Landscape Architecture

Program Overview

Landscape Architecture

Overview

Landscape Architecture is a creative, design-based major primarily concerned with the quality of the environment.

Course Details

Careers and Further Study

This course opens up a world of future study pathways and career opportunities.

• A major in Landscape Architecture provides a wide range of employment options, including:
  • Landscape architect
  • Environmental consultant
  • Urban designer
  • Landscape architectural draftsperson
  • Environmental manager
  • Government policy adviser
  • Landscape architecture educator or academic
• Work is available in landscape architectural or urban design practices, city and regional planning, land development companies, conservation agencies, and higher education.

Fees and Scholarships

• Domestic Student Fees:
  • For Commonwealth-supported places, student contribution amounts are charged by unit, based on area of study.
  • Fees are subject to annual indexation.
• International Student Fees:
  • Annual course fee: $52,500.00 (2025)
  • Fees are subject to annual indexation.
• Scholarships:
  • Available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership, and community service.

Admission Requirements

• Minimum entry requirements:
  • All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE): 9
  • Canadian High School (except Quebec): 68
  • French Baccalaureate: 10
  • Gao Kao (PR China NCEE)/750: 507
  • GCE A-Levels: 8
  • German Abitur: 3.6
  • Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education: 14
  • Indian Senior School Certificate (CISCE): 45
  • Indonesian Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) - Pass of 65: 75.5
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB): 24
  • Malaysian STPM: 10
  • Monash University Foundation Year: 254
  • NCUK Foundation Program: 8
  • Norwegian Vitnemål: 3.5
  • Singapore - Cambridge A Levels: 6.5
  • South African National Senior Certificate: 4
  • South Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT): 324
  • Sweden Slutbetyg: 14.5
  • Trinity College Foundation: 280
  • Unified Examination Certificate (UEC): 14
  • University of Western Australia College (UWAC) Foundation Program: 61
  • US College Board Advanced Placements: 7
  • US College Board SAT: 1130
  • Western Australian Universities' Foundation Program (WAUFP): 56
  • Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) 2016 onwards: 75
• Assured Pathways for high school leavers:
  • Minimum ATAR: 92.001
  • TISC Codes: US011 (via the Bachelor of Environmental Design), US005 (via the Bachelor of Philosophy [Honours])
  • Qualifications: BEnvDes + MLArch, BPhil (Hons) + MLArch
  • Duration: Three-year bachelor's degree plus a two-year master's degree
  • Limited places: No
  • Selection criteria: ATAR only
  • Undergraduate major: Landscape Architecture
  • Conditions for progress to Postgraduate Study: Completion of a UWA bachelor’s degree with a major in Landscape Architecture or equivalent.

How to Apply

• Domestic Pathways:
  • Domestic Assured Pathway/School Leaver Entry: Applications are lodged via TISC.
  • Domestic Graduate Entry: Applications are lodged via GEMSAS.
• International Pathways:
  • International Assured Pathway/School Leaver Entry: Applications are lodged via UWA's online application system or via an authorised international education agent.
  • International Graduate Entry: Applications are lodged via UWA's online application system or via an authorised international education agent.

Course Structure

• Level 1:
  • Core:
    • ARLA1030 Structures and Systems (6)
    • ARLA1040 Techniques of Visualisation (6)
    • LACH1000 Landscape Foundation Studio (6)
    • LACH1010 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture (6)
• Level 2:
  • Core:
    • LACH2000 Landscape Context Studio (6)
    • LACH2001 Landscape Dynamic Studio (6)
    • LACH2050 Plants and Landscape Systems (6)
• Level 3:
  • Core:
    • LACH3000 Landscape Synthesis Studio (6)
    • LACH3001 Landscape Resolutions Studio (12)
    • LACH3003 Design through Landscape Management (6)

About the Course

• Landscape architecture is the planning, design, and management of our natural and built landscapes for the benefit of communities and the future health of the planet.
• In this major, you will develop methods for understanding landscapes and communities, learn to design and plan for dynamic and resilient environments, and gain essential skills in critical thinking.
• You’ll graduate with strong theoretical and practical knowledge that enable you to produce creative landscape design outcomes.
• Landscape architects respond to issues like climate change and biodiversity loss by applying systems thinking and practice to develop long-term, large-scale solutions.
• This major will prepare you for postgraduate studies in landscape architecture or related fields.

About the Discipline

• This course is taught by our expert practitioners and researchers within the School of Design's Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design discipline.
• Meet the teachers, such as Christina Nicholson, founding director of banksia & lime.
• Christina enjoys empowering students to contribute positively and powerfully to the Climate and Biodiversity Loss Emergency and make the world more biodiverse, livable, and beautiful.

Course Accreditation

• Students who complete a Landscape Architecture major to a sufficiently high standard may proceed to the Master of Landscape Architecture (Coursework).
• The Master of Architecture (25550) is accredited by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).

Design@Home

• If you're looking to start your degree in 2025, we're introducing Design@Home through UWA's School of Design, a foundation year program with online and flexible study modes to suit your personal circumstance.
• Our program is tailored for everyone, whether you're based in a regional or remote area within WA, or beyond.
• This dedicated first-year program combines online learning with short immersive in-person experiences and has been developed for students enrolling in the Bachelor of Environmental Design degree with a major in Architecture or Landscape Architecture.

Your Degree Options

• This major is offered as a degree-specific, or first, major for these degrees.
• It is also offered as a second major in our other bachelor's degrees.
• Bachelor of Environmental Design
• Bachelor of Philosophy