UMA Graduate Bulletin 2019-2020 Program Descriptions, Faculty and Courses Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Program Overview Master of Landscape Architecture Degree Program
Master of Landscape Architecture Degree ProgramThe M.L.A. program is structured to educate students to plan and design sustainable places that embody beauty, protect the environment, and enhance people’s lives. Landscape architects work across environmental scales, from the intimate garden to community and urban design to landscape and greenway planning, and must be educated in the visual arts and the physical and natural sciences. The curriculum is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to become leaders in the landscape architecture profession. The program is centered on the design studios, through which students are exposed to a wide range of scales and project types that integrate information from other classes and provide opportunities for interdisciplinary study. Many studio projects are community-based, working with real clients in the private and public sectors. CurriculumThe Master of Landscape Architecture degree is a three-year first professional degree program accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board. Three groups of people are potential candidates.
Core RequirementsThe core requirements provide students with the knowledge they will apply in design studios and include:
Design studios incorporate this knowledge into specific projects and introduce students to design theories, methodologies and processes, and landscape planning principles and approaches. The emphasis is on creative thinking and problem solving in the project’s physical and cultual context. |