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Application information and deadlines can be found at Landscape Architecture Graduate School Web Site.

MLA Curriculum

MLA students take a series of lecture and studio design courses, beginning with an introduction to landscape design principles in the first year and culminating in an advanced research and studio design project in the graduating year. LAAB standards require that first-professional degree curricula must include the core knowledge skills and applications of landscape architecture: landscape architectural history, philosophy, theory, values, ethics, practice, planning, design, implementation, and management.

To meet LAAB standards, the Landscape Architecture Program curricula includes coverage of:

• landscape architectural history and theory
• natural and cultural systems
• design theories, methodologies and applications
• landscape planning and management at various scales and applications
• site design and construction such as grading, drainage and circulation
• communication in written, verbal and visual applications
• plants and ecosystems at various scales and situations
• construction materials, methods, technologies and applications
• professional practice methods, values, and ethics
• computing applications and other advanced technology.

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Find more detailed information on the following PDF files: (MLA PDF)

1st Semester - Fall Term
Course	Cr	Description/ Public Access Web	Faculty
LARC 450 LARC 620 LARC 640 PLSC 253	3 3 5 3	Environmental Resources Graphic Tools for Landscape Representation Graduate Studio I Woody Plant Materials I	David Myers Jack Sullivan Byoung-Suk Kweon Karen Petroff
2nd Semester - Spring Term
LARC 621 LARC 641 LARC 663 LARC 720 PLSC 254	3 5 3 3 3	Digital Mapping and Drawing Graduate Studio II Landscape and Garden History Environmental Analysis and Site Engineering Woody Plant Materials II	Staff Dennis Nola Kelly Cook Jack Leonard Karen Petroff
Summer
3rd Semester - Fall Term
LARC 642 LARC 670 LARC 721 Elective	5 3 3 3	Graduate Studio III Landscape Architecture Theory/ Criticism Landscape Construction Methods and Materials Specialization Elective	Christopher Ellis Kelly Cook Arlie Ison
4th Semester - Spring Term
LARC 648 LARC 660 LARC 671	5 3 3	Graduate Studio IV Landscape and Identity Landscape Architecture Research Methods	Jack Sullivan Kelly Cook Victoria Chanse
Summer
5th Semester - Fall Term
LARC 420 LARC 748 Elective	3 6 3	Professional Practice Graduate Studio V Specialization Elective	Dennis Nola Victoria Chanse
6th Semester - Spring Term
LARC 799 Elective	1-6 3	Master's Thesis Research or Creative Project Specialization Elective	Faculty Advisor

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