MLA II Proseminar

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MLA II program. This course provides an exploratory and collaborative forum that prepares the student to develop research interests and to formulate upon entering post-professional study in landscape architecture. Individual and collective critical inquiries are based upon readings, field trips, analysis of landscape architectural projects, and presentations given by the faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture and guests. Through assigned papers and investigations, the course seeks to deepen the student\’s understanding of the cultural context of the landscape architectural object, and it provides a platform from which the student may pursue advanced levels of research and design in studios and other coursework.