Course structure: Master of Landscape Architecture (MC-LARCH3Y)

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Course structure

All students must complete

Core subjects - 250 points (including the capstone subject: ABPL90375 Landscape Architecture Design Thesis)
Landscape architecture electives - 25 points
Graduate School electives - 25 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
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
ABPL90375	Landscape Architecture Design Thesis	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	25

Students select subjects totalling 25 credit points from the following list of landscape elective subjects.

(Students may vary subject selection in consultation with the Course Coordinator.)

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ABPL90173	Advanced Planting Design	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90125
ABPL90075	Urban and Landscape Heritage	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90304	Flexible Urban Modelling	Not available in 2020	12.5
ABPL90319	GIS In Planning, Design & Development	Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EVSC90022	Bushfire Urban Planning	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EVSC90023	Building Behaviour in Bushfires	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90374	GeoDesign Models & Applications	Not available in 2020	12.5
ABPL90009	Participation and Negotiation	No longer available
ABPL90340	Landscape Materialities	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ABPL90377	Design for Ageing	Term 2 (Online)	12.5
ABPL90305	Design Research	Not available in 2020	12.5
ABPL90377	Design for Ageing	Term 2 (Online)	12.5

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.

Click below for a list of Melbourne School of Design Multidisciplinary elective subjects