About

The studio-based teaching environment, in addition to a relatively low student/teacher ration allow for a highly personal approach to teaching.

Our program is served by sixteen faculty. Of these, 12 are full-time appointments, 4 are cross-appointments with allied departments (architecture and forestry), 2 are adjunct professors, and several are sessional instructors.

A variety of disciplines are represented across the design arts, humanities and sciences. While the majority of faculty have professional backgrounds in landscape architecture, a number also carry credentials in architecture, urban and regional planning, geography, ecology and historic preservation. The individual profiles highlight the qualifications and scholarly interests of each faculty member in the department. Students are encouraged early on in the program to get to know faculty and become familiar with their research and creative agendas. While faculty engage in a wide range of scholarly activities, several distinct areas of emphasis have evolved in recent years, with each accommodating graduate student research and special projects:

Furthermore, since interdisciplinary interaction is a crucial component of research and creative activities these days, graduate faculty have formed strong alliances with faculty in other departments throughout the campus including Geography, Forestry, Ecology (inter-college program), History, English, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Biology, Visual Arts, Art History and American Studies, among others. Faculty strive to include graduate students in trans-disciplinary activities whenever possible.