Landscape Architecture

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Our definition of advanced landscape architecture education includes development of a strong foundation of traditional knowledge and skills as well as self-motivated and defined scholarship. Throughout the program, we are committed to research as a means of learning and serving communities and individuals.

Graduates of our program practice in a wide variety of natural and built environments including urban, suburban, rural, wilderness, domestic, and international. Their practice takes place in small and large firms, multidisciplinary firms, design/build, land development, facility management, public practice, academic settings, and within other fields. Kansas State University MLA graduates provide leadership in and advocacy for stewardship of the land and the interface of people with the land. They seek longterm solutions concerning land health, human dignity, and aesthetic quality.

Program mission and objectives

The mission of the Kansas State University MLA program is to prepare students to practice landscape architecture and advance within and contribute to the profession over time. It will provide opportunities for students and faculty to cultivate the skills of practice and explore and develop areas of expertise.Goals of the program are to cultivate student competencies in: * design
* critical thinking
* research
* communication

There are two program offerings in Landscape Architecture, Non-Baccalaureate and Post-Baccalaureate degrees, both of which result in a masters degree.

Courses include:

First semester

* Public Speaking 1A
* Environmental Design Studio I
* Survey of Design Professions
* History of the Designed Environment I
* College Algebra

Second semester

* Environmental Design Studio II
* Descriptive Physics
* History of Designed Environment II
* Expository Writing I

Third semester:

* Site Design Studio I
* Design Graphics and Visual Thinking
* Landscape Architecture Plant Materials
* Natural Systems and Site Analysis
* History and Theory of Landscape Architecture
* Landscape Architecture Tech Module I

Fourth semester

* Landscape Architecture Materials and Methods
* Site Design Studio II
* Environmental Issues and Ethics
* Science Course with Lab
* Landscape Architecture Tech Module II

Fifth semester

* Planting Design Studio
* Design Implementation I
* Introduction to Planning
* Expository Writing II
* Landscape Architecture Tech Module III

Sixth semester

* Land. Arch. Field Trip
* Site Planning and Design Studio
* Design Implementation II
* Landscape Architecture Seminar I
* Landscape Architecture Tech Module IV

Seventh semester

* Career Planning Seminar
* Landscape Architecture Tech Module V
* Landscape Architecture Specialization Studio
* Landscape Architecture Research Methods
* Landscape Architecture Seminar III

Eighth semester

* Professional electives
* Landscape Architecture Off-Campus Studio
* Proposal Writing

Ninth semester

* Environmental Landscape Planning and Design
* Professional Internship Report
* Project Programming
* Research in Landscape Architecture C

Tenth semester

* Master's Project and
* Master's Report or
* Research in Landscape Architecture
* Landscape Architecture Tech Module VI
* Professional Practice

An applicant to the Graduate School at Kansas State University must have a bachelor's degree substantially the same as the ones granted by Kansas State University. That is, it must represent a broad range of courses in the basic academic disciplines. Applicants whose degrees do not meet these standards may be denied admission to graduate degree programs at Kansas State University.Admission is denied to applicants holding bachelor's degrees with a significant amount of credit for work that was not supervised by a faculty member of an accredited college or university or evaluated in units that identify the academic content. A limited amount of credit for experience, when awarded as an acceptable part of a bachelor's degree for internships, fieldwork, or the like, is not a cause for denial but must be clearly identified as graded work.Application fees for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design are: * $90 for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and * $100 for international applicants. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79

Most graduate students are able to finance their education with a variety of financial assistance tools specific to graduate school:

* Graduate Assistantships: Funded by individual departments and graduate programs, teaching, research and graduate assistantships are awarded based on a student's ability and promise.
* Graduate Fellowships
* Loans: Loans are available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have successfully applied for financial assistance
* Traineeships: Traineeships are offered through the university or departments that have federally supported traineeships.