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Landscape Architecture Graduate Degree Programs

Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and of the Landscape Architecture program. See the College of Graduate Studies section of Part 4 for the general requirements applicable to the degree.

Master of Landscape Architecture. Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and of the Landscape Architecture program including a 3.0 minimum GPA in order to be considered for admission to the Master of Landscape Architecture "five-year plus" first professional degree program. See the College of Graduate Studies section of Part 4 for the general requirements applicable to the degree.

Eighteen of the 38 credits required for the MLA degree must be at the 500 level, including the following courses: LArc 554 Graduate Studio 1 (6 cr), LArc 556 Graduate Studio 2 (6 cr), LArc 558 Graduate Studio 3 (6 cr). The remaining courses required to complete credits for this degree may be 300, 400 or 500-level electives from programs across the university. (300 level electives from Landscape Architecture cannot be used as graduate electives.) (More required courses are listed below under both thesis and nonthesis options?)

Students without an undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture are required to pursue the Non-Thesis or Final Project Option:

Non-Thesis Option Requirements:

Requirements include

LArc 554

Graduate Studio 1 (6 cr)

LArc 556

Graduate Studio 2 (6 cr)

LArc 558

Graduate Studio 3 (6 cr)

Research Methods (various) (3 cr)

LArc 562

Graduate Studio 4 (6 cr)

Non-Thesis Elective courses include:

LArc 495

GIS Applications in Land Planning 2 (3 cr)

The Graduate Thesis Option

Students with an undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture may pursue the Graduate Thesis Option Requirements include:

LArc 500

Graduate Thesis (7 cr maximum)

LArc 554

Graduate Studio (6 cr)

LArc 556

Graduate Studio (6 cr)

Reseach Methods (various (3 cr)

Graduate Thesis Elective courses:

LArc 495

GIS Applications In Land Planning 2 (3 cr)

LArc 562

Graduate Studio 4 (6 cr)