UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.
Master of Landscape Architecture (coursework or coursework and dissertation)
Landscape Architecture is primarily a design discipline concerned with the quality of the environment. Through design practice and research, the Master of Landscape Architecture educates students in many aspects of the profession. It strives to create critical thinkers with rigorous skills in the execution of landscape architectural work across a variety of types and scales.
Course overview
- Course title
- Master of Landscape Architecture (coursework or coursework and dissertation)
- Award abbreviation
- MLArch
- Course code
- 25550
- Course type
- master's degree by coursework or by coursework and dissertation
- Status
- current / 2020
- Administered by
- Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education
- CRICOS code
- 074759G
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Credit points required
- 144
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 2 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising 96 points of taught units and 48 points of admission credit, as recognised and granted by the Faculty
- Maximum course duration
- 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising up to 144 points of taught study (see Rule 5 for further information)
- Professional accreditation
- Master of Landscape Architecture (coursework or coursework and dissertation) is accredited by: Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
- Time limit
- 6 years
- Delivery mode
- internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Commonwealth supported and/or HECS-HELP
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Associate Professor Christopher Vernon
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Course structure
| Key to availability of units: |
|---|
| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2020 |
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.
Students who have not completed a bachelor's degree with a major in Landscape Architecture, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty, must complete conversion units to the value of up to 48 points.
Take all units (60 points):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ARLA4506 | Research Strategies in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Architecture | seminars: 3–4 hours per week | |
| S2 | LACH4421 | Australian Landscapes | seminars: 3–4 hours per week | |
| S1 | LACH4422 | Design Studio—Making (12 points) | up to 9 hours per week | |
| S1 | LACH4423 | Landscape and Urban Ecology | lectures: 1 hour per week; seminars: 3 hours per week | |
| S2 | LACH4424 | Design Studio—Complexity (12 points) | studio: up to 9 hours per week | |
| S1 | LACH4505 | Critical Theory: 'isms and 'ologies in Landscape Architecture | seminars: 3–4 hours per week | |
| S2 | LACH5414 | Landscape Professional Documents | lectures: 2 hours per week; workshop/seminars: 2 hours per week | |
| S1 | LACH5460 | Landscape Professional Practice | lectures/seminars and tutorials/workshops: 48 hours in total |
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points from this group (Options are intended to enhance preparation for the independent thesis. As such, units not on this list may be permitted if deemed appropriate and approved by the Faculty on a case by case basis):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ARCT5505 | Conservation in Cultural Landscapes, Historic Towns and Urban Precincts |
| 35 (introductory lecture: 1 x 2 hours; lectures/field work exercises/seminars: 3 hours per week) |
| S1 | ARCT5508 | Practical Building Conservation |
| 35 (introductory lecture: 1 x 2 hours; lectures/field work exercises/tutorials: 3 hours per week) |
| N/A | ARCT5511 | Utopia/Disaster and Imagining the City | lectures and seminars: 3 hours per week for up to 11 weeks | |
| S2 | ARCT5513 | Near Future Scenarios for a New Architectural Era | 3 hour seminar each week | |
| N/A | ARCT5517 | Architecture and the Posthumanist Subject | seminars: 3 hours per week | |
| S2 | ARCT5518 | BIM Workflows |
| workshops: 2 hours |
| S1 | ARCT5520 | Drawing Resilience | Lectures and tutorials 36 hours: 3 hours per week for 12 weeks from week 1 | |
| N/A | ARCT5528 | Delivering Good Design | up to 3 hours per week for up to 12 weeks | |
| S2 | ARCT5529 | Forensic Architecture | seminars: 3 hours per week for up to 12 weeks | |
| N/A | ARCT5530 | The Single Family House as a Bourgeois Manifesto | seminars: 3 hours per week for up to 12 weeks | |
| N/A | ARCT5531 | Suburban Cultures | seminars: 3 hours per week for up to 12 weeks | |
| S2 | ARCT5536 | Photo Real Rendering | workshops: 3 hours per week | |
| N/A | ARCT5578 | Building Pictures | seminars: up to 3 hours a week for 12 weeks | |
| S1 | ARCT5580 | Advanced Architectural Animation | 36 (workshops: 12 x 3 hours per week) | |
