Master of Landscape Architecture Course Plans

Master of Landscape Architecture

Students entering the Master of Landscape Architecture from a cognate discipline will undertake the 200 point program whilst students entering the Master of Landscape Architecture from a non-cognate discipline will undertake the 300 point program.

The Handbook entry stipulates the complete requirements for the course. Always use the University Handbook as your primary course planning tool.

  • View the MC-LARCH entry in the University Handbook

The first 100 points of the 300 point Landscape Architecture program consists of 6 core subjects as found in the sample course plan below. After the first year is completed, students complete the same subject combinations as students admitted into the 200 point program.

Course plan: Master of Landscape Architecture 300 points (first year)

Year 1
Semester 1

ABPL90107 Landscape Studio 1: Design Techniques

HORT90033 Plants in the Landscape

ABPL90271 Shaping the Landscape

Year 1
Semester 2

ABPL90176 Landscape Studio 2: Site and Design

ABPL90283 Ecology for Design

ABPL90265 History of Landscape Architecture

KEY Core subjects Landscape Architecture Elective subjects Graduate School Elective subjects

Master of Landscape Architecture 200 points

The Master of Landscape Architecture 200 points handbook entry stipulates the complete requirements for the course. Always use the University Handbook as your primary course planning tool.

Commencing Start-Year

Year 1
Semester 1

ABPL90172 Landscape Studio 3 Speculations

ABPL90078 Contemporary Landscape Theory

Landscape Architecture elective

Year 1
Semester 2

ABPL90170 Landscape Studio 4 Strategies

ABPL90074 Landscape Detail Design

Landscape Architecture elective

Year 2
Semester 1

ABPL90072 Landscape Studio 5:Sustainable Urbanism

ABPL90263 Constructed Ecologies

Graduate School elective

Year 2
Semester 2

ABPL90375 Landscape Architecture Design ThesisABPL90048 Landscape Practice

Graduate School elective

KEY Core subjects  Landscape Architecture Elective subjects  GraduateSchool Elective subjects

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