PARC Architecture Practice Exam (APE) Tutorials
The PARC APE Tutorials are held online once a week for thirteen weeks leading up to the APE Part 2 - National Examination Paper. This includes a tutorial that discusses the APE Part 1 Submission comprising the logbook, statement of practical experience and associated documents.
An additional online tutorial and local face-to-face, or online, interview practice is held after the National Examination Paper to prepare candidates for the APE Part 3 - Examination by Interview. Together these tutorials cover ALL parts of the APE.
Each online tutorial is two hours long and is delivered live and interactive ensuring participants can get any questions they have answered during the tutorial session. They are also recorded and available for participant review for the following week.
These tutorials are held online on Mondays from 6:00pm to 8:00pm AEDT
In addition to the above tutorials, weekly 45 minute online Q&A sessions are held in groups of approximately 30 participants. With a high tutor to participant ratio these Q&A sessions allow for more detailed discussion of the weekly material.
Participants are streamed into state and territory Q&A groups to allow for jurisdiction specific discussions and local peer-to-peer support.
The Q&A sessions are held online on Saturdays. Select location below for times.
Participants are also issued with jurisdiction specific required reading prior to each content tutorial and sample questions to complete afterwards. The answers to these sample questions are discussed in the following Monday’s Tutorial.
Tutorials are run twice a year with a Summer Season and a Winter Season.
The PARC APE Tutorials are run twice a year to line up with AACA’s two annual intakes for the Architecture Practice Exam. The Summer Season targets the first round of the APE. The Winter Season targets the second round of the APE.
For more details about the PARC APE Tutorials please select your location
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The PARC 2027 APE Tutorial Calendar and the AACA’s 2027 schedule of dates for Parts 1 and 2 of the APE are linked via the relevant adjacent black buttons. Note that APE Part 3 interviews are typically held in June and November; dates are TBA.
Tutorial Fees
The Tuition Fee for all fourteen tutorials and Q&As, reading lists, sample questions, and face-to-face interview practice is $1210.00 including GST. Fees are payable in advance at the time of enrolment.
Delivery Platform
The Tutorials are delivered using Zoom. Participants will need a device with a working camera and microphone to join the tutorials.
The Tutorial sessions are set up as a webinar. During the Tutorials participants will be able to ask questions at any time via Zoom’s Q&A function. Questions will be responded to within the session by one of our tutors. Tutors will either respond directly using the Q&A function or read the question out and responded live.
The weekly Tutorials will be recorded. Participants will have access to each recording for one week. That is the week immediately following the Tutorial.
The Q&A sessions are set up as a meeting. Participants can ask questions verbally or via the chat function at any time. Questions will be answered live as per a typical face-to-face tutorial. It is a security requirement that Q&A participants to have their webcam on. A recording of these session will not be made available.
Interested?
If you are not yet ready to enrol but would like to stay updated on availability of places and the release of new seasons we would be delighted to keep you in the loop. Click the button to be taken to our Register Your Interest page.