Graduate Diploma in Landscape Studies (GDipLS)

The Graduate Diploma in Landscape Studies (GDipLS) is a bridging program designed for applicants without a background in Landscape Architecture who intend to pursue the Master of Tropical Landscape Architecture (MTLA) program.

The GDipLS program offers a new set of graduate-level courses with topics and learning objectives specifically designed to prepare students for the revitalized MTLA curriculum.

The program aims to develop the competencies required for master ’s-level studies by deepening and expanding students’ knowledge and skills in landscape architecture. It seeks to equip students with a stronger skill set for developing responsive and sustainable solutions to pressing landscape architecture issues across diverse contexts, from rural communities to urban environments, both locally and globally.

Apply concepts, emerging ideas, and technologies from related disciplines to address landscape issues and concerns such as climate resilience, ecological degradation, urban heat islands, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable land use.

Process theories in landscape architecture to analyze cross-disciplinary issues such as environmental sustainability, cultural landscape preservation, urbanization, biodiversity conservation, and community development.

Critique existing paradigms and approaches in addressing landscape design challenges from multidisciplinary and context-sensitive perspectives.

Formulate landscape design concepts that respond to physical, ecological, economic, and socio-cultural concerns, including accessibility, heritage conservation, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.