MA Landscape Architecture (LSCT123) FT

2016 - 2017

For students whose initial registration was for, or prior to, the session 2021-22.

Year 1

The programme of study will be pursued for not less than two years.

There will be one examination: Part I (units in group 1A) will be examined during the first session. Part II (units in groups 2A, 2B and 2C) during the second session, and Part III (the unit in group 2D) shall be examined no later than September following the end of the second session.

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (120 credits)

Part I

A student will take

Semester 1
LSC6111	Landscape Architecture: Nature, Design and People	AUT SEM	25 credits
LSC6112	Urban Ecological Design and Management	AUT SEM	25 credits
LSC6115	Introduction to Landscape Research	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
LSC6113	Landscape Planning	SPR SEM	25 credits
LSC6114	Landscape Urbanism and Design	SPR SEM	25 credits
LSC6116	Landscape Research Topics and Dissertation	SPR SEM	10 credits

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

Part II

A student will take

Semester 1
LSC6026	Special Project: Research and Development Study	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
LSC6007 + Only available to graduate students within the Department of Landscape.	Professional Practice, Law and Contracts	SPR SEM	15 credits
Full academic year
LSC6005	Special Project	ACAD YR	50 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

Part II

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LSC5010	Urban Futures	AUT SEM	20 credits
LSC6004 + Only available to graduate students within Department of Landscape..	Landscape Design and Art Practice	AUT SEM	20 credits
LSC6008	Greenspace Maintenance	AUT SEM	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

Part II

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LSC5020 + Only available to specific students in Department of Landscape.	Rural Landscape Planning	AUT SEM	20 credits
LSC5030	Urban Design Project	AUT SEM	20 credits
LSC6006 + Only available to graduate students in the Department of Landscape.	Greenspace Management	AUT SEM	20 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

Part III

A student will take

Full academic year
LSC6140	Landscape Research Dissertation	ACAD YR	60 credits

A student who holds the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Studies (LSCT125) or has studied or gained practical experience of aspects of Landscape Architecture and reached a standard in these areas satisfactory to the Faculty may be exempted by the Faculty from the first session of the programme of study and from such subjects of the examination as the Faculty may specify.

A student may be required to attend field courses as prescribed by the Head of Department (which may be held in vacations, including the vacation preceding the first year).

A student will pass in all of the subjects of Part I (units in group 1A) before entering Part II of the examination (units in groups 2A, 2B and 2C). A student may be required by the Faculty to undertake not less than nine months of practical experience, approved by the Head of Department, of activities related to landscape practice prior to commencing studies for Part II (units in groups 2A, 2B and 2C).

A student who is awarded three hundred credits will pass the Examination for the degree of MA in Landscape Architecture.

A student who is awarded two hundred and forty credits will pass the Examination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture (LSCT122).

A student who is awarded one hundred and eighty credits will pass the Examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture (LSCT109).

A student who fails in any subject of Part 1 of the examination (units in group 1A) may be permitted by the Faculty to repeat the relevant subject on one further occasion by the beginning of September and the end of the first session. A student who is unsuccessful in the re-sit examination may not proceed to the degree of MA but with the agreement of the examiners and approval of the Faculty may proceed to complete the requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture.

A student who has successfully completed Part II (units in groups 2A, 2B and 2C) and who does not proceed to Part III of the examination (the unit in group 2D), may, on the recommendation of the Faculty, be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture. In exceptional circumstances a Diploma may be awarded with 230 credits at the discretion of the examiners.

In calculating the award with Merit or Distinction only the performance in Part II (the units in group 2A, 2B and 2C) and Part III (the unit in group 2D) will be considered.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2016/17 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.