School of Landscape Architecture

We examine the potentials of landscape as a medium for robust cultural exploration and experimentation--not simply as an exercise in problem solving. We seek ambitious, curious students who are interested in helping us explore the world-changing potential of landscape architecture. Landscape architects provide leadership in the design and planning of the built environment from across scales ranging from small sites to entire regional systems.

What Distinguishes Us

Landscape Architecture Programs

Since the vast majority of our students arrive without prior design degrees, our dynamic curriculum begins by establishing a platform of design fundamentals, historical/theoretical concepts and technical skills. Once established, this platform is used for increasingly complex explorations and experiments into contemporary landscape issues.

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Landscape Architecture

Master of Landscape Architecture
3 years

Master of Landscape Architecture Advanced Placement
2 years

Dual Degrees

5+1: Bachelor of Architecture + Master of Landscape Architecture
6 years

Master of Architecture + Master of Landscape Architecture
4.5 years

4+2: Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture + Master of Landscape Architecture
6 years

Why Landscape Architecture?

Our fully accredited program—the only degree program of its kind in Tennessee— prepares graduates to tackle the wicked problems of the 21st century.

Environmental Design Lab

The Environmental Design Lab extends the reach of the Landscape Architecture program beyond the classroom into the community and region.

Career Trajectories

Design your future in landscape architecture offices and beyond in firms and organizations where broad creative and communication skills are in demand.

Student Work

Our students work across a wide range of physical scales, conceptual territories and representational media to explore the potentials of the 21st Century landscape.