May 19, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) (post-baccalaureate track)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus



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Landscape planning and design have been part of the curriculum at Kansas State University since 1871, being part of the required curriculum of all students in the early days of the institution. The first MLA student graduated in 1968. The degree is offered through two tracks:

  • The non-baccalaureate track for students without a previous degree allows students to enter as freshmen and progress through the professional graduate degree in landscape architecture
  • The post-baccalaureate track for students with a previous degree allows completion of a first professional degree in landscape architecture.

 

The MLA program is fully accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Program Definition


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.

The MLA program and curriculum


There are two track offerings to the Master of Landscape Architecture, non-baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate degrees, both of which result in a master’s degree.

MLA program Master’s Report Option


Second semester (14 credit hours)


Third semester (14 credit hours)


Sixth semester (11 credit hours)


MLA program Master’s Thesis Option


Second semester (14 credit hours)


Sixth semester (10 credit hours)


Notes


Undergraduate Hours: 53
Graduate Hours: 34
Total (MLA) Degree Requirement: 87

Total credit hours required for graduate school program of study = 34

All required courses taught in the landscape architecture and regional & community planning programs that are counted toward the degree must be passed with a grade of C or better.

*** Six (6) credit hours of the required graduate level professional electives must be LAR courses. Students may petition for an exception to this policy if there is a demonstrated academic benefit.

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