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Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning

The aim of the 6-semester Bachelor's degree course is to acquire knowledge and skills that form a sound basis for the Master's degree course and enable students to work in structural-spatial or strategic-conceptual areas of planning or related fields.

Developingplanning and design skills forms the core of the curriculum throughout the course. In the four fields of study "General Sciences", "Fine Arts", "Design and Representation" and "Instruments, Procedures and Technology, Planning Objects and Planning Levels", we teach spatial thinking and an understanding of causal relationships. It is also about learning how to design spaces and processes and how to use technical and communicative instruments - whether by hand, by computer or in model making. And finally, it is also important to practise presenting your own work successfully.

Design your studies to be interdisciplinary and individual

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If you want to work professionally in landscape architecture and landscape planning, you need ecological and artistic skills, as well as social, cultural and engineering skills.

Our Bachelor's degree course is broadly diversified in terms of content and methodology and also offers the opportunity to take advantage of supplementary courses from the Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning degree courses. This lays the foundation for conceptual, interdisciplinary thinking and action.

The theoretical and systematic courses offered in the first three semesters of study are predominantly compulsory. After the 3rd Bachelor's semester, the increased proportion of compulsory elective modules makes it possible to focus on individual interests.

In this way, the competence fields of "Knowledge", "Understanding" and "Ability" are combined in a meaningful way.

Learn in a practical and project-oriented way

Key qualifications for professional practice are taught in introductory studios and project modules:

  • Teamwork and time management,
  • Conceptual, creative and scientific work,
  • integration, communication and presentation.

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Practical knowledge is built up as the course progresses:

  • landscape planning-conceptual, based on landscape-ecological, scientific and legal factors
  • object-related, design-creative
  • planning-strategic with references to sociology, political science and planning theory.

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Excursions and the practical semester in an office, a nature conservation authority or another relevant institution supplement the training and provide an in-depth insight into the working world.

Career prospects

Study structure in detail

The interdisciplinary introductory studio in the first semester serves as an introduction to the basics and diversity of planning and design. The studio work focuses on conceptual and creative thinking, design and presentation as well as communication within the team and with the outside world.

The aim of the introduction is to teach the common content-related basics and initial methodological knowledge - such as perspective drawing or the basics of computer work in CAD or layout programs - for the three disciplines of architecture, urban planning and landscape planning.

The introductory project in the 2nd semester expands the skills learned on the basis of a subject-related task with comparatively simple structural-spatial or conceptual contexts.

In the 3rd-6th semester, project modules are offered in the compulsory elective area, which combine the learning objective of design and planning skills with various subject-related focal points.

A practical project module with accompanying seminars is integrated into the 5th semester of the Bachelor's degree course, which serves to combine theory and practice and a personal analysis of strengths and weaknesses. It is organized and supervised by the department. In this module, students get to know the demands of practice by working in an office and can make valuable contacts for the time after graduation.

At this stage, students have the experience and knowledge gained during four semesters of study at their disposal and can therefore also be entrusted with independent tasks at the practice locations. Subsequently, as part of the Bachelor's thesis, there is the opportunity to specifically expand on the interests, deficits and potentials identified in the practical project.

The project module in the 6th semester usually prepares students specifically for the topic of their final thesis (Bachelor's thesis). The further course of study and the final Bachelor's thesis are designed in such a way that the interests developed in the practical project at the latest can be intensified.

General

A degree program consists of modules that are defined in the examination regulations and described in more detail in the module handbook. In terms of content and time, it makes sense to study these modules in a certain order. There is a sample study plan for each degree program, which shows you an ideal course of study. If you study in this way, you can complete your studies within the standard period of study. This is not always possible, so there may be individual deviations from the suggested course. When planning, you should bear in mind that not every module is offered in the winter and summer semesters and that some modules build on each other or have other participation requirements. The Student Advisory Service will help you to plan your studies individually.

Sample study plan

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