Curriculum and Course Structure
The MLA curriculum is anchored by four design studios, Dissertation and ten lecture courses/electives. Of the four design studios, typically two are overseas studios which provide students valuable opportunities to explore landscape design under a myriad of socio-cultural, ecological and socio-economic context in the surrounding Asian region. The studios are organized into a sequence which increases in scale and complexity, culminating in a landscape planning studio at the regional scale. The lecture courses and electives provide knowledge in geodesign, urban ecology, topical areas like landscape urbanism, water urbanism, urban agriculture, and advanced digital landscape representation and modelling.
To graduate with a Master of Landscape Architecture degree, a candidate must successfully complete a minimum of 80 units. This includes 4 studio courses (32 units), a dissertation (8 units), 8 core courses (32 units), and 2 electives (8 units). Students must achieve a minimum B- average for LA4701 and LA4702 and a minimum GPA of 2.5 in order to progress from year 1 to year 2. To graduate, students also must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00 and minimum grades of B- for both LA5701 and LA5702.
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