About the course

The Master of Landscape Architecture program teaches you to plan and design sustainable places that embody beauty, protect the environment, and enhance people?s lives using your skills in the visual arts and the physical and natural sciences. The program is centered on the design studios, through which you are exposed to a wide range of scales and project types that integrate information from other classes and provide opportunities for interdisciplinary study. Many studio projects are community-based, working with real clients in the private and public sectors, from the intimate garden to landscape and greenway planning. The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the only public university in New England offering a Master?s in Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree. Established in 1903, our Landscape Architecture Program is the second oldest in the country and is fully accredited through the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. In the United States, the professional practice of ?landscape architecture? began in the mid-nineteenth century, specifically with the work of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who together coined the term to describe their work designing Central Park in New York, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the Buffalo park system, and other public landscape projects. The planning and design of park and parkway systems was an early and distinctive form of American urbanism. The systems of public landscapes Olmsted designed in Boston, for example, created a framework for urban growth based on a response to regional landscape features and systems (such as topography and hydrology) and the design of multi-functional landscapes that served as infrastructure (including multi-modal transportation and storm water management) and offered profound and varied experiences of landscape beauty. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 6 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Fall (September), 2024	Amherst
Fall (September), 2025	Amherst

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of Massachusetts - Amherst

The basic admission requirements and procedures of the University Graduate School and the Department are as follows:

　　A Bachelor's degree or the equivalent from an accredited college or university with recognized standing.

　　A minimum undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.0.

　　In addition to the information required on the application form:

　　a. One copy of official transcripts of all previous college work (undergraduate and any graduate work)

　　b. Official scores of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

　　c. Two letters of recommendation.

　　d. A personal statement that outlines your goals for graduate study (1-3 pages).

　　e. A portfolio of creative work.

　　The minimum scores are 550 for the paper-based TOEFL test and 80 for the computer-based TOEFL test, 6.5 for the IELTS

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 80.0

　　

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of Massachusetts - Amherst. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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