C04270v1 Master of Landscape Architecture
Award(s): Master of Landscape Architecture (MLandArch)UAC code: 940130 (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 080271C
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 96
Course EFTSL: 2
Location: City campus
Notes
The first intake for this course is in 2018.
Overview
Course intended learning outcomes
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
The Master of Landscape Architecture provides students with the opportunity to collaborate alongside celebrated practitioners from award-winning international design studios and leading experts in the area of urban design.
Students engage in a variety of projects that are based upon the big questions that face global contemporary cities and landscapes: urban densification, climate change, declining resource supply (land, food and water) and the loss of biological diversity through ecological fragmentation and habitat destruction.
Using the most relevant and up-to-date methodologies and technologies, students participate in practice-based studios to develop their complex problem-solving skills in order to address the critical role of landscape in the cities of the future.
By building advanced specialist knowledge, UTS students graduate with a range of advocacy, political and professional agency, project management and financial skills in order to tackle contemporary issues in local and global contexts.
The Master of Landscape Architecture offers the opportunity for students to actively and critically consider the agency of landscape in the future city and become active in the discourse of what future cities may become through an integrated design-focused approach. Graduates from the Master of Landscape Architecture are well-equipped to tackle contemporary issues in local and/or global contexts through an expanded understanding of the most relevant and up-to-date methodologies, tools and technologies.
Course intended learning outcomes
| A.1 | Ability to take autonomous responsibility for actions and decisions, and recognise the impact of the actions and decisions of others |
| A.2 | Ability to establish and develop an informed and ethical position towards social, technical and environmental practices across all facets of Landscape Architecture |
| A.3 | Ability to position work within an extended disciplinary and multi-disciplinary contexts |
| A.4 | Ability to recognise and appreciate cultural diversity including indigenous perspectives |
| C.1 | Ability to work cooperatively and professionally as part of a team, initiate partnerships with others, take a leadership role when required, and constructively contribute to peer learning |
| C.2 | Ability to communicate ideas effectively in a variety of ways including oral, visual physical and digital, including advanced skills in written report and documentation |
| C.3 | Ability to engage with advanced subject learning activities in supervised and unsupervised contexts |
| C.4 | Ability to engage in, and contribute to, debate at an advanced professional level |
| I.1 | Ability to develop innovative approaches to complex Landscape Architecture scenarios |
| I.2 | Ability to understand and challenge disciplinary conventions |
| I.3 | Ability to initiate and execute meaningful self-directed iterative processes |
| I.4 | Ability to produce innovative responses that exemplify integration of learning experiences at an advanced professional level |
| I.5 | Ability to engage with advanced technologies and materials and their application to Landscape Architecture |
| P.1 | Ability to apply knowledge and understanding to professional applications in Landscape Architecture |
| P.2 | Ability to apply high level digital and manual techniques and technologies to the practice of Landscape Architecture |
| P.3 | Ability to conceptualise and develop a strategy for continuing commitment to personal professional development |
| P.4 | Ability to engage with the global context and disciplinary issues of Landscape Architecture |
| R.1 | Ability to source, evaluate and utilise appropriate academic and professional references |
| R.2 | Ability to independently select and apply appropriate research methodologies to carry out investigative and projective/speculative study |
| R.3 | Ability to analyse, synthesise and formulate complex ideas, arguments and rationales in the exploration of alternative solutions |
| R.4 | Ability to demonstrate advanced knowledge of precedent and situate Landscape Architecture practice within a broad professional framework |
| R.5 | Ability to reflect and engage in a professional level of self-critique and high level critical thinking |
Career options
Career options include landscape architect, urban designer, researcher, land management professional, regional planner, educator and policymaker.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Applicants with a completed UTS Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (C10341) or Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) (C09079) who have attained an overall weighted average mark (WAM) of 65 or above are made a threshold offer.
Applicants with a completed UTS Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (C10341) or Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) (C09079) who have attained an overall weighted average mark (WAM) between 60.0 and 64.99 must provide the following additional material in order to be considered for a place:
- a digital portfolio in PDF format consisting of their landscape architectural projects from previous studies, professional or creative work
- a two-page CV in PDF format that clearly articulates their design or related experience, and
- a personal statement of 300 words (maximum) in PDF format addressing their reasons for wishing to undertake the Master of Landscape Architecture.
Applicants with a completed degree which is equivalent to the UTS Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (C10341) or Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) (C09079) who have attained an overall weighted average mark (WAM) of 60 or above must provide the following additional material in order to be considered for a place:
- a verified copy of the applicant's previous academic transcript
- a digital portfolio in PDF format consisting of their landscape architectural projects from previous studies, professional or creative work
- a two-page CV in PDF format that clearly articulates their design or related experience, and
- a personal statement of 300 words (maximum) in PDF format addressing their reasons for wishing to undertake the Master of Landscape Architecture.
Applicants with a completed UTS recognised Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a non-cognate discipline who have attained an overall weighted average mark (WAM) of 65 or above must provide the above additional material in order to be considered for a place.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Credit recognition
- Students entering the degree from a recognised three-year pathway program are required to complete the full two-year program; no recognised prior learning (RPL) is granted.
- Students entering the degree from the UTS Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) (C09079) are granted 48 credit-points of RPL.
- Students seeking entry to the degree from non-UTS pathway degrees have their RPL assessed on a case-by-case basis through interview and assessment process where all students have their professional and educational background, skills, interests and aspirations for the degree assessed.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a two-year, full-time basis.
Course structure
Students must complete 96 credit points made up of 72 credit points of core subjects and 24 credit points of electives.
Course completion requirements
| STM91194 Core subjects (Landscape PG) | 72cp | |
| CBK91237 Electives (Landscape) | 24cp | |
| Total | 96cp |
Course program
A typical course program is shown below.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 11561 Master of Landscape Architecture Design Studio 1 | 12cp | |
| 11504 Architectural Practice: Research Cultures | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91237 Electives (Landscape) | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 11562 Master of Landscape Architecture Design Studio 2 | 12cp | |
| 11501 Architectural Practice: Advocacy | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91237 Electives (Landscape) | 24cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 11563 Master of Landscape Architecture Design Studio 3 | 12cp | |
| 11502 Architectural Practice: Finance and Project Management | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91237 Electives (Landscape) | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 11564 Master of Landscape Architecture Thesis Project | 12cp | |
| 11503 Architectural Practice: The Profession | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91237 Electives (Landscape) | 24cp | |
Other information
Further information is available from:
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