Students must complete a set of prescribed core courses supplemented by elective courses to bring their total units of credit (UOC) to 48 for the degree.

Students in the MArch (Arch Comp) Major must undertake core courses totalling 36 UOC and electives totalling 12 UOC. All students must complete a Graduate Research Project as part of the core, but are able to select the remaining core courses (4 courses at 6 UOC each) from the prescribed list of postgraduate computing courses shown below. Elective courses (2 courses at 6 UOC) may be selected from the same list, or from any other graduate course offered in the Faculty (except for 'BENV7142 CAD and Visualistion' which embodies assumed knowledge for this program and is only available as a non award course), or with the permission of the Program Director, from any postgraduate course offered by UNSW or appropriate course offered by another institution.

Note that students with a professional architectural background, or equivalent design experience, may be permitted to take a Design Studio course, in lieu of 12 UOC of electives in this major.

(at least 4 core courses must be selected from this group)

Students take 12 UoC of electives. These can be from the recommended electives listed below, or core option courses not taken as core, or with the approval of the Program Director, other courses within the Faculty or the University.

Note: Not all computing courses are offered every semester or even in any given year. Applicants are advised to check the Faculty Web site for timetable information to get an idea of the mix of courses being offered at any point in time. There are, however, always at least two computing courses available in each semester to accommodate these program requirements.

Over and above the normal admission requirements for the Master of Architecture degree, applicants for the MArch (Arch Comp) are assumed to have a working knowledge and experience with the principal computing tools used in architectural design practice, specifically CAD and 3D modelling and visualisation. Where students do not have those skills upon entry to the program, they are strongly recommended to take an additional non-award course such as 'BENV7142 CAD and Visualisation' in order to acquire that base knowledge.