Network for Architecture)。It isthe national-student membership body of the Australian Institute of Architects.
每个大学都有一个代表given a budget to organise localised events at the uni.Sona本身也将hold bigger national events.
By becoming a member,you’ll open yourself up to loads of networks, forums, events and competitions.这是扩展大学外部网络的绝佳机会。
BESA
BESA is theBuilt Environment Student Association。They are the biggest student group within the Built Environment faculty — in other wordsthey have the biggest budget and influence on the faculty.
BESA拥有建造环境教师（景观，室内，工业设计等）的各个领域代表, which means they cater to the student body on a faculty level, rather than by subject. The association puts together all of the huge events like theend of year ball and other industry talks.
它还组织了同行指导计beplay安卓西西软件划。Peer mentoring is从老年学生那里了解大学的好方法，并获得一些关于你的课程的有用的学习提示。
For more info about BESA make sure to check out theirFacebook!
科迪威廉姆斯is a Content Writer at Art of Smart Education. While Cody studied a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and French Studies at UNSW, he quickly realised that his dream job would have him sit happily behind a keyboard. Cody’s digital writing career started with an internship at Bauer Media where he was writing for ELLE and Harper’s BAZAAR’s online publications. Once he had a taste for writing he never looked back, moving to Brisbane soon later to work as a Producer for Channel Nine Queensland. After a year in television media, he dusted off his online writing shoes so he could put them to good use, stamping out some scorching-hot career and educational resources at AOS.
