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300 point Master of Landscape Architecture
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Alan Pert
Email: alan.pert@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Design
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
- Further information: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au
Structure
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Subject Options
Core Subjects (250 points)
The following subjects are required for accreditation purposes unless equivalence can be demonstrated:
Students may seek approval to replace ABPL90170 Landscape Studio 4: Strategies with a Melbourne School of Design Travelling Studio.
Students may seek approval to replace ABPL90072 Landscape Studio 5: Sustainable Urbanism with a Melbourne School of Design Travelling Studio or alternative design studio approved by the Coordinator of Landscape Architecture program.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90107 | Landscape Studio 1: Design Techniques | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90176 | Landscape Studio 2: Site and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90172 | Landscape Studio 3 Speculations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90170 | Landscape Studio 4 Strategies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90072 | Landscape Studio 5:Sustainable Urbanism |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90375 | Landscape Architecture Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90271 | Shaping the Landscape | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Performative Ecologies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90265 | History of Landscape Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90078 | Contemporary Landscape Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90074 | Landscape Detail Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90263 | Constructed Ecologies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90048 | Landscape Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HORT90033 | Plants in the Landscape | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
Landscape architecture electives (25 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90009 | Participation and Negotiation | No longer available |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90173 | Advanced Planting Design | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90340 | Landscape Materialities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90374 | GeoDesign Models & Applications | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90380 | Designing for Heat in the Public Domain | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARC90001 | Placemaking : Design for Landscape | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90402 | Design Strategies of Asian Gardens | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Multidisciplinary Electives (25 points)
Students may choose any masters-level subjects including:
- Melbourne School of Design graduate subjects provided prerequisites are met
- Any University of Melbourne graduate subject provided prerequisites are met and written approval from the home faculty plus the Master of Landscape Architecture course coordinator is submitted to the Environments and Design Student Centre.
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Last updated: 4 March 2025