Master of Landscape Architecture

Program Overview

The Master of Landscape Architecture program at the University of Adelaide is a design-based degree that combines technological expertise, artistic expression, and ecological knowledge. It prepares students for careers in government or private practice, empowering them to address societal challenges and create visionary environments that promote sustainability and well-being. Assessment includes written reports, oral presentations, and a capstone design project, while electives allow for specialization in areas such as internships or research.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a design-based degree that will teach you how to create visionary environments for the future. The degree develops technological and engineering expertise together with artistic expression and nurtures a deep knowledge of natural ecology and cultural environments. You'll learn how to work imaginatively with landscapes shaped by culture and natural systems using design, science, and engineering. The degree educates future professionals, empowering them to change the planet in positive ways, to address the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises and to work toward a more just and healthy environment.

Careers:

You might work in government or private practice finding solutions to pressing societal challenges. This degree qualifies you to begin the journey to registration as an RLA (Registered Landscape Architect). Collaborate with engineers, architects, policymakers, artists and others in the design professions. Design exterior spaces at a variety of scales and for various clients and users, both public and private, from innovative playgrounds, dynamic waterfronts, thoughtful memorials and special-use gardens to local, regional and national parks and critical infrastructure projects.

Assessment:

Assessment takes a number of forms including written reports and essays, short in class exercises, oral presentations. Formal examinations are not used for student assessment. A capstone architecture design project allows students to demonstrate their mastery of architecture through a significant supervised study.

Outline:

Core Courses

Students must complete all of the following: ARCH 7020 Professional Practice (M) LARCH 7028 Studio Cultures: Landscape Architecture (M) LARCH 7029 Advanced Landscape Architecture Technologies (M) LARCH 7031 Studio: Landscape Architecture (M) LARCH 7032 Advanced Ecology (M) ARCH 7034 Studio: Urbanism (M) ARCH 7035 Critical Historical Practices (M) ARCH 7042 Designing Research (M)

Research Dissertation/Final Research Project

Students must choose one of the following: LARCH 7033 Final Landscape Architecture Project (M) or; LARCH 7034 Final Landscape Architecture Dissertation (M)

Electives, choice of

Students must complete one of the following: LARCH 7030 Landscape Architecture Internship (M) ARCH 7037 Experiential Studio: Onshore (M) ARCH 7038 Experiential Studio: Offshore (M) ARCH 7039 Independent Study (M) 3 units from any other postgraduate coursework course offered by the University of Adelaide