IX. Graduate Programs
Landscape Architecture
MLA Program
The MLA program is designed for students with a previous degree in a field unrelated to landscape architecture; for students who hold other professional degrees in architecture, planning and engineering; and for students who have received a BLA degree and are interested in advanced education in a particular area of landscape architecture. The MLA program emphasizes research, analysis, planning, design and management of landscapes ranging in scale from individual sites to entire communities and regions. The MLA program is accredited by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. This accreditation is also recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the MLA program is not restricted to holders of the BLA degree. Strongly motivated graduates of honours programs in a variety of disciplines may be admissible under the normal Faculty of Graduate Studies admission requirements. Well prepared applicants will have studied as broadly as possible in their undergraduate programs.
Application deadline and additional information on the MLA program at the University of Guelph can be obtained from our internet address at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/sedrd/LA/
Degree Requirements
Students are encouraged to relate their major emphasis in the MLA to their undergraduate discipline through course work and thesis.
Required Core
For the holder of a BLA with several subsequent years of significant professional experience:
For the holder of a BLA without such professional experience
For holders of degrees other than the BLA:
| LARC*3260 | Plants in the Landscape (audit) | |
| LARC*6010 | [0.50] | Landscape Architecture Studio I |
| LARC*6020 | [0.50] | Landscape Architecture Studio II |
| LARC*6030 | [0.50] | Landscape Architecture Studio III |
| LARC*6040 | [0.50] | Landscape Architecture Studio IV |
| LARC*6120 | [0.50] | Community Design |
| LARC*6340 | [0.25] | Landscape History Seminar |
| LARC*6360 | [0.25] | Professional Practice Seminar |
| LARC*6380 | [0.25] | Research Seminar |
| LARC*6430 | [0.50] | Landscape Resource Analysis |
| LARC*6470 | [0.50] | Integrative Environmental Planning |
| LARC*6440 | [0.50] | Environmental Design |
| LARC*6600 | [0.50] | Critical Inquiry & Research Analysis |
| LARC*6610 | [0.50] | Research Methods |
| LARC*6710 | [0.50] | Special Study |
| Thesis |