The degree program
Our eight-semester degree program leads to a “Bachelor of Engineering” and covers a discipline that is extraordinarily broad both in terms of content and methods.
Besides classic academic education (lectures, practical courses, seminars), practical types of instruction and learning are included in the degree program in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. This includes the integrated 20-week practical semester, project work commencing in the third semester, participation in educational excursions in Germany and abroad and the extensive inclusion of experienced practitioners in the program.
The program concludes with the bachelor’s thesis, for which our students have a total of ten weeks. After submission, students must publicly defend their thesis in a colloquium.
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Career profile
The professional tasks of landscape architects include the ecological, technical, economic and social planning and design of open spaces of different scales and landscapes, the preparation of urban development plans and participation in overall spatial planning at local and supra-local level as well as consulting, supporting and representing clients in the planning, implementation and monitoring of projects.
Further insights into the professional field of landscape architecture and environmental planning are provided, for example, by the following institutions:
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Prospects
Career opportunities
By completing this bachelor's degree program, you will earn a professional degree particularly qualifying you for employment in the following fields:
- Planning and landscape architecture firms
- Specialized authorities in public administration (federal government, states, counties, municipalities)
- Management and construction supervision in garden, landscape and sports ground construction
In addition, you will receive a degree permitting you to register your name on the chamber of architects’ list for architects and urban planners in all German states. Therefore, you may use the professional title “Architektin oder Architekt in der Fachrichtung Landschaftsarchitektur” (architect specializing in landscape architecture). This is one of our key unique selling points compared to other universities.
In accordance with our comprehensive degree program, a wide range of professional activities and fields are also open to you after graduation, including the following areas:
- Planning of public green spaces and open spaces,
- Design of private gardens and the residential environment,
- Urban and open space planning in populated areas,
- Environmental and landscape planning in areas ranging from agricultural and forestry dominated cultural landscapes to nature-oriented landscape areas,
- Planning in the context of garden monument preservation,
- Management and coordination in garden landscaping companies,
- Construction management during the building of gardens as well as green open spaces,
- Management of public green and open spaces as well as larger private gardens
- and many more.
Continuing education
After graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree, we offer you many options for continuing professional and academic education, i.e. to obtain a master's degree.
You can obtain the Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree, building on the bachelor's degree program, by completing the two-semester master’s degree program in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
In addition, you have the option of joining our international English-language master’s degree program in Landscape Architecture (M.A., 4 semesters) or the master’s degree program in Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning (M.Sc., 4 semesters) after completing your bachelor's degree program.
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Internationality
Students have the possibility to gain practical experience abroad during a study abroad program at one of Anhalt University’s partner universities or with a stay abroad at a foreign institution. Multiple-day excursions abroad also offer this opportunity.
Mutual exchange with international students staying at Anhalt University for a limited time is also possible. Students can share international experiences, for example, by meeting on campus with students from the international master's degree program in Landscape Architecture (MLA).
Due to contractual relationships and internationally oriented research
as well as through the participation of lecturers in national and
international scientific societies, the program also offers international interdisciplinary projects and work in international teams
The agreements with the contractual partners guarantee that coursework completed abroad can be recognized for the local degree program.
The ERASMUS program and the "mobility window" in the 7th semester make it easier to plan a semester abroad into the program sequence.
Building blocks of the degree program
The module concept of this degree program is divided into compulsory and elective modules as well as projects. The elective modules offer an early deepening of program contents and focal points of interest. The program always begins in the winter semester on October 1 of each year.
The core components of our practice-oriented degree program at a glance:
- Compulsory & elective modules
- Projects 1-4 (from 3rd semester)
- Professional excursions
- Practical semester (6th semester, 20 weeks professional internship)
- Bachelor’s thesis (8th semester)
Degree Program Advisor
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1st semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: October 1
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes, project
- Examinations: 2x2 weeks
- Credits: 29
Compulsory modules
- Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen
- Grundlagen des Landschaftsbaues und der Pflanzenverwendung (continued in the 2nd semester)
- Grundlagen der Planung
- Geomatik und Landschaftsinformatik (continued in the 2nd semester)
- Grundlagen des Gestaltens und Entwerfens (continued in the 2nd semester)
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2nd semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: April 1
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes
- Examinations: 2x2 weeks
- Credits: 31
Compulsory modules
- Grundlagen des Landschaftsbaues und der Pflanzenverwendung (continuation from the 1st semester)
- Geomatik und Landschaftsinformatik (continuation from the 1st semester)
- Naturschutz und Landschaftsökologie
- Grundlagen des Gestaltens und Entwerfens (continuation from the 1st semester)
- Praktische Vegetationskunde (continued in the 3rd semester)
- Informationstechnologien in der Landschaftsarchitektur
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3rd semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: October 1
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes, project
- Examinations: 2x2 weeks
- Credits: 30
Compulsory module
- Praktische Vegetationskunde (continuation from the 2nd semester)
- Grundlagen der Objektplanung
- Grundlagen der Vegetationstechnik und Baukonstruktion
- Umweltplanung u. räumliche Gesamtplanung
- First project
- Pflanzenverwendung (continued in the 4th semester)
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4th semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: April 1
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes, project
- Examinations: 2x 2 weeks
- Credits: 31
Compulsory modules
- Pflanzenverwendung (continuation from the 3rd semester)
- Freiraumplanung
- Ausführungsplanung und Ausschreibung
- Sozioökonomische Grundlagen
- 2nd project
- Elective module
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5th semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: October 1
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes, project
- Examinations: 2x2 weeks
- Credits: 31
Compulsory modules
- Bauabwicklung
- Verwaltungs-, Planungs- und Umweltrecht
- Städtebau
- 3rd project
- Elective modules amounting to a min. of 10 credits must be chosen
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6th semester
Schedule
- Internship: 20 weeks
- Credits: 30
Compulsory module
- Internship (see the internship regulations for more information)
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7th semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: October 1
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes, project
- Examinations: 2x2 weeks
- Credits: 30
Compulsory modules
- elective modules amounting to a min. 30 credits must be chosen
Special aspect
- Semester at another domestic or foreign institution (Mobilitätsfenster) – it is recommended that students use the entire 7th semester for a subject-related stay abroad; the stay can be recognized as coursework by previous agreement and upon request
For more information about the internship or semester abroad, please contact the International Office of Anhalt University.
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8th semester
Schedule
- Start of teaching period: April 1
- Duration: 22 weeks
- Learning/instruction types: Lectures, practical courses, lab/pool classes, projects, bachelor’s thesis and colloquium
- Examinations: 2x2 weeks
- Credits: 28
Compulsory modules
- 4th project
- Internships (at the latest in the 8th semester)
- Bachelor’s thesis
- Bachelor’s colloquium
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Elective modules
Elective modules are important starting in the 4th semester. They can and must be chosen in addition to the compulsory modules listed above. You can choose from the following:
- Bodenschutz und bodenkundliche Feldmethoden
- Fernerkundung und UIS
- Gartendenkmalpflege
- Naturschutzrechtliche Eingriffsregelung sowie Umweltprüfungen
- Objektplanungspraxis
- Umweltüberwachung
- Baugeschichte
- Bauleitplanung und Bodenordnung
- Freiraumplanerische Stegreife
- Gemeindliche Landschaftsplanung und Umweltprüfung
- Landschafts- und Gehölzpflege
- Spezielle Pflanzenverwendung
- Sportstättenbau und -unterhaltung
- Stadt- und Freiraumentwicklung
- Technik im Landschaftsbau
- Visuelle Techniken
- Studium generale