Applicants with an Accredited Degree in Landscape Architecture
Applicants with an accredited degree in landscape architecture, may be admitted to the two-year Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA II) program following approval by the program coordinator.
Applicants with a Bachelor's Degree in any Discipline
Applicants with a bachelor's degree in any discipline will be considered for the three-year Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA I) program a degree that leads towards professional landscape architecture licensure and practice.
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Featured Faculty spotlights EHHS professors who share their background, experiences, interests, and advice for students. Donna Alexander, LNHA, MBA, CDP, Long-Term Care Administration (LTCA) program coordinator, teaches courses in the nationally accredited Nursing Home Administration program at the Kent Campus and Kent State at Stark. Her role also involves coordinating the internship class; placing students in a two-semester, 1,000-clock hour internship, and preparing them for the national and state examinations; maintaining the LTCA program’s national accreditation; advising; and adm...
Program Layout
M.U.D Curriculum
The curriculum focuses on research and knowledge applied to the design of layered and mutually reinforcing urban systems of infrastructures and public spaces. In projects ranging from urban spaces to large-scale infrastructural and regional initiatives, students learn to design urban form while innovatively addressing cultural and environmental concerns. Faculty collaborates to integrate studio work with rigorous seminars that provide a thorough grounding in urban history and contemporary theory.
Working in Cleveland and Beyond
Urban design students work in Cleveland, an industrial city that provides endless opportunities to study the formal and social changes created by economic restructuring. With the Cleveland experience as a base, students also look comparatively at the challenges of very different cities, particularly in emerging and developing economies. In recent years, students have visited Havana, Cuba, and future workshops will travel to Beirut and Medellin.
Annual Events
Two annual events allow students to test their skills in a professional context. In the Community Design Charrette, students join the professional staff of Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative for an intensive workshop addressing the challenges of a community in the Great Lakes region. In preparing entries for the Urban Land Institute’s Hines Student Competition, students work with faculty, the CUDC staff, and visiting professionals to develop financially, environmentally, and socially sound proposals for a challenge in a North American city.