• The MLA Track I program is three years in length (144 credits) and is designed for students from any undergraduate background. Our students’ diverse undergraduate academic experience, including botany, forestry, fine art, history, and philosophy, contributes to a broad and rigorous educational environment.
  • The curriculum is centered on a sequence of seven design studios informed by coursework in history and theory, ecological systems, analysis and planning, and landscape technologies, and is capped by an independent research or design thesis. No prerequisite courses are required to apply to this program.
  • The MLA Track II program allows students with undergraduate degrees in an environmental design field, including landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, and environmental design, to earn an MLA degree in two years (96 credits). Students with an LAAB-, LAAC-, or NAAB-accredited degree have no prerequisites to enter this track. Students with other environmental design degrees must have completed at least one academic year of environmental design studios.