Graduates find employment in private landscape architecture firms designing malls, public areas, parklands and gardens, and in local, state and federal government departments assisting in the development of boulevards, riversides and urban waterways and landscape conservation. Later in the course, specialisation can be undertaken in areas such as landscape art, large scale landscape planning and management, landscape ecology, urban landscape design or the cultural landscape. The course is design-oriented, with emphasis also on architectural history, construction technology and architectural practice. The course is taught through design workshops, lectures, tutorials and seminars. Students create models and drawings of buildings, which are displayed for assessment.
Graduates become architects who can undertake general practice or choose to specialise.
The range of specialisations open to architects include commercial, industrial and institutional developments, housing, historic building conservation and renovation, and building interiors. Practical experience for one year subsequent to Bachelor of Planning and Design, but prior to Bachelor of Architecture. Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The emphasis of the building program is on the management of the building process. The course is taught through construction workshops, site visits, lectures, tutorials and seminars.