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The MLA I curriculum provides the foundational disciplinary knowledge and requisite intellectual base for adapting to the design challenges facing landscape architecture today.

This program requires foundational courses in:

• Design Studios and Visualization
• Ecology and Planted Form
• Site Engineering and Construction Methods
• History, Theory and Research Methods

Students in both degrees (MLA I, MLA II) have two options in their final year:

• Urban Freshwater, Stormwater and Climate in the Great Lakes
• Public Spaces, Urban Parks and Cultural Landscapes
• Green Urban Infrastructure, Ecologies and Social concerns of Equity, Health and Pollution

• Because ARCS will allow you to explore and hone your passions for design. It will give you knowledge to choose which design field interests you most. And it will prepare you for professional graduate education (a master’s degree) in that field.
• Because ARCS will teach you to be a confident and well-informed voice, and it will equip you to critique, evaluate, question and reimagine the design of the built environment.
• Because ARCS will train you up as a researcher and an intellectual who infuses the design process with critical thinking, sound logic and a wi

Visit the American Society of Landscape Architect's  publication and their  resources for more information on the field of landscape architecture and the work done by landscape architects.

After completing their bachelor’s degree, graduates of the BA in Architectural Studies pursue professional master’s degrees in architecture, historic preservation, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museum/curatorial studies, urban design, urban planning and many other design and design-related fields.

Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Architecture, and Master of Urban Design programs all operate in the heart of Cleveland's vibrant Playhouse Square District, together with the College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s (CAED’s) Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative ().

The mission of the CAED-MLA programs is to educate and prepare students for active, creative, leadership roles in the landscape architecture profession through inclusive and interdisciplinary design methodologies, issues surrounding urban landscapes, and community engagement.

Cat Marshall, MLA, ASLA CELA | Coordinator and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Reid Coffman PhD, ASLA, CELA, GRHC | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Charles Frederick, ASLA, CELA | Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Students can also choose to diversify their professional credentials in any of the offered languages by pursuing a dual degree including an MBA degree along with the M.A. in Translation. This option requires substantial additional coursework and can be taken on-site or online.