Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning : Guide to courses

6. Landscape Architecture

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 6. Landscape Architecture

Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design major)

Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture)

Master of Landscape Architecture

 6.1. Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design)

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) can provide a pre-professional course which enables students to pursue studies which lead to postgraduate Landscape Architecture programs in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.

Students who wish to proceed to professional studies in Landscape Architecture should enrol in the BA and take a major in Planning and Design, and a major in Geography with an emphasis on physical geography. At the conclusion of the BA degree course, graduates are qualified to work in areas of landscape and environmental planning, design and management, either in private practice or in local or state government instrumentalities. To become a professionally qualified landscape architect you need to undertake further study in the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. The Master of Landscape Architecture degree is accredited by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, which enables graduates to practise as professional landscape architects.

 6.1.1. Career Options

Landscape Architecture involves the planning, design and management of the natural and built environment. Landscape architects work with open spaces and manufactured and natural materials including soils, landforms, water and plants. Their work is based on an understanding of how urban, rural and natural landscapes evolve, and the interactions between people and nature.

Graduates find employment applying principles of environmental sustainability in private landscape architecture firms where the majority of work is designing public and private areas such as plazas, parklands and gardens, residential areas, and in government departments, developing projects such as roads and streets, urban waterways, landscape conservation area. They are involved in the design of new tourist and residential areas and the rehabilitation of older ones, the transformation of derelict parts of the city, and proposing new ways of living with nature.

Planning and Design: Landscape Architecture
First year		Points
	Two subjects from:
	Semester 1
	702-120 Communications 1A	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-117 Culture & History of Urban Planning	12.5
	702-115 Property 1	12.5
	The major in Planning and Design should normally include seven of the following:
Second and third year subjects
	Semester 1
	705-274 Introduction to Urban & Landscape Design	12.5
	705-235 Urban and Landscape Design 2A	12.5
	705-294 Plants and Planting Design	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-236 Urban and Landscape Design 2B	12.5
	705-216 History of Landscape Architecture	12.5
Third year subjects only
	Semester 1
	702-421 Urban Design Theory	12.5
	705-411 GIS for Planning and Management A	12.5
	Semester 2
	705-415 Perceptions of the Australian Landscape	12.5

Major in Geography and Environmental Studies
First year		Points
	Two subjects from:
	Semester 1
	121-012 Environmental Change	12.5
	Semester 2
	121-014 Ecology for Engineers	12.5
	or
	121-013 Global Ecology and Biogeography	12.5
Second/third year
	Core subject (offered in Semester 2):
	121-017 Society and Environments	12.5
	and:
	Second/Third Year optional subjects. At least 75 points (usually six subjects) from:
	Semester 1
	121-025 Biodiversity	12.5
	950-300 Environmental Management Systems	12.5
	121-033 Environmental Hydrology A	25
	Semester 2
	121-018 Geomorphology	12.5
	121-031 Ecological Biogeography (Theory)	12.5
	121-022 Urban Environments	12.5
	121-028 Sustainable Development	12.5
	Other subjects may be taken from those listed under Geography/Environmental Studies

Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture
Subjects include		Points
	Semester 1
	705-435 Urban and Landscape Design 4A	12.5
	702-421 Urban Design Theory	12.5
	705-411 GIS for Planning and Management A	12.5
	Approved elective
	Semester 2
	705-436 Urban and Landscape Design 4B	12.5
	705-473 CAD in Landscape Architecture	12.5
	705-415 Perceptions of the Australian Landscape	12.5
	Approved elective
Total Points		100.0

Master of Landscape Architecture
	The following subjects must be taken at 6th level. Please refer to the Faculty's Postgraduate Handbook for subject descriptions.
Semester 1
	Advanced Landscape Design
	Landscape Heritage
Semester 2
	Professional Practice
	Approved elective
Year-long subject
	Research Project
Total Points		100.0

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