The Master of Landscape Architecture is a professional and academic degree dealing with the manipulation of outdoor and public spaces to achieve socio-behavioural, environmental, and/or aesthetic outcomes.

Curriculum and Requirements

Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) programs typically incorporate course work, formal critique, and independent research, culminating in a design thesis. Core "lecture" or "seminar" courses cover landscape architectural social theory, ecology, site technology, engineering, and professional practice. Studio-based course work covers urban landscape architecture, design, and theory. The independent research component of Master of Landscape Architecture programs requires that students develop a program of independent study and research leading to a design thesis. Such theses explore the connections between landscape architecture and the humanities, environmental studies, social sciences, and engineering, so as to generate novel models of contemporary landscape architectural practice.

Specializations

A wide variety of specializations exist within the academic discipline of landscape architecture

Landscape architecture

Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...

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Some of the most well-known areas are:

• Urban design
• Social factors design
• Landscape design
• Ecological planning and design
• Heritage conservation
• Site planning
  Site planning
  Site planning in landscape architecture and architecture refers to the organizational stage of the landscape design process. It involves the organization of land use zoning, access, circulation, privacy, security, shelter, land drainage, and other factors...
  
  
• Regional landscape planning
• Park and recreation planning
• Land development planning
• Landscape reclamation and restoration
• Consulting services, expert testimony