Landscape Architecture - Advanced Professional Degree (MLA)

Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

The MLA-Advanced Professional degree is a two-year program of study. Applicants must hold baccalaureate degrees in landscape architecture from accredited programs. The advanced degree allows outstanding students to expand their knowledge in areas of special interest under the supervision of a major professor and supervisory committee.

The Graduate Program Director advises all incoming students until they have selected a thesis topic. A major professor whose interests are closely aligned to those of the student (see areas of faculty expertise above) supervises thesis work. A minimum of 30 graduate-level credits, including thesis work, is required. Students supplement requirements with courses negotiated with the major professor and supervisory committee. An outside area of emphasis or graduate specialization may be pursued by concentrating elective coursework in another department.

This is a STEM designated program.

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MLA Fast Facts

Graduate Credits Required: 50

Years to Complete: 2

Student Cost:
~$24,000

Salary Range: $50,000-80,000

Cohort Size: 3-5

Program Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning’s Master of Landscape Architecture graduate program is to: (1) prepare future professionals to address the dynamic issues and scales of landscapes across the Intermountain West and around the world; and (2) engage in creative intellectual work that contributes to the theory and practice of landscape architecture.