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200 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 (150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
Landscape architecture electives (25 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90265 | History of Landscape Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Performative Ecologies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (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 |
| HORT90033 | Plants in the Landscape | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90380 | Designing for Heat in the Public Domain | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90173 | Advanced Planting Design | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90009 | Participation and Negotiation | No longer available | |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90366 | Urban Informatics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90340 | Landscape Materialities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90374 | GeoDesign Models & Applications | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LARC90001 | Placemaking : Design for Landscape | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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.
To view a sample course plan go to:
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/graduate/course-planning/sample-course-plans-melbourne-school-of-design/landscape-architecture-course-plans
Links
http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/master-landscape-architecture
Last updated: 24 January 2023