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4. Landscape Architecture
    4.1. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
        4.1.1. Course objectives
        4.1.2. Course structure - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
        4.1.3. BLArch electives
    4.2. Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
        4.2.1. Course structure - for BLArch students after Year 3
    4.3. Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design)
        4.3.1. Course structure
    4.4. Postgraduate programs in landscape architecture
        4.4.1. Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture
        4.4.2. Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture
        4.4.3. Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture)
        4.4.4. Master of Landscape Architecture

4. Landscape Architecture

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Bachelor of Arts (Planning and Design major)

Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture

Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture)

Master of Landscape Architecture

4.1. Bachelor 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.

Career opportunities

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.

4.1.1. Course objectives

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 practised, a commitment to the continuing health and well-being of the environment and of human life.

4.1.2. Course structure - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

4.1.3. BLArch electives

Students will be expected to agree their elective program as a coordinated suite of subjects around a selected specialisation with the course coordinator in advance. Typical streams would include:

Environment: 121-028 Sustainable Development, 121-033 Environmental Hydrology A. Cultural studies: 121-026 The Mobile World: Migration and Tourism. Technology: 705-312 GIS for Planning and Management B. Property: 702-115 Property 1.

4.2. Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

The Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is open to graduates of the BPD (Architecture) and students who have completed year 3 of the BLArch. Having the two professional degrees allows graduates to combine the architecture course's strengths in the design and procurement of buildings with the landscape architecture course's strengths in designing, planning and managing environments ranging in scale from small urban spaces to entire geographical spaces.

Applicants would have to meet the following requirements:

• An average of H3 (65 per cent) or above in the third year of their BPD (Architecture) or BLA course;

• The completion of nominated prerequisite subjects. For BPD (Arch) Students 705-216 History of Landscape Architecture A (12.5p) (as history elective BPD 2, Semester 2 or as elective in Year 2, Semester 2 below). For BLA Students 702-204 Architectural Design 2A (12.5p) (in lieu of 705-335 Advanced Urban Planning & Design BLA 3, Semester 1);

• The achievement of 26 weeks of approved practical experience with either an architecture emphasis, a landscape architecture emphasis or a combination of both, after their third year of study.

4.2.1. Course structure - for BLArch students after Year 3

4.3. 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 Postgraduate Diploma and 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.

4.3.1. Course structure

Refer to Planning and Design in the Faculty of Arts section of the Handbook.

4.4. Postgraduate programs in landscape architecture

The postgraduate programs in landscape architecture provide opportunities for graduates to develop specialist skills and expertise to complement their first professionional qualifcations. Three study options are available so that individual study programs can be developed around individual needs.

4.4.1. Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture

The Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture is a 50-point program designed for those who wish to pursue a specialisation in landscape architecture but do not seek professional registration in the first instance. The program is designed to prepare students for entry into the graduate diploma.

4.4.2. Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture

The Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture is a 100-point program designed to prepare students for entry into the Master of Landscape Architecture and for those who wish to pursue studies in landscape architecture for their own interest.

4.4.3. Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture)

The Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture) is available for students who have completed the planning and design double major in urban planning and geography and environmental studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. These students can graduate with a professional qualification after completing the Postgraduate Diploma followed by the Master of Landscape Architecture.

4.4.4. Master of Landscape Architecture

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a 100-point program which satisfies the educational requirements of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

For detailed information about these courses, refer to the Faculty's Postgraduate Handbook.

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