Landscape Architecture Graduate Minor

Minor Application

Graduate students interested in pursuing the minor must submit an academic & personal statement of at least 1000 words. For petition to enroll to advanced studios a brief portfolio is required. Although any Cornell student can apply, admission will be regulated according to our program’s capacities and needs. Accepted students will be assigned an advisor from our faculty, initially the MLA Director of Graduate Studies.

The minor requires 15 credits in landscape architecture. You must receive a grade of "C" or higher in the courses for them to count towards the minor. The exceptions are landscape architecture courses that only offer the S/U grading option, such as the LA 5830 Landscape Lecture Series.

The minor requires the completion of 1 studio course, totaling 5 credits. The studio may be any level and prior approval of studio instructor is required depending on applicants portfolio evaluation.

The minor also requires elective courses, totaling 10 credits. Any other LA prefix courses offered, or any choice among representation courses, theory seminars, and lecture series will count toward this requirement. 

Independent studies with LA faculty can also count toward the minor, as part of the electives.

The minor requires 15 credits in landscape architecture. You must receive a grade of "C" or higher in the courses for them to count towards the minor. The exceptions are landscape architecture courses that only offer the S/U grading option, such as the LA 5830 Landscape Lecture Series.

There are two required courses, LA 6910 Landscape Design History II and LA 5900 Theoretical Foundations, totaling 6 credits.

The minor also requires 3 theory elective courses, totaling 9 credits. These can be any history/theory courses offered by LA faculty, currently and in the future upon the department's approval.

Independent studies with LA faculty can also count toward the minor, as part of the electives.