Master in Landscape Architecture I Degree Requirements

Master in Landscape Architecture I

A candidate will be recommended for the Master in Landscape Architecture as a professional degree upon satisfactory completion of 120 units in the following course of study:

First Term

0 units | STU 1111 Pre-Term Workshop (August; two weeks) *

8 units | STU 1111 Landscape Architecture I (studio)

4 units | VIS 2141 Landscape Representation I

4 units | HIS 4141 History, Theory, Culture I: Textuality and the Practice of Landscape Architecture

4 units | SCI 6141 Ecologies, Techniques, Technologies I

Second Term

0 units | STU 1112 Pre-Term Workshop (January; one week) *

8 units | STU 1112 Landscape Architecture II (studio)

4 units | VIS 2142 Landscape Representation II

4 units | HIS 4142 History, Theory, Culture II: Material Histories of Landscape Architecture

4 units | SCI 6142 Ecologies, Techniques, Technologies II

Third Term

0 units | STU 1211 Pre-Term Workshop (August; two weeks) *

8 units | STU 1211 Landscape Architecture III (studio)

4 units | DES 3241 History, Theory, Culture III: Theories of Landscape as Urbanism

4 units | SCI 6241 Ecologies, Techniques, Technologies III

4 units | SCI 6244 Climate by Design

Fourth Term

0 units | STU 1212 Pre-Term Workshop (January; one week) *

8 units | STU 1212 Landscape Architecture IV (studio)

4 units | DES 3242 History, Theory, Culture IV: Theories and Practice of Landscape Architectiure

4 units | SCI 6242 Ecologies, Techniques, Technologies IV

4 units | Distributional electives or general electives **

Fifth Term

8 units | Option Studio ***

4 units | PRO 7241 Practices of Landscape Architecture

8 units | Distributional electives and/or general electives **

OR

8 units | Option Studio ***

4 units | PRO 7241 Practices of Landscape Architecture

4 units | ADV 9341 Preparation of Design Thesis Proposal ****

4 units | Distributional electives or general electives **

Sixth Term

8 units | Option Studio ***

12 units | Distributional electives and/or general electives **

OR

8 units | ADV 9342 Design Thesis in Landscape Architecture

12 units | Distributional electives and/or general electives **

Footnotes

* The Graduate School of Design offers one- or two-week long pre-semester Digital Media Skills Workshops for each term of the core years (4 classes), all of which are required for all Master in Landscape Architecture students. These workshops are integrated with the design studios and are intended to give students the necessary preparation and knowledge of the workflows and digital techniques used in the context of studios: 3D software basics, rendering basics, data-transfer from 3D software, output and model building techniques using CAD/CAM facilities. The workshop will include an orientation session in the woodshop and on using laser cutters. No academic credit is given for the workshop.

** Distributional electives must be taken from two fields of study, to be selected from a list of approved courses issued by the department each year indicated as follows: 4 units of electives in landscape architecture representation, history, or theory; and 4 units of electives in ecologies or technologies.

*** A minimum of one option studio must be taken from those offered by the Department of Landscape Architecture.

**** Students pursuing the MLA thesis track are required to enroll in an Option Studio offered by the Department of Landscape Architecture in the fall semester of their final year together with ADV 9341.