Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) (Landscape Architecture)

In this four-year honours degree, you’ll begin with inter-disciplinary units to learn foundational design skills and knowledge shared across the architectural and built environment professions. 

Your intermediate units will focus on landscape architecture specific knowledge, skills and applications, covering a range of principles, theories and processes that you will apply to real or simulated design scenarios. You will take core units covering history and theory, planting design, ecology, design psychology, placemaking, materials, landform and technology.   

The final year will elevate your learning to a pre-professional level. You will be immersed in a collaborative learning environment to demonstrate acquired skills and knowledge in complex projects. You will also have the option to transfer your skills and knowledge to a diverse workplace or professional context through our work integrated learning program. 

Careers and outcomes

With a landscape architecture degree, you may choose to work in private practice as a member of a large multidisciplinary team or in small partnerships; or in government or non-government organisations. You will collaborate with other professionals such as architects, horticulturalists, engineers, planners, ecologists, economists, environmental scientists, artists, and health professionals.    

You may work on projects designing or assessing private or public spaces, such as national parks, multi-residential developments, urban parks,  playgrounds, campuses, monuments, mining sites, transportation corridors, waterways and coasts, and post-industrial grounds. Many graduates choose to work interstate or internationally to gain experience in different professional and cultural contexts. 

Students and graduates are eligible to join the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).  

With a landscape architecture degree, you can work in a variety of contexts, such as: 

• Landscape architecture studios 
• Multi-disciplinary design firms 
• Place-making and community engagement companies 
• Playground and skatepark design companies 
• Environmental management organisations 
• Heritage and cultural landscape conservation organisations 
• Nursery and garden industry companies 
• Development corporations  
• State government and council departments in design, infrastructure, planning, environment, and heritage 
• Federal government departments in environment, infrastructure, defence, and foreign affairs 
• International organisations such as UNESCO, UN, FAO, and Red Cross  
• Non-government organisations 
• Schools, TAFE, and universities