{"id":366,"date":"2020-05-13T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T17:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=366"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:28:16","slug":"landscape-architecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Our LAAB-accredited program prepares graduate students for the demands of professional practice, research, leadership and community engagement. Students combine critical design thinking with technical and theoretical principles, applying their knowledge and skills to solve real-world spatial challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) is a STEM-designated degree and fully accredited program<\/strong><\/a> that prepares graduate students for the rigors of professional practice, research, leadership, and community engagement. Students combine critical design thinking with creativity, and passion to address a range of landscape architecture and environmental planning projects. For the program’s metrics and Fact Sheet, click here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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LAR 507 Advanced Interdisciplinary Studio<\/strong>: Urbanism Across Calzada Mexico Tacuba – Infrastructure as Culture in Mexico City<\/br>Fall 2024<\/italic>, Jules Mainor, MLA ’25, Christopher Vann, MLA ’25<\/br>Instructor: Mar\u00eda Bellalta, Instructor Support: Claire Henkel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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On this episode of the NC State Philanthropy Podcast, we\u2019re joined by Chuck Flink, director of the university\u2019s Peter A. Pappas Real Estate Development Program, to talk about his decades-long relationship with NC State as a student, faculty member, volunteer and donor.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n \n

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As we mark 20 years of impact for the NC State European Center in Prague, let\u2019s take a look at the early years when the College of Design established year-round study abroad programs in this vibrant city.\u00a0 In 2005, the College of Design took a bold step that would forever expand NC State\u2019s global footprint.…<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Our mission is to inspire and guide design students in their scholarship and application of landscape architecture through design solutions focused on social and environmental principles impacting communities across multiple scales and global territories.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Mar\u00eda Bellalta, FASLA, IFLA<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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We prepare the next generation of landscape architects to engage in challenges and opportunities focused on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n