| N/A | ARCT5581 | Key Texts | 36 (lectures/seminars: 12 x 3 hours per week) | |
| S1 | ARCT5583 | Introduction to Architectural Conservation |
| 35 (lectures: 24 hours; tutorials/site visits: 11 hours) |
| N/A | ARCT5586 | Australian Architecture in a Global Setting | seminars: up to 3 hours per week | |
| S2 | ARCT5589 | Furniture Design | lectures: 12 hours; seminars/workshops: 24 hours | |
| S1 | ARCT5593 | Furniture: from prototype to production | lectures: 12 hours; seminars/workshops: 24 hours | |
| S1 | ARCT5595 | Digital Design Journal | 1 hour per week and 1 hour online per week | |
| S1, S2 | ENVT4411 | Geographic Information Systems Applications | The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. This includes podcasts for viewing and reading to be undertaken prior to attending a compulsory 1-hour seminar per week where students will be contributing to interactive discussions. Additionally there is a compulsory 2-hour computer practical lab per week for which students will undertake applied use of GIS. Completion of these labs is necessary to enable skills for completing written unit assessment. Independent learning is required throughout the unit. | |
| S2 | PLNG4401 | Planning Theory and Practice |
| 7 hours per week—unit taught all day and comprises a mix of lectures, tutorials, workshops and/or field trips. The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. |
| S1 | PLNG4402 | Planning Law |
| 4 hours per week. The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. |
| S1 | PLNG4404 | Statutory Planning |
| 4 hours per week. The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. |
| S2 | PLNG5403 | Planning and Governance |
| Workshops: 4 hours per week including independent industry learning engagement related to planning and governance. The total workload for the unit is 150 hours. |
| S1, S2 | SCIE4403 | The Conduct, Ethics and Communication of Science |
| 7 workshops running once a fortnight. This unit runs in both Semester 1 and Semester 2 and taken in either semester. |
| S1 | URBD5803 | Sustainability and Cities | 36 hours | |
| S2 | URBD5805 | Contemporary Urbanism | 36 (lectures/seminars: 12 x 3 hours per week) | |
| S1 | URBD5807 | The Forces that Shape Cities |
| 36 (seminars: 12 x 3 hours per week) |
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
Note: Students must choose to complete their independent design research by either dissertation or design.
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | LACH5503 | Independent Dissertation Part 1 (12 points) |
| up to 1 hour per week (on average) |
| S1, S2 | LACH5504 | Independent Dissertation Part 2 (12 points) |
| up to 1 hour per week (on average) |
| S1, S2 | LACH5510 | Independent Dissertation by Design Part 1 (12 points) | up to 1 hour per week (on average) | |
| S1, S2 | LACH5511 | Independent Dissertation by Design Part 2 (12 points) |
| up to 1 hour per week (on average) |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 60 per cent.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6. This course does not form part of an articulated sequence.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 144 points (maximum value) which include conversion units to a value of 48 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
(3) Students who have completed a bachelor's degree with a major in Landscape Architecture, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty, are granted credit for conversion units up to a value of 48 points.
Satisfactory progress
8.(1) To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
(2) Students who remain enrolled in a Design unit after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty in two or more teaching periods in a calendar year must pass at least one of those Design units.
(3) Students who fail a Design unit must pass that unit at the next attempt.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10.(1) Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for the first time are assigned the progress status of 'Suspended' by the Faculty.
(2) Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for a second time are assigned the progress status of 'Excluded' by the Faculty.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent which is calculated based on—
(a) all units above Level 3 attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark;
(b) all relevant units above Level 3 undertaken in articulating courses of this University that are awarded a final percentage mark;
and
(c) all units above Level 3 completed at this University that are credited to the master's degree course.
Additional rules
Time limit
13. Unless the Faculty approves an extension, the time limit is six years from the beginning of the semester in which the first unit is credited towards the course.