Landscape Architecture

Dalhousie University · Agricultural Campus, Truro and Bible Hill

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4 years
Duration (years)
4 years
Dalhousie Landscape Architecture programme
No co-op route listed
Work experience
No co-op route listed
Dalhousie Agriculture internship and co-op policy
70% minimum
Academic minimum
The university publishes a 70% academic minimum, not an entering-average range.
Dalhousie Landscape Architecture high school entry requirements

Deadlines

May 2027

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Next deadlineSaturday, May 1, 2027

Admission deposit
2027 entry
Official deadline

Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites

Check the university’s requirements for your province and applicant category.

Minimum secondary-school average of 70%.

Application steps

Step 1Check the admission requirements
- Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
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Step 2Apply through Dal admissions
- Create your application and select this program.
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Step 3Academic records requested in your application portal
- High school applicants provide mid-year and final results; Ontario and Nova Scotia applicants can include their student ID for automatic retrieval. Early applicants upload Grade 11 final marks and Grade 12 course registrations. College/university applicants submit official records from every postsecondary institution attended.
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Step 4English proficiency evidence if required
- Applicants from a country or school where English is not the primary instructional language need accepted proficiency evidence unless they meet an exemption. An offer can be conditional on providing the requested evidence.
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Applicant pathways

Canadian high school prerequisites

Canadian high school applicants

Minimum secondary-school average of 70%.

University-wide high school requirements

Canadian high school applicants

Complete Grade 12, including Academic English 12 and four additional academic Grade 12 subjects.

Degree requirements

Credits and degree requirements

The four-year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is 120 credit hours and includes seven studios.

References

Program facts

Academic minimum

Co-opNo co-op route listed

Check work experience options

Courses

The published four-year, eight-semester BLA sequence at the Agricultural Campus in Truro and Bible Hill.

Year 1 · Semester I5 listed

APSC 1002Surveying3 credits
HORT 1000Landscape Plants I3 credits
HORT 1003Planting in Landscapes3 credits
LARC 1010Studio I: Introduction to Design3 credits
SOIL 2000Introduction to Soil Science3 credits

Year 1 · Semester II5 listed

EGLA 1000Composition3 credits
HORT 1005Landscape Construction Methods3 credits
LARC 1003Design Documents and CADD3 credits
LARC 1004Visual Communications I3 credits
LARC 1020Studio II: Site Design3 credits

Year 2 · Semester III5 listed

HORT 1001Landscape Plants II3 credits
HORT 2002Vegetation Systems3 credits
HORT 2011Arboriculture3 credits
LARC 2010Studio III: Design with Plants3 credits
MGTA 1004Introduction to Business3 credits

Year 2 · Semester IV5 listed

LARC 2001Landscape History3 credits
LARC 2002Grading and Drainage3 credits
LARC 2003Site Planning3 credits
LARC 2004Visual Communications II3 credits
LARC 2020Studio IV: Community and Urban Design3 credits

Year 3 · Semester V4 listed

ENVA 3005Geographic Information Systems3 credits
HORT 3000Environmental Processes3 credits
LARC 3002Landscape Theory3 credits
LARC 3010Studio V: Landscape Analysis6 credits

Year 3 · Semester VI2 listed

6 elective credit hours.

HORT 3002Green Infrastructure3 credits
LARC 3020Studio VI: Regional Planning6 credits

Year 4 · Semester VII4 listed

3 elective credit hours.

ENVA 3021Ecohydrology3 credits
LARC 4000Construction and Detailing3 credits
LARC 4004Advanced Design Technologies3 credits
LARC 4005Independent Project Proposal3 credits

Year 4 · Semester VIII2 listed

6 elective credit hours.

LARC 4010Studio VII: Independent Project6 credits
LARC 4015Professional Practice3 credits

Elective choices

The calendar places 6 elective credit hours in semester VI, 3 in VII and 6 in VIII.

Study locations

Campus: Agricultural Campus, Truro and Bible HillDalhousie · Landscape Architecture (BLA) program location

References

Careers

Career examples have not been verified for this page.

Official program page

Costs

Landscape Architecture · Agricultural Campus degree courses

Published cost estimate

2026–27 · Fall and Winter · CAD

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Tuition rate$319.00 per billing hour

Books and suppliesNo programme amount verified

Residence

Not estimated

Meal plan

Not estimated

Estimated subtotalNot available

Domestic tuition is billed by course. The international guarantee, where shown, applies to eligible 2026–27 entrants. Applies to Dalhousie’s Truro BLA. Joint-college cohorts have their own schedule.

Housing and meals are outside this estimate.

Last updated November 11, 2026