Landscape Architecture BA

Bachelor's degree

In Sheffield

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Sheffield

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The aim of this course is to train landscape architects who understand planning and how design proposals affect the environment. You'll study urban theory, planning and practice, and the complex relationship between people and the environment.

This combination of design skills and broader knowledge is good preparation for a career working alongside other environmental design professionals.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
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Western Bank, S10 2TN

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Our graduates are in demand: industry figures come to our end-of-year degree shows and advertise vacancies with us. There are opportunities to help improve communities in the UK and abroad, in private sector consultancies, community development agencies, local authorities and national governments.

Graduates will be able to take on key roles in multidisciplinary projects with an underlying commitment to care for the landscape and the people and wildlife that live within it.

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This centre's achievements

2018

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 13 years

Subjects

  • Ecology
  • Design
  • Restoration
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Materials
  • Ecological
  • Management
  • Exploration
  • Intervention
  • Presentation
  • Communication
  • Research
  • Planning

Course programme

First year

Core modules:
  • Current Challenges in Planning, Design and Management
  • Histories of Landscape Architecture
  • Presentation, Communication and Research Skills
  • Space Making
  • The Changing Landscape
  • The Dynamic Landscape
Second year

Core modules:
  • Ecological Processes, Design & Management
  • Landscape Design - Exploration and Intervention
  • Landscape Planning for a Changing World
  • Materials of Landscape - Construction Design
  • Materials of Landscape - Planting Design
  • Sustainable Communities
Third year

Core modules:
  • Field Study Trip
  • Integrated Urban Design Project
  • Landscape Planning - Urban Regeneration
  • Landscape Planning Toolkits
  • Materials of Landscape - Detailed Design
  • Site Planning For Sustainable Housing
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.

Landscape Architecture BA

Price on request