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Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning : Guide to courses
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design major)
Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture)
Master of Landscape Architecture
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is a four year degree designed to provide a professional education of high standing with a strong focus on the needs of the Australian and Asian professional landscape architectural markets. Each year of study is designed to link the development of skills and knowledge across various topic areas with the gradual expansion of design capabilities and scope, in scale and complexity. The early years of the program develop core knowledge and skills to enable students to make the most of the broader opportunities offered in later years. Computer technologies such as computer aided design, geographic information systems and other applications are introduced progressively.
The degree is offered by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning where specialist subjects in landscape architecture such as design, communication, construction and history are supplemented by those in the Faculty of Arts where environmental and cultural studies are based. The successful completion of the course ensures graduate membership of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) and is accredited as the education component for professional registration.
Graduate landscape architects are in demand in government departments and agencies and in the private sector. Landscape architects are employed at all levels of government from federal, through to state and local, in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Graduates are also employed in consultancy firms that specialise in landscape architecture and planning, and in multidisciplinary firms that provide services in urban design and planning, architecture and engineering. They also work in diverse groups such as conservation agencies and development companies. Many firms consult locally, interstate and in the Asian region and some are linked with international companies.
The course aims to:
offer professional studies in landscape architecture leading to accreditation with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and thereby with professional accrediting bodies internationally;
provide students with an understanding of the systems operating both in natural environments and in those environments that, as landscapes, manifest human intervention and culture;
equip graduates with basic skills which will be necessary to enable them, as practising professionals, to intervene positively in the process of change to those landscapes - through planning, design and management;
teach landscape architecture as an intellectual and professional endeavour, which embodies, wherever it is practiced, a commitment to the continuing health and well being of the environment and of human life.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 702-101 Introduction to Design | 12.5 | |
| 702-120 Communications 1A | 12.5 | |
| 702-102 City in History | 12.5 | |
| 121-012 Environmental Change | 12.5 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 705-174 Designing the Local Urban Landscape | 12.5 | |
| 705-195 Landscape Technology | 12.5 | |
| 702-121 Communications 1B | 12.5 | |
| 121-013 Global Ecology and Biogeography | 12.5 | |
| Total Points | 100.00 | |
Semester 1
705-235 Designing the Middle Landscape
705-273 CAD in Landscape Architecture
705-294 Plants and Planting Design
705-173 Shaping the Metropolis
Semester 2
705-236 Designing the Natural Landscape
705-216 History of Landscape Architecture
705-296 Advanced Landscape Technology
121-022 Urban Environments
Semester 1
705-435 Urban Design 1
705-411 GIS for Planning and Management A
702-421 Urban Design Theory
121-039 Environmental Management Systems
Semester 2
705-436 Landscape Assessment and Management
705-484 Landscape Heritage
121-030 Ecological Biogeography, or
121-017 Society and Environments
Elective
Semester 1
705-481 Designing the Artful Landscape
705-415 Contemporary Theory & the Australian Landscape
Electives
Semester 2
705-420 Designing the Sustainable Landscape
705-429 Landscape Practice
Elective
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.
Refer to Faculty of Arts section on the Planning and Design major.
The Master of Landscape Architecture is a two year full-time or four year part-time coursework masters degree of at least 200 points or study approved by the Faculty. It is recognised by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
Graduates from other disciplines typically have backgrounds in landscape studies or related areas (such as horticulture), but those with other backgrounds may apply.
The Master of Landscape Architecture is also available as a research degree.
For detailed information about these courses, refer to the Faculty's Postgraduate Handbook for 2000.
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