Master of Landscape Architecture
Master of Planning Dual Degree Program
Qualified students with a professional degree in landscape architecture who are admitted to the graduate program in the School of Architecture with Advanced Standing and in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development may complete both degrees in a highly integrated five-semester program.
Completion of the dual degree requires 66 units, including 20 units of specified courses in landscape architecture, 24 units of courses in urban planning, 12 units of elective courses and 10 units of thesis option I or directed design research option II.
The specified courses are those required for the Master of Landscape Architecture degree.
Landscape Architecture Courses (units)
ARCH 532 Elements of the Urban Landscape (2)
ARCH 533 Urban Landscape Case Studies (2)
ARCH 561 Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Projects and Places (2)
ARCH 563 Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Comparative Theories (2)
ELECTIVES (12)
Landscape Architecture Thesis or
Directed Design Research (units)
ARCH 697aL Landscape Architecture Thesis Option I (2)
ARCH 697bL Landscape Architecture Thesis Option I (8)
ARCH 697zL Landscape Architecture Thesis Option I (0)
OR
ARCH 698aL Landscape Architecture Directed Design Research (2)
ARCH 698bL Landscape Architecture Directed Design Research (8)
ARCH 698zL Landscape Architecture Directed Design Research (0)
Landscape Architecture Studios (units)
ARCH 542aL Landscape Architecture Design (6)
ARCH 542bL Landscape Architecture Design (6)
ELECTIVES: 12 units of elective courses taken in the School of Architecture
Policy, Planning, and Development Courses (units)
PPD 500 Cross-Sectional Governance (4)
PPD 524 Planning Theory (2)
PPD 525 Statistics and Arguing from Data (2)
PPD 526 Comparative International Development (2)
PPD 527 The Social Context of Planning (2)
PPD 528 The Urban Economy (2)
RED 673 Design History and Criticism (2)
ELECTIVES (8)
Note: 2-unit courses may be offered in seven-and-a-half week blocks.
Electives: 8 units of elective courses taken within the School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Dual degree students, like all other M.Pl. students, must take a comprehensive examination and fulfill the internship requirement.