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Associate Degree of Building Design

Associate Degree

Key details

Degree Type

Associate Degree

Duration

4 years full-time, 4 years part-time

Course Code

CC01

Study Mode

Online

About this course

Study the Associate Degree of Building Design and equip yourself with the skills to plan and design buildings, ranging from residential homes to medium-rise commercial buildings. This includes restoration, renovation, unit development, and extension work. You will develop the skills to become confident in design and documentation, construction, structures, building materials and services, professional practice and communication and the key principles of sustainability.

The course may enable you to up-skill from vocational education and training (VET) qualifications in building and related trades so that you can enhance your career prospects. You may also be eligible to gain credit for prior learning and reduce the time it takes to complete your degree.

If you are already a qualified tradesperson completing this course enables you to take your qualifications to a paraprofessional level. CQUniversity is one of a few universities in Australia to offer this course by online study. You may choose to enhance your future employability by working in the industry and gaining practical experience while you learn.

Successful completion of this award satisfies the educational requirements for the Building Design - Medium Licence issued by Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC).

Entry requirements

English Language Proficiency Requirements

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America, you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.

Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:

A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or
Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.

If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:

An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall and minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.

International Students should visit http://www.cqu.edu.au/international for further information.

Each student will be assessed individually.

Security RequirementsNo information available at this time.Health RequirementsNo information available at this time.Assumed Knowledge

Assumed knowledge; English (4, SA) and Maths A or B (4, SA).

Study locations

Online

Career pathways

Completing the Associate Degree of Building Design prepares you to pursue building designer roles within:

design, architectural, planning, building or engineering firms
government departments
corporations with large building portfolios.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Architecture & Building courses at CQUniversity Australia (CQU).

72.3%

Overall satisfaction

74.5%

Skill scale

70.2%

Teaching scale

93.1%

Employed full-time

$80k

Average salary

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