University Catalog 2024-2025

Landscape Architecture (MR)

Degree Requirements

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Landscape Architecture" without track specifications.

Track 1

This curriculum is designed for graduate students with prior LAAB accredited degrees in landscape architecture. 

Curriculum A

Studio Courses18
Select a minimum of three of the following:
Site Design and Environmental Planning Studio
Landscape Architecture Design Development & Construction Documentation Studio
Advanced Topics Studio in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Design Research Project Independent Study
Seminar Courses30
Select a minimum of ten courses of the following:
GIS Applications in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Environment and Culture
Landscape Architecture Plant Identification
Planting Design Applications in Landscape Architecture
Landform, Grading, and Environmental Site Systems
Landscape Architecture Construction Materials and Methods
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (History of Landscape Architecture)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Landscape Architecture Immersion)
Landscape Architecture Theory and Criticism
City Planning and Design - Building Great Communities
Research Methods in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Landscape Architecture Professional Practice
Environmental Social Equity and Design
Landscape Performance and Metrics
Contemporary Issues in Landscape Preservation
The Landscape Imperative
Survey of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Disaster Resilient Policy, Engineering and Design
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Sustainable Food Systems)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Design Week)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Advanced Digital Media)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Sustainable Sites)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Computational Design and Parametric Modeling)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Introduction to Envt. and Behavior for Designers)
Natural Hazards, Disasters and Climate Change Adaptation Lecture Series
Total Hours48

Curriculum B

Required Courses6
Landscape Architecture Design Research Project
Research Methods in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Additional Courses24
"Additional Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 30 total hours
Total Hours30

Track 2

This LAAB Accredited curriculum is designed for graduate students with prior degrees in landscape architecture, architecture, or related design programs that are not LAAB accredited; also graduate students obtaining concurrent degrees in Architecture, Urban Design or Urban Planning. 

Design Studio Sequence24-30
Landscape Architecture Introduction Design Studio
Advanced Topics Studio in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Site Design and Environmental Planning Studio
Landscape Architecture Design Development & Construction Documentation Studio
Advanced Topics Studio in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 1
Advanced Topics Studio in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Design Research Project Independent Study
Representation and Modeling Sequence3
GIS Applications in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Site Works Sequence13
Environment and Culture
Landscape Architecture Plant Identification
Planting Design Applications in Landscape Architecture
Landform, Grading, and Environmental Site Systems
Landscape Architecture Construction Materials and Methods
History, Theory and Criticism Sequence12
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (History of Landscape Architecture)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Landscape Architecture Immersion)
Landscape Architecture Theory and Criticism
City Planning and Design - Building Great Communities
Research and Professional Practice Sequence6
Research Methods in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Landscape Architecture Professional Practice
Elective Courses6
Environmental Social Equity and Design
Landscape Performance and Metrics
Contemporary Issues in Landscape Preservation
The Landscape Imperative
Survey of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Disaster Resilient Policy, Engineering and Design
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Sustainable Food Systems)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Design Week)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Advanced Digital Media)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Sustainable Sites)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Computational Design and Parametric Modeling)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Introduction to Envt. and Behavior for Designers)
Natural Hazards, Disasters and Climate Change Adaptation Lecture Series
Total Hours64-70
1

May be waived

Track 3

The LAAB Accredited Track III curriculum is intended for graduate students with undergraduate degrees in fields other than landscape architecture, architecture or related design areas. 

Design Studio Sequence36
Landscape Architecture Introduction Design Studio
Site Design and Environmental Planning Studio
Landscape Architecture Design Development & Construction Documentation Studio
Landscape Architecture Design + Build Studio
Advanced Topics Studio in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 1
Advanced Topics Studio in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Design Research Project Independent Study
Representation and Modeling Sequence6
Landscape Architecture Digital Design Media 2
GIS Applications in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Site Works Sequence13
Environment and Culture
Landscape Architecture Plant Identification
Planting Design Applications in Landscape Architecture
Landform, Grading, and Environmental Site Systems
Landscape Architecture Construction Materials and Methods
History, Theory and Criticism Sequence12
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (History of Landscape Architecture)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Landscape Architecture Immersion)
Landscape Architecture Theory and Criticism
City Planning and Design - Building Great Communities
Research and Professional Practice Sequence6
Research Methods in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Landscape Architecture Professional Practice
Elective Courses9
Select at least three of the following courses:
Environmental Social Equity and Design
Landscape Performance and Metrics
Contemporary Issues in Landscape Preservation
The Landscape Imperative
Survey of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Disaster Resilient Policy, Engineering and Design
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Sustainable Food Systems)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Design Week)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Advanced Digital Media)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Sustainable Sites)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Computational Design and Parametric Modeling)
Special Topics In Landscape Architecture (Introduction to Envt. and Behavior for Designers)
Natural Hazards, Disasters and Climate Change Adaptation Lecture Series
Total Hours82

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Maria De La Gracia Bellalta
  • Kofi Malik Boone
  • Margaret Evans Calkins
  • Margaret Elen Deming
  • Andrew Alan Fox
  • Mark Elison Hoversten
  • Robin C. Moore
  • Gavin Paul Smith

Associate Professors

  • Carla F. Delcambre
  • Fernando H. Magallanes
  • Celen Pasalar
  • Julieta Trevino Sherk

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Madalyn Baldwin
  • Nilda Graciela Cosco
  • Charles Albert Flink
  • Emily Ryan McCoy
  • Rodney Leon Swink

Emeritus Faculty

  • Eugene H Bressler
  • Arthur Rice