Landscape Architecture
Program Overview
The professional Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree, for students new to the discipline, uses intensive studio-based courses to address the design challenges facing urban landscapes today. Complementary lecture and seminar courses in history, theory, technology, and environmental studies provide comprehensive professional training and serve as a forum to examine landscape architecture’s synthetic role in design and planning at scales ranging from the garden to the region.
After a four-session core curriculum, students develop independent research directions that culminate in the final term’s thesis studio. The program’s goal is to develop progressive models for landscape architecture practice: we encourage work that explores and extends the discipline’s ties to the humanities, environmental and social sciences, and engineering.
Quick Facts
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Application deadline | MLA: Fall 2025 Entry 06-Jan-2024
| MLA: Fall 2025 Entry 06-Jan-2024
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Minimum admission average | MLA: Mid-B | MLA: Mid-B |
Direct entry option from bachelor's to PhD? | MLA: NA | MLA: NA |
Is a supervisor identified before or after admission? | MLA: NA | MLA: NA |
If a supervisor is identified after admission (as per question above), is admission conditional upon securing a supervisor? | MLA: NA | MLA: NA |
Is a supervisor assigned by the graduate unit or secured by the applicant? | MLA: NA | MLA: NA |
Are any standardized tests required/recommended? | MLA: NA | MLA: NA |

“A huge part of my interest in history is making people excited about it”
- Charlotte Clarke
- PhD Student, Department of History