Landscape Architecture major

Landscape Architecture is a design profession which provides a unique bridge between design and the environmental sciences. This major explores the practice, theory, history, and long-standing ecological sensibilities of the discipline. Landscape Architecture ranges across all scales of design encompassing large-scale public projects such as the Olympic Parks in Sydney and Beijing, to suburban development, to smaller urban spaces and gardens.

Providing a unique bridge between the design professions and the environmental sciences, Landscape Architecture offers creative opportunities to engage in core ecological, cultural and social issues faced today.

Students of Landscape Architecture are attracted to its creativity and diversity, its challenges and demands. This major explores the practice, theory, history and long-standing ecological sensibilities of the discipline.

Careers and Further Study

A major in Landscape Architecture prepares students either for employment or the two-year Master of Landscape Architecture program to become an accredited landscape architect. For more information about the Master of Landscape Architecture, please visit the Melbourne School of Design web site: http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-school/

By the end of the three year Bachelor of Environments degree with a Landscape Architecture major, students will have developed a strong base of design knowledge and competence across the landscape architecture discipline. For more information visit: www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au

Course planning for a Landscape Architecture major

A major in Landscape Architecture in the Bachelor of Environments consists of:

• 112.5 points (9 subjects) of Landscape Architecture subjects;

• 25 points (2 subjects)of core first year subjects (Natural Environments and Reshaping Environments);

• 12.5 points (1 subject) of first year subjects that are core to the major (Virtual Environments).

This is in addition to electives and breadth to make up the 300 points required for the degree. Specific details of the Bachelor of Environments course structure can be found at:

The following description of the Landscape Architecture major aligns with the Study Plan Structure viewable on the Portal for students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments in 2011 or later.

It is strongly recommended that students refer to the full description of this major.

The layout of this description is not necessarily in the order in which subjects are taken.

E.g. breadth subjects should be taken in a student's first year and the information on breadth is displayed at the end of this entry.

Students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments prior to 2011 should also refer to this description for the 9 subjects (112.5 points) required for the major. These students will need to complete 225 Environments Discipline subjects including a major sequence but are not bound by minimum requirements for total Environments Discipline subjects at Level 2 and Level 3. Refer to the B-ENVS entry in the 2010 Handbook for further details.

Level 1 Core subjects - Bachelor of Environments (25 points)

Core subjects that must be taken by all Bachelor of Environments students.

Both of

Level 1 Environments Electives (50 points)

Select four of the following subjects.

N.B.

• ENVS10008 Virtual Environments must be taken by students intending to undertake the Landscape Architecture major.

• ENVS10004 Designing Environments, ENVS10006 Mapping Environments and ENVS10007 Urban Environments are recommended.

Landscape Architecture major - core subjects (87.5 points)

Landscape Architecture major - elective subjects (25 points)

Level 3 Environments elective subject (12.5 points)

Level 2 or Level 3 Environments elective subjects (25 points)

Breadth subjects

Bachelor of Environments students must complete between 50 and 75 credit points of subjects selected from those available as breadth for Bachelor of Environments students; with no more than 37.5 points at Level 1. For a complete listing of available subjects please click the 'Find breadth subjects' link on the Handbook homepage and perform a search.

For more information on this major and to view a sample course plan please visit:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/course-info/architecture.html