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Master of Landscape Architecture (MC-LARCH3Y) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Professor Alan Pert
Contact
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
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
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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90176 | Landscape Studio 2: Site and Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90172 | Landscape Studio 3 Speculations | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90170 | Landscape Studio 4 Strategies | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL90072 | Landscape Studio 5:Sustainable Urbanism |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90271 | Shaping the Landscape | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Ecology for Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90265 | History of Landscape Architecture | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90078 | Contemporary Landscape Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90074 | Landscape Detail Design | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90263 | Constructed Ecologies | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90048 | Landscape Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90375 | Landscape Architecture Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Landscape architecture electives (25 points)
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 | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90125 | |||
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90319 | GIS In Planning, Design & Development | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90374 | GeoDesign Models & Applications | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90009 | Participation and Negotiation | No longer available | |
| ABPL90340 | Landscape Materialities | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
Graduate School 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.
Click below for a list of Melbourne School of Design Multidisciplinary elective subjects
Multidisciplinary elective subject list
To view a sample course plan go to:
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/graduate/subject-options/travelling-studios
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/landscape-architecture-course-plans
Last updated: 30 January 2024