The Master of Landscape Architecture (First Professional Degree) prepares students holding a college degree in a field other than landscape architecture or a related design discipline to complete the requirements for the first professional degree in landscape architecture. The core curriculum provides students with the basic equivalent of a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture. For full-time students with degrees from other non-design disciplines, the core usually takes three semesters to complete. For all students, electives must be concentrated in areas of interest which support the student's thesis and/or the student's professional objectives.

The Master of Landscape Architecture (Advanced Standing) allows students with degrees and/or professional experience in fields related to landscape architecture (such as architecture, engineering, environmental design, horticulture, interior design, planning and the like) to enter the second year of the first professional degree curriculum.

The Master of Landscape Architecture (Advanced Standing Landscape Architecture Professional) allows students with first professional degrees in landscape architecture to enter the research (third year) phase of the curriculum.