Masters in Landscape Architecture

The strongest letters are from individuals who have supervised your work in either an academic, employment or community service capacity. Your recommenders are encouraged to describe SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of your work that demonstrate your intellectual ability, creativity, initiative, leadership potential, and promise for graduate study in your desired field.

Please describe how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. Your statement can include any educational, familial, cultural, economic or social experiences, challenges or opportunities relevant to your academic journey such as: How you have overcome barriers to access in higher education; Evidence of how you have come to understand the barriers faced by others; Evidence of your academic service to advance equitable access to higher education for women, racial minorities, and individuals from other groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education; Evidence of your research focusing on underserved populations or related issues of inequality, or evidence of your leadership among such groups

A digital portfolio is required for applicants to the Master of Landscape Architecture — First and Second Professional Degrees The digital portfolio should showcase recent, high-quality work, and it will be judged on both content and overall design. Applicants without professional training may submit work that shows other evidence of creativity (studio art, construction/renovation, furniture design, etc.) and clearly demonstrates interest in the proposed subject field. Any material that is not entirely the applicant's own work must be clearly identified. The portfolio provides you the opportunity to show your creative ability. It need not necessarily be all architecture-related. In fact, if you have no experience in this area you would be wise to confine the examples to your best work, regardless of the media. The best results will emerge if you think of your exhibit in its entirety as a design project. The reviewers hope to see your projects displayed in a well-thought-out format, carefully executed. Most importantly, leave yourself plenty of time to think about and develop your creative work.

Your curriculum vitae/resume provides a complete accounting of your educational, research, volunteer, and other experiences (including relevant professional work experience and internships). Please fully cite publications and conference papers.

Please discuss (with clarity and focus) why you want to study your proposed subject field, why you want to study at UC Berkeley, and how our program can help you achieve your academic and professional goals.

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