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Message from the Coordinator
Landscape Architecture is the profession of design, planning and management of the land. Landscape architects enhance the quality of our lives designing urban plazas and parks, housing projects and office parks, or they may develop land use policy for a whole region. What all landscape architects have in common is a deep appreciation for the environment, commitment to the highest standards of planning and design, and the reward of work that directly enhances the quality of people’s lives

Mission of the Program
The Master in Landscape Architecture program is designed to provide students the opportunity for in-depth investigations into issues of urban landscape architecture and to develop a strong background in design theory, design technology, or computer aided design.

About the Program
The accredited graduate Landscape Architecture Program at Morgan State University offers the pursuit of an urban-based education. The programs urban focus challenges students to solve complex city related problems that deal with population density, architectural density, human diversity, environmental diversity, and public infrastructure systems. These interwoven structures of urban life also interface with the important social, economic, and political structures of city life.

The city of Baltimore, Maryland offers the program faculty and students fertile ground upon which to explore urban issues along waterfronts, within commercial centers, within inner-city neighborhoods, along the boundaries of urban and suburban growth, and between natural systems and new and existing human settlements.

Within the context of an urban agenda, the program offers a design-based multi-disciplinary education drawing from contemporary design theory and technology. This urban education focus is supported by two accredited graduate programs – Architecture and City and Regional Planning. Through these in-house professional affiliations, students in the landscape architecture program receive a diverse education

Accreditation
The Master of Landscape Architecture program is a fully-accredited, professional degree program by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB) of the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA). In the State of Maryland, graduates are eligible after three (3) years of full-time, professionally supervised employment to take the National Landscape Architecture Registration Exam (LARE).

Landscape Architecture is the design profession which applies artistic, cultural, scientific, and technical knowledge and skills to the analysis, design, planning, development, and management of the land. Landscape architects accept certain responsibilities related to the health, safety, and welfare of the public and are concerned with resource conservation and stewardship of the environment. The practice of landscape architecture requires an appreciation and understanding of natural and social processes, a creative imagination, technical expertise, and a commitment to preserve or improve the physical environment for optimum human use and enjoyment and the protection of resources and other life forms on the planet (maybe someday on other planetary bodies).

Landscape architects are employed by private planning, design, engineering and construction professional offices, public planning agencies, land development companies, industrial or commercial firms, educational and research institutions, park and recreation authorities, NGOs, and a variety of other organizations which require regional planning, land use planning, site design, and environmental management services. The landscape architect’s professional activities include consultations with clients, resource inventories and landscape analysis, site development programming, development of design concepts and land use proposals, provision of design implementation drawings and specifications, preparation of contracts and reports, and observation/supervision of projects under construction. The landscape architect often collaborates with other professionals, including architects, engineers, naturalists, geographers, interior designers, construction professionals and planners, in the design and development of urban, rural, and wilderness on land areas, waterbodies, and the atmosphere.

The undergraduate Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program provides a diverse learning experience which strives for a balance between philosophy, theory, and application of concepts related to past, present, and future problem-solving in landscape architecture and allied environmental planning and design professions.