Georgia Landscape

Environmental Design students, primarily the graduate students, produce an annual publication, Georgia Landscape, containing essays and projects by students, faculty, and practitioners. It is mailed to a wide range of practitioners, Georgia design graduates and schools of landscape architecture everywhere in the world. Guest contributors in recent years have included Michael Pollan and George Hargreaves '77. In 1993 the publication won a Merit Award in professional communications from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Master of Historic Preservation program

Georgia's graduate professional historic preservation program is one of only twelve in the country, and the only one allied with a landscape architectural program. The MHP program prepares students to conserve and manage historic resources in built and natural environments. Historic preservation courses are available to MLA students as electives. Contact MHP Coordinator, School of Environmental Design, Caldwell Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, (706) 542-4706.

Related degree programs on campus

Georgia offers strong graduate degree programs in fields related to environmental design, including ecology, geography, and forest resources. Some MLA students have come to Georgia specifically to obtain dual professional (MLA) and scientific (MS or Ph.D.) degrees. Individual advisement can suggest courses of study that are convenient for completion of dual degrees. For information about specific degree offerings and requirements, contact the individual program at University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602.

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program

The school's large Bachelor of Landscape of Architecture program helps the school support a wide and deep range of resources for landscape architecture students. Elective design studios and other opportunities are available to all students through cooperation between the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Each year about five students with prior undergraduate degrees choose to pursue the BLA as a second bachelor's degree, rather than enter the MLA program. For such students the BLA is an alternative way to earn an accredited professional degree. In contrast to the MLA program, the BLA tends to offer greater required exercise in graphics and design, and little emphasis on individual research. Students considering such an option must be aware that the BLA does not provide certification for university teaching or advancement in certain government agencies.

For information contact BLA Coordinator, School of Environmental Design, 609 Caldwell Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542-4776.

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