The Master of Landscape Architecture Program is composed of foundation design courses in drafting, design media, geology, plant materials and ecology, a construction sequence for technical preparation, and design studios targeted to the concepts and challenges unique to the practice of landscape architecture. The education culminates in a thesis project that allows students to develop original research that extends the knowledge within the discipline. The city of Boston is utilized as an urban laboratory to explore and research issues of sustainable urban landscape promoting inquiry that includes practice-based and practice oriented research.
BAC students become engaged in professional practice in design firms, earning income and degree credits. Graduates are fully-realized designers, with impressive resumes, portfolios, and professional networks. Experiential learning is the cornerstone of a BAC education.
The MLA program is 5 years, with some summer course work, 96 academic credits and 45 practice credits. The program is comprised of foundation design courses including: