Faculty information

• About Art, Design and Architecture
• Undergraduate studies

Course information

• Outline of undergraduate studies
  • Courses offered in 2013
  • Courses with no further intake

Course-related policies and rules

• Government and University legislation

Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) is a place of excellence and innovation across fine art, design, architecture, and theoretical enquiry.  MADA advocates the essential role of creative practice in quality of life and offers an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate studio-based degrees from its base at Monash's Caulfield campus and from the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design.  Our vibrant faculty is at the forefront of education in visual practice and our community fosters a spirit of experimentation and collaboration.

For more information about the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture visit http://www.artdes.monash.edu.

For all enquiries regarding course advice visit http://artdes.monash.edu.au/contact.

Based at the Caulfield campus, undergraduate courses are offered in fine arts and visual arts, communication design, industrial design, interior architecture, and architecture. Monash Art Design and Architecture also has a presence at Berwick, Gippsland and Monash's Prato centre in Italy. 

All students undertake common units in drawing and visual culture.

At Caulfield:

• The Department of Architecture offers degrees in architecture and interior architecture, based around the design studios and supported by theory and history, communications and professional practice units.
• The Department of Design's communication design incorporates visual communication, multimedia and motion graphics and the industrial design program offers a multidisciplinary education encompassing product, transport, and interaction design.
• The Department of Fine Arts contemporary practices studios enable students to focus on painting, printmaking, photography and video, and sculpture.

At the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, students may undertake take studies in sculpture, painting, printmaking, photomedia, web design, multimedia and audio and video within the visual arts studio programmes.

Double degrees

The faculty offers double degrees with the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Education.

Unit offerings

Unit offerings may differ from year to year, depending on student demand and the availability of resources.  Students will be notified as early as possible of the withdrawal of any unit. Elective units will be offered subject to demand. Existing units and course structures are subject to review and minor amendments. For further information contact the Faculty Student and Administrative Services Unit on +61 3 9903 1517 or via email at artdes-enquiries@monash.edu

Honours degrees

The departments of Design and Fine Arts and the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design offer honours degrees for selected programs. A candidate who has completed the requirements for the pass degree and who has reached a standard satisfactory to the faculty board, normally set at credit level or above, may apply to be admitted to candidature for the degree with honours, requiring a fourth year of study.

Occupational health, safety and environment in Art, Design and Architecture courses

Instruction in relevant occupational health, safety and environment issues is provided in all courses offered by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. The unit OHS1000 (Introduction to art and design health and safety) (0 credit points) is a core unit for all undergraduate courses and is a standard enrolment requirement for students in semester one of their first year of study.

NOTE: the course details provided in in the entries below are for those students who began their studies in 2013 - students who commenced their studies prior to this date should consult the Handbook edition for the year in which they started their course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks.

Single degrees

• 3119 Bachelor of Architectural Design - Caulfield
• 3019 Bachelor of Architectural Design Scholars Program - Caulfield
• 3123 Bachelor of Communication Design - Caulfield
• 2119 Bachelor of Fine Art - Caulfield
• 2122 Bachelor of Industrial Design** - Caulfield
• 2126 Bachelor of Interior Architecture** - Caulfield
• 2124 Bachelor of Visual and Media Arts - Gippsland

** This degree may be awarded 'with honours' according to the student's study outcomes

Double degrees

• 3779 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Visual Arts* - Caulfield; Gippsland
• 4617 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Architectural Design# - Clayton
• 3819 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Visual Arts - Caulfield
• 2965 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)# -Caulfield/Clayton
• 3712 Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Education (Primary)^ - Peninsula/Caulfield/Clayton; Gippsland
• 3719 Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)^ - Caulfield/Clayton

^# Managed by the Faculty of Engineering
^{^} Managed by the Faculty of Education
^* Managed by the Faculty of Arts
⁰ Managed by the Faculty of Business and Economics

Honours Degrees

• 2513 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Fine Art - Caulfield
• 3112 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Multimedia and Digital Arts - Caulfield
• 2961 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Visual Arts - Caulfield; Gippsland
• 2960 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Visual Communication - Caulfield