University of Pennsylvania

Program Information

Degree Offered

MLA - Landscape Architecture;, Certificate in Landscape Studies

Program Description:

For a variety of pressing environmental, cultural, economic and artistic reasons, landscape architecture is enjoying a period of renewed visibility and relevance around the world. Whereas gardens, parks and public outdoor spaces are under the traditional purview of landscape architecture, the scope of practice is today expanding to include large-scale public works, infrastructures, post-industrial brownfield sites, landfills, urbanizing sectors of cities and even the marginal leftover spaces of the in-between.
As a consequence, landscape architects need to acquire an ever-growing body of skills—conceptual and imaginative as well as technical and managerial. And, as these tools and techniques evolve into ever-more sophisticated forms of practice, the role of education involves not only the transmission of skill-based knowledge but also the development of critical insight and invention, the stuff of originality and leadership.
In preparing the leading-edge new voices of the next generation of landscape architects, our Landscape Architecture program strives to provide graduates with the knowledge necessary to be eminently successful.

Accreditation:

ASLA

Eligibility Requirements:

Portfolio required - paper only

International Student Requirements:

IELTS or TOEFL

Tuition & Financial Aid

Cost Per Credit Hour:

4900 

Tuition In-State Full Time:

40056 

Financial Aid Offered: No

Format: Campus

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Private not-for-profit

Locale: Large City

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above