Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Our program prepares students for research and practice with a focus on the analysis, planning, design, and management of tropical and subtropical landscapes, alongside a comprehensive landscape architecture education that includes other geographical regions. Our goal is to educate individuals who can lead and serve their communities by enhancing the quality of life through meaningful, equitable, aesthetic, and sustainable design of the physical environment.
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Degrees
The Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design offers two degrees: a professionally-accredited Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) and a post-professional Master of Arts in Urban Design (MAUD). The MLA admits students as Freshmen, transfers (with an Associates degree), and graduate students.
Study Abroad
The Master of Landscape Architecture design curriculum includes a number of study abroad options. Students may spend a semester at our campus in Genoa, Italy, and may attend our two-week study travel program at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany. Our design studios frequently include a travel component, and in recent years students have traveled to Panama, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and New Mexico.
Studios, Labs + Hubs
The Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture Building is a state-of-the-art facility designed by renowned architect Bernard Tschumi specifically to meet the needs of the School of Architecture. Students work at dedicated desks in the spacious design studios, conduct design reviews in the critique rooms, build models and prototypes in the digital fabrication labs (which include state-of-the-art robotic arms and 3D printers), and exhibit their work in the gallery.
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Alumni Spotlights
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