Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Urban Planning (MC-LARCHUP) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Knowledge:

• Advanced design knowledge and skills from studio-based courses that contribute to the improvement of our built, social and natural.
• Advanced knowledge of design representation and communication mediums.
• Knowledge of landscape architectural history and theory and critical skills to interpret historic ideas, environmental movements and contemporary trends.
• Knowledge of recent developments in the landscape architecture discipline and professional practice.
• Critical engagement with parameters of cross-disciplinary and international contemporary practice.
• Knowledge of landscape materiality, construction and documentation.
• Knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to the practice of landscape architecture.
• A high level of technical understanding of the processes of urban planning in local and international jurisdictions.
• Understanding of a broad range of theoretical and practical issues relating to the design, conduct and implementation of urban planning processes.
• Problem solving ability, to research, evaluate and discuss planning processes in the light of contemporary planning ideals, ethics and debates, including debates surrounding the creation of equitable and sustainable human settlements.
• Understanding the principles and practices of work in urban-planning project teams.

Skills:

• Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex site attributes, information, challenges and opportunities to develop responsible and ecologically sound and novel design solutions.
• The ability to use resources, materials and technologies to develop responsible and ecologically sound and novel design solutions.
• Cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of landscape architecture theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on scholarship and professional practice.
• Communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret landscape architecture design propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• The ability to develop design and research strategies within interdisciplinary teams supported by excellent communication skills.
• Technical skills to plan and undertake urban planning processes.
• Cognitive and creative skills to evaluate and research traditional and alternative planning methodologies.
• Cognitive, interpersonal, communication and technical skills that demonstrate the ability to synthesise complex information and apply this to urban planning processes.

Application of knowledge and skill:

• The ability to bridge between the arts and sciences, design and the environment, and engages in core ecological, cultural and social issues in both urban and rural societies.
• The ability to respond with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning.
• The ability to work individually and collaboratively with high level personal autonomy and accountability.
• The ability to plan and execute a substantial research-based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship.
• The ability to think strategically and creatively in addressing key issues in the design and implementation of urban planning processes.
• The ability to work individually and collaboratively to establish, implement and evaluate planning processes, and to justify and interpret planning outcomes to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• The ability to plan and execute a substantial individual research-based project relating to contemporary planning theory or practice.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences
• Critical and analytical skills to identify and resolve complex problems
• Ability to learn and use appropriate technologies to develop novel design solution
• Effective organisational, time management and planning skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively in groups