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MSLA vs MLA, community design

Started this discussion. Last reply by Sarah Hayosh Jan 30. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Tags: land, re-use, vacant, design, MLA

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Sarah Hayosh replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"Thanks for the advice, all!"

Jan 30

Dennis J. Jarrard, PLA replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"Personally, given your location and connection to the University of Michigan I would pursue the MLA there. Its a good program and from my understanding you can build your program of study as you desire with the assistance of…"

Jan 30

Roland Beinert replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"You could go to the University of Idaho and get an MLA with a graduate certificate in bioregional planning. The grad certificate is for people who want to be in landscape architecture or architecture but want to focus on the planning end of the…"

Jan 30

lucy maik replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"I have experience like Detroit is already loaded with younger people with city preparing levels. MLAs not so much. I am expecting to create a different abilities set. Thanks outside living concepts "

Jan 30

Jason T. Radice replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"You have to be careful with the nomenclature of the degrees, it is not universal from school to school and the degree intent is different. It seems you have no formal design background whatsoever, so if you anticipate actually wanting to do design…"

Dec 21, 2012

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MSLA vs MLA, community design

Hi! I am currently applying to MLA programs, but the MSLA (Masters in Science of Landscape Architecture) offered by some universities have also piqued my interest... I am wondering if they may be a better fit. I have an undergraduate degree in environmental studies and economics. For the past 4+ years I have worked in the field of vacant land re-use, urban agriculture, and community organizing with a non-profit in Detroit. While I have learned basic design for creating planting plans and…See More

Dec 20, 2012

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Sarah Hayosh replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"One other note- I feel like Detroit is already overrun with young folks with urban planning degrees. I am hoping to develop a different skill set."

Dec 20, 2012

Sarah Hayosh replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"Thanks for the reply, Jeff. So you are saying that with a planning or MSLA degree, autocad and sketchup skills, I could potentially still work on greenspace designs and landuse planning at a private firm?"

Dec 20, 2012

Jeff replied to Sarah Hayosh's discussion 'MSLA vs MLA, community design'

"Sounds like you should get a planning degree (regional, community or city). These are sometimes in the same school departments as landsacpe architecture, so it would be easy to take LA classes too. If you plan to get licensed and do hard core…"

Dec 19, 2012

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