Focus on the practical and technical application of design skills, and create innovative, sustainable designs for domestic and commercial-scale building projects. Learn about building design from the ground up as you explore topics covering innovative and sustainable design innovative digital applications problem-solving structural and construction technology project documentation architectural project administration construction processes environmental sustainability and design materials technology building services communicating and working with stakeholders associated planning and building regulation codes and standards. Career Work in a wide range of technical positions in architectural practices and building design offices. Graduate ready to make your mark in technical positions in building design offices and architectural spaces. Career roles include building designer building information modelling (BIM) and computer-aided design (CAD) specialist domestic and commercial designer. As a building design graduate, your work focus could include: digital presentation and architectural documentation of buildings architectural modelling and animation specialist and technical design areas such as commercial/domestic design and planning retail design and documentation working as part of a technical architectural team to support a design team or as part of project management. Day-to-day, you can expect to be involved in meeting and working to a client brief preparing detailed architectural drawings and documentation preparing building specifications visiting building sites for site analysis and investigation analysing bushfire attack levels analysing environmental factors liaising with engineers, quantity surveyors, building surveyors and planning professionals to ensure all aspects of the project are properly addressed working to building and local council codes, by-laws and national regulations. Further study When you successfully complete the Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural) you are guaranteed entry into a range of other RMIT programs. The grades you achieve determine the programs you can get into and the amount of credit you will receive. If you successfully complete the program, you will receive 3 semesters of advanced standing (equivalent to 144 credit points) in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (Honours). If you successfully complete the program, you will receive 2 semesters of advanced standing (equivalent to 96 credit points) in the following programs: Bachelor of Applied Science (Project Management) (Honours) Bachelor of Applied Science (Property and Valuation) (Honours) If you achieve a minimum GPA of 4.0 in the final year, you will receive 3 semesters of advanced standing (equivalent to 144 credit points) in the Bachelor of Architectural Design. If you achieve below the minimum GPA, you may still apply and will need to attend an interview. You will be assessed on a case by case basis and credit is not guaranteed. If you achieve a minimum GPA of 3.5, you will receive 3 semesters of advanced standing (equivalent to 144 credit points) in the Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours). If you achieve below the minimum GPA, you may still apply and will need to submit a folio. You will be assessed on a case by case basis and credit is not guaranteed.