UMN is in the process of developing a 1 year MS in Sustainable Landscapes. We hope to roll it out for 2011/2012.

Dude you would have a great professor...in Mr. Barry Lehrman!
Minnesota is not a bad place to be long as you like Scandanavian women in Sweaters! But who has time to mess around in Grad School!

Minnesota is listed (by DI) as a hidden gem school I believe. One of my good friends did his undergrad there, but rarely ever talks about the school. He just said it was a good time, but grad school was better.
He didn't do a MLA by the way.

Any other word on the other schools?
I'd like to know what people think of VTech, UVA, FIU and UPenn really.

If you're from FL stay in FL, why rack up debt for your second masters...unless of course some other school throws money at you

LITS.. You make a good point; taking advantage of the FL programs saves money.

HOWEVER...

UF.. I only know little about it. I know their undergrad program in Landscape is good, but no little about the masters. I still don't understand why a good undergrad program doesn't translate to a good masters program. It should be the same facilities and same faculty no?
There are a few schools like UT-Austin and VTech that have good undergrad/grad programs. Anyway I don't want to go off topic

FIU..... If the architecture school at FIU is like the college as a whole, then count me out. All you need is a pulse to gain a degree at FIU. But I'm hoping someone can prove me wrong. If there any people that can praise this program (and by people I mean non FIU graduates/students/faculty), I would appreciate it.

Hi azuce,

I've been contemplating an M.L.A program at FIU too. However, the only thing holding me back from finalizing it as my destination is the many negative responses I've heard from a lot of people about FIU ranging from 'it doesn't have a good reputation' to 'an FIU degree is not valued by prospective employers'. I know most of these are vague and general impressions...I haven't been able to find out much about the strength of the grad Landscape Architecture program. The only factor that lends this program some credibility in my view is the accreditation they have.

Another option worth considering is UCLA Extension's landscape certificate program. It's not a full masters degree, but it may be what you are after. Many of the students work by day and take the classes at night or on the weekend. As I understand it, n California, the certificate is enough to qualify for the required education background to get a license. I don't know how it works for other states.

About a year or two ago there was a full write-up about the program in Landscape Architecture Magazine.

Besancon ----> what is UCLA's architecture school's reputation like?

The architecture program has a very strong reputation, though I do not know what, if any, connection / relationship there is between the architecture and landscape program. The architecture program has a number of famous architects on their faculty, like Thom Mayne of Morphosis. The program gets a lot of all the big name architects to come through in one capacity or another.

The UC extention program is more of an evening / after hours study program geared towards people working. It's not really 'full time students.'

If we're talking about California, Berkeley has a well-respected MLA program. Lots of good landscape architecture firms are in the city too.