Department of Architecture

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria

Masters in Landscape Architecture

Admission Requirements

Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA); Bachelor of Science degree with a minimum of 2:2 from an accredited University in any of the related studio-based disciplines (Faculty of Environmental Design). However, those who possess a 3rd class degree may be admitted after 5 years of cognate experience.

Courses

Interactive and sequential investigations into the concepts of points, lines, surfaces, voids, space, form, movement. A systematic exploration of the networks of open spaces, and space hierarchies in a community with emphasis on methods of site analysis and design.

Course Code Course Title Credit Units Semester
LARC 801 landscape Design Principles (Studio I) 4 First
LARC 803 Residential Landscape Design (studio II) 4 First
LARC 805 Landscape and Sustainability 2 First
LARC 813 Fundamentals of Ecology 2 First
LARC 815 Theory of Landscape Architecture. 2 First
LARC 817 Landscape Site Engineering 2 First
PDLA 713 Earth and Practice 2 First
LARC 802 Community/Urban Scale (Studio III) 4 Second
LARC 812 Advanced Landscape Ecology 2 Second
LARC 814 Landuse and Landscape planning 2 Second
LARC 816 Computer Application 2 Second
LARC 822 Professional Practice II 2 Second
LARC 808 Research Methods 2 Second
LARC 810 Field Trip 2 Second
LARC 800 Thesis Research 6 Second
LARC 821 Rebuilding Disturbed Landscape (Studio V) 4 First
LARC 823 Advance Landuse & Landscape Planning 2 First
LARC 825 Watershed and waterside development 4 First
LARC 827 Regional Landscape Planning (Studio IV) 4 Second
LARC 829 GIS For Landscape Architecture 2 Second
LARC 824 Professional Practice III 2 Second
LARC 826 Water Resource Management 2 Second
LARC 828 Seminar 2 Second