The primary teaching method is problem-based learning. This two-year program incorporates three clinical experiences. Students complete a service project that assists disadvantaged, underserved, or cross-cultural populations. Student groups have traveled to Haiti to perform PT service at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer. This method provides students with excellent problem-solving skills needed for the required ten clinical placements.
Students also complete an intensive master's project.
The curriculum draws on a multidisciplinary approach to landscape design, with a strong emphasis on history and theory. Students have the opportunity to work on projects with practical implications and are able to draw upon the Chatham College Arboretum as a resource. After graduating from this program, students will be able to present a portfolio to prospective employers and clients and will be able to undertake residential garden design work, landscape preservation research and design, writing about landscape design for the popular press and academic journals, or continue their graduate education into a Landscape Architecture program. Students who attend full-time, who begin in the fall semester can complete the program in four consecutive semesters and are eligible for graduate assistantships. Part-time study is also available.