General Information

The Division of Landscape Architecture offers students an interdisciplinary setting in which to learn and think critically and creatively in addressing environmental issues. The program’s mission is to provide students an interdisciplinary setting in which to learn and think critically and creatively in addressing environmental issues that are rooted in (though not limited to) the physiographic region of the Great Plains, the metropolis of Oklahoma City, and smaller communities within the state. Significant in this regard is the graduate level education of future landscape architects who will be versatile in the various aspects of practice typifying the profession, including an environmental ethic, design development, project management at multiple scales, communication, emerging technologies, ethical conduct, as well as areas of research.

Two program options are offered: the First Professional Master of Landscape Architecture (M620) is for students who do not have a previous professional degree in landscape architecture and who may come from fields as diverse as English literature, drama, wildlife management or nursing; and the Post Professional Master of Landscape Architecture (M621) which is only for students who have already completed an accredited professional degree in landscape architecture. The First Professional Master of Landscape Architecture is accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accrediting Board (LAAB).

In both program options, the student is expected to focus the professional electives on an area of specialization such as urban design, rural and small town design, sustainable and ecological design, environmental issues, or computer technologies. The student is encouraged to consider offerings in allied departments such as Anthropology, Architecture, Art, Botany, Construction Science, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Communications, Geography, Geology, Health and Sports Sciences, Human Relations, Political Science, Regional and City Planning, Sociology, and Zoology.

All students are required to develop a graduate advisory committee who will guide the student through the selection of a graduate project topic and the graduate project sequence. All graduate projects are subject to approval by the student's graduate advisory committee and the graduate liaison.