Boston Society of Landscape Architects Spring Fieldbook Volume 14.1 | Page 26

COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

School Stats /

/ Boston Architectural College

Current Enrollment in Bachelor’s Program:
Current Enrollment in Master’s Program:
Year Program Founded:
Year of First Graduate:
Faculty/student ratios:
Interdisciplinary Foundation Studios:
Advanced LA Studios:
Receive Tuition Assistance:
Program Director:
Student Chapter President:
School Term:
School Session:
Currently Accredited Through:

COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

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24
MLA 2010; BLA 2006
MLA 2013; BLA 2010
6.5 students/faculty;
5.3 students/faculty.
17% MLA Students; 73% BLA Students
Maria Bellalta
Meghan Marchie, MLA Candidate
Two semesters
August through May
MLA December 2016; BLA December 2019

Both the MLA and BLA programs provide concurrent

Michael Sadler, MLA, Analysis Studio Spring 2013

The Landscape Architecture profession
and the Academy are currently at the center of the
21st Century’s design discourse, and the BAC’s School
of Landscape Architecture’s mission is to frame the
big questions around urban growth and sustainable
development strategies and values affecting our
professional practice. Through an interdisciplinary
educational framework and in the context of the
City of Boston, our Landscape Architecture programs
are delivering design education excellence through
a unique model of concurrent, academic and
professional curricula and partnerships.

The BAC’s School of Landscape Architecture offers
Master and Bachelor first professional degrees and
invites students of all cultures who wish to explore
New Urban Landscapes and Sustainable Design
Principles influencing the advancement of the
landscape architecture profession and the diverse
and global communities it seeks to serve.

The three year MLA program emphasizes
design studies through both a disciplinary and
interdisciplinary foundation experience. Graduate
students explore advanced studios, design media,
and construction technology courses and engage in
research applications and scholarly methods relating
to new urban landscapes. The five year BLA program
is focused on an interdisciplinary foundation

experience and a balance of liberal study courses that support
and enrich the academic and professional areas of discovery
around new urban landscapes.

The Landscape Architecture curricula for the MLA and
BLA programs include topics in history, theory and criticism, natural
and cultural systems, ecology systems, principles of sustainable
design, public policy and regulation, site design and planning,
management, construction technologies, including earthwork
and stormwater management, and computer applications
and advanced technol