Landscape Management
Department of Landscape Architecture,
Faculty of Social Sciences
Course description
This is a one-year course that teaches students about effective management of both natural and designed landscapes. It embraces environmental, social, cultural and economic factors to optimise the management of many of our most iconic landscapes. You’ll learn how to revitalise degraded, damaged or underused landscapes, while the Special Project and Dissertation allow you to explore topics of personal interest.
The programme is designed to allow landscape architects to develop a specialism within management, or to introduce landscape management to other professionals within the land-based, geographical or ecology sectors. It can be taken through either a Landscape Institute-accredited or non-accredited route.
Accreditation
This course has both an accredited and non-accredited route. The accredited route is accredited by Landscape Institute and the International Federation of Landscape Architects.
Modules
Core modules
- Principles and Skills of Landscape Management
- Managing the Landscape
- Maintaining Green Infrastructure
- Landscape Professional Practice*
- Special Project for Managers
- Dissertation
*Please note, students on the unaccredited route will take Landscape Architecture Scope and Diversity instead of Landscape Professional Practice.
The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption. We are no longer offering unrestricted module choice. If your course included unrestricted modules, your department will provide a list of modules from their own and other subject areas that you can choose from.
Teaching
Teaching takes place through lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, critical feedback sessions, site visits and practicals.
Teaching and learning take place in the studio and on site.
We’re unique as a landscape department in that we can deliver the full breadth of landscape specialisms in-house through our team of internationally recognised academics. We complement this by working with landscape practices and our alumni, as professional landscape architects, to ensure our teaching is practice relevant and address current issues.
Assessment
Assessment is by coursework assignments, dissertation, oral presentation and examination.
Duration
- 1 year full-time
- 2/3 years part-time
Student profile
The department provides a stimulating environment for learning, through a collective of inspiring staff, modules and other students. I cannot speak highly enough of the Landscape Management masters course and would encourage anyone considering it to do so.
Entry requirements
Accredited route:
A degree in a relevant subject such as agriculture, botany, environmental science, forestry, landscape, ecology or countryside management and relevant work experience in the land-based, geographical or ecology sectors.
If you don’t have a degree, you’ll need relevant work experience and an alternative academic qualification. This will be subject to approval at faculty level.
Non-accredited route:
A degree in a relevant subject (as above).
If you don’t have a degree, you’ll need an alternative academic qualification and relevant work experience. This will be subject to approval at faculty level.
Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.
We also accept a range of other UK qualifications and other EU/international qualifications.
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the department.
Fees and funding
Apply
You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It's a quick and easy process.
Contact
landscape-admissions@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0617
Any supervisors and research areas listed are indicative and may change before the start of the course.
Recognition of professional qualifications: from 1 January 2021, in order to have any UK professional qualifications recognised for work in an EU country across a number of regulated and other professions you need to apply to the host country for recognition. Read information from the UK government and the EU Regulated Professions Database.