Student designs are reviewed by juries composed of faculty members and visiting professionals. The program, which may be characterized as being broad-based, investigates the many scales of the landscape. It is intended that the student be introduced to the design process as it relates from the regional planning scale to the detailed garden scale. Throughout their studies, students. are encouraged to develop and refine their basic design process. This process will be further reinforced with suitable methodologies to accomplish project objectives.
All students engage in a wide range of landscape planning and design work.
Generally, true specialization may not be attempted until graduate school. It is usually better to have a wide range of skills that suit a variety of employment opportunities. About 10 percent of the BLA degree candidates engage in graduate study after they have been employed for a few years. Due to the wide variety of task undertaken by the landscape architect, there is a great opportunity for employment in both public and private offices. Men and women receive equal pay for the same professional employment.