Landscape architects shape and protect the physical environment in which we live, work and play. Landscape architects design and plan campuses, residential communities, golf courses, neighborhood and national parks, roadways, bike and pedestrian trails, urban plazas, and are engaged in large scale environmental planning. They work in private consulting firms, city and regional planning departments, land trusts, state and federal agencies, and for others who are responsible for the design, management and protection of our environment.
The Department of Landscape Architecture prepares students to practice in a diverse and growing design profession that combines art, science, engineering and technology. The graduate degree program in landscape architecture focus on fostering a commitment to excellence and on developing the skills necessary to deal creatively and responsibly with the natural and human forces that inevitably shape the land. The Department seeks to educate individuals with strong perspectives in both design and landscape planning, capable of working at a range of scales and with a variety of project types, from reshaping urban environments to conserving natural and cultural resources.
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program stresses the development of a student's intellectual capacity through the medium of a comprehensive design education. The program offers an integrated, broad based education in the discipline of Landscape Architecture. It emphasizes interdisciplinary design work, national and international experience, and ecologically sound community based design and planning. Students develop the ability to think, visualize, analyze, and synthesize ideas using information and skills from diverse fields of study.
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program will be phased out beginning Fall 2011. No new students will be accepted into the program. If you are interested in pursuing landscape architecture at the College of Design, please view our Master of Landscape Architecture program.
Master's students in the Landscape Architecture Department are enrolled in either the First Professional Degree Program or the Advanced Studies Program. First Professional Degree Program students do not have an undergraduate professional degree in landscape architecture, whereas students in the Advanced Studies Program have an undergraduate professional degree in landscape architecture. Both programs are designed to allow students flexibility in their graduate studies, however the first professional degree program is structured to ensure that students are exposed to the range and depth of information that is central to the profession of landscape architecture.
The program is structured so that the student must take an introductory sequence of required courses. When the student moves into the advanced stages of the program, her or his curriculum is established with the advice of the student's Graduate Committee Chair and the Graduate Program Director.
Please read the Landscape Architecture Graduate Handbook for a general overview of the program.
For information on applying for the Master of Landscape Architecture program, please visit the graduate admissions page of this website.
For additional information on Graduate programs available at NC State University, visit the Graduate School website at: http://www.ncsu.edu/grad.
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The Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) is a specialized agency that accredits educational programs leading to first professional degrees at the bachelor’s or master’s level in landscape architecture in the United States and its territories. The College of Design at NC State University offers two first professional accredited degrees in landscape architecture, the The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) and the Master of Landscape. Both degree programs under went their periodic reaccreditation reviews in 2009 and 2010, respectively with each receiving reaccreditation for 6 years, the maximum time given by the LAAB. Please see the BLA and MLA Self Evaluation reports prepared by the Department and submitted to LAAB, and the respective Reports of the LAAB Visiting Team.