Landscape Architecture, MLA
*Starting Spring 2022
The field of landscape architecture operates at the intersection of multiple disciplines including art, ecology, geology, design, technology, and history. The MLA program at Pratt Institute embraces this radical hybridity and offers a core curriculum that allows students to creatively and effectively integrate multiple knowledge fields in the design of climate and community responsive landscapes. A foundation of ecology, representation and digital practices, terraforming, design studios, and landscape history and theory are combined and integrated to establish each student’s unique ecological design practice.
The graduate program in Landscape Architecture (MLA) within Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus, is a professional 85-credit, three-year degree for individuals who have completed a bachelor’s degree, including majors other than one of the environmental design professions. The three-year program requires six semesters in residence. The first two years are considered Core. The 55-credit, two-year degree, designed for students with four-year pre-professional degrees and demonstrated high-quality design work, requires four semesters in residence. (The program will apply for and aspires to receive accreditation from the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board by the graduation date of the inaugural cohort.)
| Semester 1 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| LAR-601 The Urban Garden and Plaza | 5 | |
| LAR-611 Dynamic Systems, Plant Ecologies and People | 4 | |
| LAR-621 History and Theory of Landscape Design from Prehistory to the Baroque | 3 | |
| LAR-631 Drawing and Mapping | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| LAR- 602 The Urban Waterfront Park | 5 | |
| LAR-612 Ecotones, Working with Water, Topography and Communities | 4 | |
| LAR-622 History and Theory of Modern Landscape | 3 | |
| LAR-632 Landform and Process | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| LAR-701 Climate, Corridors and Infrastructure | 5 | |
| LAR-711 Diverse Landscapes, Integrated Thinking | 4 | |
| LAR-721 Landscape as Cultural Ecology | 3 | |
| LAR-731 Narratives and Time | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| LAR-702 Carbon Neutral Deep City | 5 | |
| LAR-712 Landscapes of Production, Disturbance and Extreme Weather | 4 | |
| LAR-722 Landscape Futures | 3 | |
| LAR-751 Equity Into Design | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Semester 5 | ||
| LAR-801 Options Studio I or GCPE/GAUD option | 5 | |
| LARCH-871 Landscape Architectural Professional Practice | 3 | |
| LAR-752 Carbon and Design | 3 | |
| Open Elective or Directed Project Research | 3 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| LAR-802 Option Studio 2 or Directed Project Research | 5 | |
| LAR-841 Distributional Elective/ Media, History and Theory, or Ecology | 3 | |
| LAR-XXX or GCPE/GAUD option Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Total Credits | 85 | |