Landscape Architecture - M.L.A. II
Center for Architecture and Environmental Design
Kent Campus
330-672-2917
CAED_info@kent.edu
www.kent.edu/caed
Description
The Master of Landscape Architecture II degree in Landscape Architecture is a post-professional program intended for students to develop new knowledge through research and design, and to provide professionals with the opportunity for specialization in an area of their choosing.
Students are engaged in issues ranging from hydrology in the Great Lakes – Ohio River Basins watershed to the role of urban landscapes associated with industrial cities and matters of global significance relating to the role of landscape and design relative to reclamation of urban vacancies, infrastructural systems, natural resources, climate change, water quality for health and social justice, and cultural landscapes. Individual capstone research or advanced design studios comprise the second year of study.
Fully Offered At:
- Cleveland
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree that is accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accrediting Board (LAAB) for unconditional admission
- Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale for unconditional admission
- Official transcript(s)
- GRE scores
- Curriculum vitae
- Goal statement
- Portfolio of design work
- Three letters of recommendation
- English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:
- Minimum 550 TOEFL PBT score (paper-based version)
- Minimum 79TOEFL IBT score (Internet-based version)
- Minimum 77 MELAB score
- Minimum 6.5 IELTS score
- Minimum 58 PTE score
- Minimum 110 Duolingo test score
For more information about graduate admissions, please visit the Graduate Studies admission website. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education’s admission website.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Synthesize higher level learning necessary to practice landscape architecture; and develop critical understanding through increased independent, collaborative, interdisciplinary, and course-based research.
Program Requirements
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| LARC 60103 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO III | 6 |
| LARC 60104 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO IV | 6 |
| LARC 60105 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO V | 6 |
| LARC 60106 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO VI | 6 |
| LARC 60922 | METHODS OF INQUIRY IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES | 2 |
| LARC 60923 | EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN | 1 |
| Cognate Electives, choose from the following: | 33 | |
| SEMINAR: VARIABLE TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY | ||
| SOIL BIOLOGY | ||
| STREAM BIOLOGY | ||
| LIMNOLOGY | ||
| WETLAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| CONSERVATION BIOLOGY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| WILDLIFE RESOURCES | ||
| EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN BIOLOGY | ||
| SEMINAR IN ECOLOGY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND RESPONSE | ||
| GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF SOILS | ||
| MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY | ||
| SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND LOCATION THEORY | ||
| URBAN TRANSPORTATION | ||
| URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE | ||
| SPATIAL PROGRAMMING | ||
| ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE | ||
| CARTOGRAPHY | ||
| REMOTE SENSING | ||
| SEMINAR IN TOPICAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| SEMINAR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT | ||
| BEHAVIORAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION OF GEOGRAPHIC DATA | ||
| GEOLOGY OF OHIO | ||
| GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS | ||
| INTRODUCTORY HYDROGEOLOGY | ||
| HYDROLOGY | ||
| ADVANCED HYDROGEOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOIL MECHANICS | ||
| PARK PLANNING | ||
| FORCES THAT SHAPE CITIES | ||
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS | ||
| URBAN SYSTEMS | ||
| URBAN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN URBAN DESIGN | ||
| Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 60 | |