About Landscape Architecture
Our definition of advanced landscape architecture education includes development of a strong foundation of traditional knowledge and skills as well as self-motivated and defined scholarship. Throughout the program, we are committed to research as a means of learning and serving communities and individuals.
Graduates of our program practice in a wide variety of natural and built environments including urban, suburban, rural, wilderness, domestic, and international. Their practice takes place in small and large firms, multidisciplinary firms, design/build, land development, facility management, public practice, academic settings, and within other fields. Kansas State University MLA graduates provide leadership in and advocacy for stewardship of the land and the interface of people with the land. They seek long-term solutions concerning land health, human dignity, and aesthetic quality.
Program Mission and Objectives
The mission of the Kansas State University MLA program is to prepare students to practice landscape architecture and advance within and contribute to the profession over time. The program of study will provide opportunities for students and faculty to cultivate the skills of practice and explore and develop areas of expertise.
Goals of the program are to cultivate student competencies in
- design
- critical thinking
- research
- communication
Students that graduate from the program will be able to:
- Understand and implement design processes
- Understand and conduct site-scale and regional-scale bio-physical and socio-cultural inventories, perform resource assessment, construct and evaluate land-use and resource management suitability modeling
- Understand and apply design history and theory
- Understand construction fundamentals and produce high quality construction documents necessary to implement design proposals
- Apply effective graphic, written and verbal communication skills
- Apply effective use of research methods to further understanding of issues pertinent to the profession of landscape architecture
- Apply ethical values in decision-making while wrestling with natural and cultural resource management and design of the built environment
- Apply effective professional work skills that include communications, leadership and teamwork
For further information, interested students should contact:
Stephanie A. Rolley, FASLA, AICP
Professor and Head
Landscape Architecture/Regional & Community Planning
302 Seaton Hall
College of Architecture, Planning & Design
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66502
PH: 785-532-5961
FAX: 785.532.6722
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