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Study Details: 2 years
This is a two-year conversion course for graduates who want to qualify and work as professional landscape architects. Whether you have a background in design or not, it will help you develop the skills needed for modern landscape architectural practice.
The first year provides a thorough grounding in the design, social, technical and scientific aspects of the profession. You’ll learn about the history and theory of landscapes, develop visual and IT skills and tackle a broad range of design projects.
The second year gives you the opportunity to specialise in landscape planning, design or management, or to take a cross-cutting approach combining more than one aspect. During the Final Landscape Project, you’ll work on a landscape architecture solution for a real-world site of your choice.
This course is accredited by the Landscape Institute (LI). The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) also recognises this qualification.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject.
Our graduates go on to have varied and rewarding careers all around the world. We have alumni working in over 70 countries; both in the private sector, running their own companies and for public and voluntary organisations, helping to improve local communities.
Our alumni include those who have achieved the highest levels of recognition within the Landscape profession, including a former President of the Landscape Institute and President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects.
If you don’t take up a career in landscape, you’ll still be highly employable. By developing valuable transferable skills like graphic design, project management and communication, you’ll be able to make a lasting and positive impact wherever your career takes you.
Core modules:
Studio Project 1 - Fundamentals of Landscape Design
Landscape Humanities 1 - History and Practice of Landscape Architecture
Landscape Technology 1 - Landscape Materiality
Studio Project 2 - Fundamentals of Landscape Planning and Urban Design
Landscape Humanities 2 - History and Practice of Landscape and Urban Planning
Landscape Technology 2 - Landscape Ecology and Infrastructure
Landscape Research as Creative Practice
Professional Skills and Technologies
Advanced Landscape Research and Dissertation Preparation
Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture
Final Landscape Project
Landscape Research Dissertation
Optional modules - choose two from:
Advanced Landscape Design - Conceptual and Strategic
Advanced Landscape Planning - Global Issues
Advanced Landscape Management - Managing for Change
Advanced Landscape Design - Materiality of Landscape
Advanced Landscape Planning - Local Engagement
Advanced Landscape Management - Stewardship
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