Postgraduate Diploma in Designed Environments–PGDipDE 120 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGDipDE shall have:

 (i) completed a BAS degree or an equivalent qualification, with an average grade of at least B; and

(ii) been accepted by the head of school as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) of the Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation for a candidate who has practical, professional, or scholarly experience that provides equivalent preparation.

2. The course of study for the PGDipDE shall consist of courses worth at least 120 points from the MArch(Prof), MIA, MLA, and MURPlan schedules.

3. (a) The PGDipDE shall be endorsed with, at most, one subject if the candidate’s programme consists entirely of courses selected from that subject as listed in section 4.

(b) The PGDipDE may be awarded without a subject providing the associate dean has approved the candidate’s set of courses.

(c) A candidate for the PGDipDE shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the diploma within four years of first enrolling in it.

(d) The associate dean may extend the maximum period in special cases.

(e) A candidate who has been awarded a PGCertDE in a particular subject is required to abandon that qualification upon being awarded a PGDipDE in the same subject.

4. The requirements for each subject are as follows, with such substitutions as may be approved under section 5.

Architecture (ARCH): ARCI 411, ARCI 412, ARCI 421, ARCI 451, SARC 461, SARC 491; 15 further points from SARC 400–499

Interior Architecture (INTA): INTA 411, INTA 412, INTA 421, INTA 451, SARC 461, SARC 491; 15 further points from SARC 400–499.

Landscape Architecture (LAND): LAND 411, LAND 412, LAND 421, LAND 451, SARC 461, SARC 491; 15 further points from SARC 400–499

Urban and Regional Planning (PLAN): 120 points from Part 1 of the MURPlan including at least 90 PLAN points