Full time
1 year
16-SEP-24
Postgraduate Diploma
Landscape Gardening Architectural Design
Taught
COURSE OVERVIEW
The postgraduate diploma is an advanced programme of design and professional studies for students who wish to become chartered landscape architects. You can top-up your postgraduate diploma into an MA by carrying out additional design or practice-based study.
This highly-regarded course explores values, knowledge, skills and techniques appropriate to the development of creative, reflective designers. You can negotiate a programme of studies to broaden and deepen knowledge and skills relevant to your individual interests, needs and career aspirations.
You will have the opportunity to respond to current environmental challenges and issues relevant to landscape architecture, which may include live projects and competitions. The major design project applies thematic design research to a project site at a range of scales, along with two studio options for your negotiated study, linked to staff research and specialisms.
You can see examples of student work on our Leeds School of Arts Festival website and in our end of year show publication.
We are proud to be celebrating 50 years of landscape architecture at Leeds Beckett University.
This course is accredited by The Landscape Institute (subject to annual reaffirmation of accreditation).
TEACHING & LEARNING
Independent study is a crucial part of learning at university and you will be required to undertake many hours of self-directed research and reading, and preparation and writing of assessments. Your course is delivered through a number of modules, which will help you to plan your time and establish a study routine. Outside of your lectures, workshops and tutorials, a range of support is available to assist with your independent study. Our subject-specific librarians will be on hand to direct you to the specialist learning and study-skill resources. You’ll also be assigned an academic advisor to give you tailored feedback and support.
Our silver status in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework, reflects our commitment to deliver high-quality teaching, learning and outcomes for our students.
For this course (per year)
£6,250
For this course (per year)
£11,665
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subjects of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design or Garden Art & Design from an Institution recognised by the Landscape Institute, or have completed a Landscape Architecture Conversion course or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment. All applications should be supported by a reference, either academic or professional.