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I had planned on getting a Masters since I got my BLA, it was the right time to try to get the MLA. I think that if schools made it easier for professionals, working or not, to get post-prof MLAs, a ton more would. Short terms (1 year to 1.5 yrs w/ thesis), night courses, and no studio requirement (we are in studio all day, do we really need MORE…[Read more]

just to update everyone, we’ve had a couple great chat sessions the last few weeks that alot of people have made it to.  i’m not sure the schedule over the holidays as the next two fall on christmas and new years eve’s, and i doubt many if any would be able to make it.  but i wanted to thank all that have been involved with the topic subjects a…[Read more]

It sounds like you did a lot of work. Your response makes a lot of sense both to be fair to the schools as well as it being a lot of work. The big benefit of your article is that it makes more people aware of something that they can easily research once they know.You don’t know what you don’t know, as they say. This makes more people know…[Read more]

This article isn’t necessarily aimed at you in particular. You are in the right program since you do not have an accredtied BLA. Why I went back was to do targeted research in a two subject areas within landscape architecture, and refine my area of practice. Become an expert with degree to back it up. I had also anticipated that the studios bein…[Read more]

I posted a thread last week about licensure woes, and it seems that there are some who disagree with the claim that working in an A/E firm exposes one to broader experience than working in an LA-only firm.  Myself and two firm principles (one Arch, one Eng) agree with you and your previous LA supervisor, that our experience is much broader in an…[Read more]

It doesn’t really seem like NY has a provision for an experience waiver, either.   O_o   I wouldn’t mind taking the sections C & E, if they would let me, and then just sit on my hands and wait for the actual license – I think it would make my resume a little stronger when I am applying for jobs, because the potential future employer would see th…[Read more]

Chris,
 
I am going through the same woes in MN.  Although I have already passed all sections of the LARE, MN won’t grant me licensure for the same reasons you state, not enough time under a licensed LA.  I’ve been working in the same capacity as you in an Arch/Eng firm.
 
I’m jealous of NYS though, because MN does not have any provision for an…[Read more]

Jason,
Your article was an interesting read, although a bit of a depressing look at professional education in our industry.  Your critique of the “combined programs” is a first-hand confirmation of what one ASLA Fellow once told me in response to my question about returning to school for an MLA.  He basically told me that while the MLA would h…[Read more]

Try to be patient Henry,  remember the motivation to using BricsCAD is a much lower TCO (total cost of ownership)  That in these trying economic times should be motivation enough to be patient with the program!
 
best wishes… IT wise AND healthwise.
 
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You would have to also include Linux… though its use is found more at the University level than in industry.
 
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The list is not in publishable form, it is a mess of notes and markings. I also have about 1000 PDF files, one for each program, one or two for each program. I could see how that would indeed help and I will consider doing just that (it would take another month or so of research to contact each program director to garner any changes to the…[Read more]

We have been using renewable energy for years.  Even before it was cool.  We use biomass and our fuel source is waste wood from arborists in our city.  They have trouble getting rid of their waste wood and bring it to us free.  The wood would just end up in a landfill somewhere if we didn’t use it.  They consider wood as carbon neutral beca…[Read more]

Hi Andrew,
The issues with BricsCAD are usually temporary.  There is a lot of development happening with BricsCAD.  It is critical that you keep the very latest updates installed on your computer.  For example, Though BricsCAD has its roots in IntelliCAD,  It is no longer a IntelliCAD product.  After release 7 they did a major rewrite of the prog…[Read more]

Countries all over the world except a few ones, backed by their governments are concerned with fossil fuel energy usage and are promoting renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, bio mass generated thermal energy etc. Ireland and other members of EU are in the forefront in this exercise. The simplest and best money saver in the…[Read more]

I agree with Thomas, mac is just  big headache

Walleye Whiz- Sunday mornings at 4:30  hehehe

Great eye opener! Will you be posting your list of schools that go one way or the other?