Landscape Architecture

The Master of Landscape Architecure (MLA) is a graduate professional degree program. Courses emphasize landscape and human ecology, socio-cultural and behavioral factors, landscape aesthetics, and artistic principles in a variety of design, planning, and management applications. The context in which design and planning studios operate closely simulates the profession to include wilderness, rural, urban, and historic landscapes. Special attention is given to the ecology, culture, and history of the arid Southwest and to international planning and design practice.