Landscape Architecture - 8136
Program Summary
Faculty: Built Environment
Contact: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 144
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Program Description
Additionally, only Stream B will be available for commencement in 2018. Stream B is for applicants from a related discipline as defined in the entry requirements section below.
The UNSW Master of Landscape Architecture program aims to produce scholarly, creative designers who value well-designed landscapes as central to vibrant, healthy and equitable urban and regional environments. At UNSW, we engage with the campus, the surrounding city and the Sydney region as our landscape laboratory, and encourage our students to engage with international issues and experiences. The core of the program is the design studio sequence, with each studio supported by a skill and/or knowledge-based course. The design process is informed by research and critical analysis of landscape sites and systems, and design outcomes are shaped by modelling, testing and dialogue. Prescribed electives provide opportunities for students to pursue interdisciplinary, specialised interests across the faculty, particularly in the areas of urban design and planning; urban renewal and regeneration; spatial analysis; communications and visualisation, architecture, and sustainable design and development. The final studio is a capstone experience which provides students with the opportunity to undertake an independent research based design project.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
18 UOC Capstone Courses
96 UOC Core Courses
- BENV7728 GIS for Built Environment (6 UOC)
- LAND7101 Master Landscape Studio 1 (6 UOC)
- LAND7102 Master Landscape Studio 2 (6 UOC)
- LAND7121 People Place Design (6 UOC)
- LAND7151 Landscape Planting Design (6 UOC)
- LAND7152 Urban Ecology and Landscapes (6 UOC)
- LAND7201 Master Studio 3: Public Realm (6 UOC)
- LAND7202 Studio 4:Constructed Ecologies (6 UOC)
- LAND7211 Case Studies In Landscape (6 UOC)
- LAND7221 Advanced Visualisation (6 UOC)
- LAND7272 Landscape Technology 1 (6 UOC)
- LAND7301 Master Studio 5: City as Site (6 UOC)
- LAND7321 Landscape Technology 2 (6 UOC)
- UDES0009 Urban Landscape & Heritage (6 UOC)
- UDES0012 Elements of Urban Design (6 UOC)
- UDES0013 Urban Design Graphics (6 UOC)
- LAND1482 - Professional Practice (6 UOC)
- 24 UOC of Prescribed Electives (from list below)
54 UOC Core Courses
- BENV7728 GIS for Built Environment (6 UOC)
- LAND1482 Professional Practice (6 UOC)
- LAND7201 Master Studio 3: Public Realm (6 UOC)
- LAND7202 Studio 4:Constructed Ecologies (6 UOC)
- LAND7211 Case Studies In Landscape (6 UOC)
- LAND7221 Advanced Visualisation (6 UOC)
- LAND7272 Landscape Technology 1 (6 UOC)
- LAND7301 Master Studio 5: City as Site (6 UOC)
- LAND7321 Landscape Technology 2 (6 UOC)
- 24 UOC of Prescribed Electives (from list below)
18 UOC Core Courses
- 12 UOC Prescribed Electives (from list below)
Urban History and Theory
- BENV7712 Healthy Built Environments (6 UOC)
- BENV7811 Urban Renewal (6 UOC)
- PLAN7140 Land & Environment Law (6 UOC)
- PLAN7145 City Building - Infrastructure (6 UOC)
- PLAN7157 Engaging Communities (6 UOC)
- PLAN7321 Implementing Regeneration (6 UOC)
- SUSD0001 Sustainable Dev & Urban Envir (6 UOC)
- SUSD0004 Sustainability & Habitability (6 UOC)
- SUSD0016 Sustainable Infrastructure (6 UOC)
- UDES0004 Hist & Theory of Urban Dev (6 UOC)
- UDES0006 Case Stud in Urb Dev & Design (6 UOC)
- UDES0008 Planning & Urban Dev (6 UOC)
- ARCH7218 Urban Climate Change (6 UOC)
- MUPS0001 Drivers of Urban Change (6 UOC)
- BEIL6003 Cinematic Space (6 UOC)
- BENV6713 Architectural Spatialisation (6 UOC)
- BENV7307 Writing the City (6 UOC)
- BENV7320 Presentation Rhetoric (6 UOC)
- BENV7502 Geodesign (6 UOC)
- BENV7504 Digital Cities (6 UOC)
- ARCH7216 Designing Diversity (6 UOC)
- BEIL6000 Issues in Urbanism (6 UOC)
- BENV7712 Healthy Built Environments (6 UOC)
- BENV7811 Urban Renewal (6 UOC)
- PLAN7142 City Equity & Wellbeing (6 UOC)
- PLAN7157 Engaging Communities (6 UOC)
- SUSD0001 Sustainable Dev & Urban Envir (6 UOC)
- SUSD0004 Sustainability & Habitability (6 UOC)
- ARCH7218 Urban Climate Change (6 UOC)
Academic Rules
The UNSW Master of Landscape Architecture welcomes students from design and non-design
backgrounds. There are three different entry pathways to the program: one for students with a non-design background, a second one for students from a closely related discipline; and a third for students who have completed a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from an accredited program.
Students in the UNSW MLArch are required to complete 144 units of credit in total. Depending on
their educational qualifications, students will be granted up to 96 units of credit for recognition of prior learning (RPL).
Applicants from unrelated degree backgrounds are required to have achieved a credit average in
their bachelor degree, submit a portfolio*, provide a personal statement and participate in an interview. Twelve months of work experience in a closely related office is highly desirable. Typically, students in this stream will complete the entire, three year 144 unit of credit program of study. This is known as Stream A.
Applicants for the degree with qualifications in a related discipline** are required to have achieved a
credit average in their bachelor degree, submit a portfolio*, provide a personal statement and participate in an interview. Typically, students in this stream will be granted 48 units of credit for RPL and complete a two year, 96 unit of credit program of study. This is known as Stream B.
Applicants with a 4 year accredited Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree are required to have achieved a credit average in their bachelor degree, submit a portfolio*, provide a personal statement and participate in an interview. Typically, students in this stream will be granted 96 units of credit for RPL, and complete a one year, 48 unit of credit program of study. This is known as Stream C.
*The portfolio must be in clear digital format. The portfolio should include sample works from various stages of the applicant’s first degree and text should accompany all drawings/images to explain the projects. Other creative work can also be included. Professional work may form part of the portfolio, but the applicant’s contribution and responsibility for the work must be clearly stated.
**Related disciplines: Landscape architecture, architecture, urban design and urban planning,
environmental design, interior architecture/design, landscape design.
Fees
Accreditation and career opportunities
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA). Full accreditation will be sought in 2019,
corresponding with the graduation of the first cohort of students.
The AILA supports the advancement of landscape architecture through accreditation of university
programs. (More information on accreditation and education program in Australia is available at the
AILA website: www.aila.org.au) Accreditation ensures that graduates of the program enter the
profession of landscape architecture equipped to undertake complex design projects, and capable of integrating research and analysis into the design process, and engaging with a range of challenges in urban and regional landscapes. The interdisciplinary skills developed through the elective component of the degree enable graduates to move into diverse design, planning and policy roles in Australia and overseas.
Career pathways include: landscape architect; urban designer; strategic planner; project manager;
sustainability specialist in government agencies; artist; academic; technical and/or policy officer;
heritage consultant; public domain manager; environmental manager.