You will normally have a 2:2 or above undergraduate UK honours degree (or international equivalent) in any subject. If you have a different background, you may be admitted if you have completed degree equivalent professional qualifications or have relevant management experience.
Designed as a flexible programme to accommodate your employment and personal circumstances, this course has been devised to enhance your practical marketing management skills. With an additional focus on deepening your understanding of the core concepts and competencies that underpin this increasingly important business area, this course will provide you with an opportunity to combine your real world experiences with theory. This programme ensures development of both personal and professional skills and knowledge through four core units while your marketing expertise will be developed through three marketing electives and a specialised research project culminating in the production of a dissertation. By studying this internationally recognised award, you will develop a keen awareness of the most up-to-date management thinking and practice. You will also develop an appreciation of cutting edge techniques for managing people, thinking strategically and a full range of dynamic marketing techniques.
The course is a taught postgraduate programme and as such includes a substantial amount of sophisticated readings and written work, as well as regular verbal and visual presentations. This requires a high degree of fluency and competence in English and candidates should ensure that they do more than meet the basic IELTS requirements.
Students eligible for the MLA will normally have a minimum of a second class degree in a closely related subject area. The following disciplines are typical although this is not an exhaustive list and the suitability of all applicants will be assessed via a combination of portfolio and interview: Design for the built environment including: Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Interior Design, Garden Design Other design or arts related disciplines may also be considered, including: fashion, film, graphics, product design, etc Land or plant-based sciences including: Geography, Horticulture, Forestry or agriculture, Ecology, Environmental science and management Engineering, including especially: Civil, hydrological and structural engineering International Students with a closely related qualification from their country may be eligible for Part 2 entry, but, in the majority of cases, a 2-year course is required in order to adapt to the specific professional and cultural context of the discipline in the UK.
The MLA places emphasis on an understanding of landscape as a dynamic and adaptive phenomenon. Projects promote a focus on the interfaces between the landscape as a human, cultural construct and as a reflection of underlying natural and environmental process. Design Ateliers explore themes of global relevance through the study of a specific landscape from a regional scale, progressively down to the detailed scale of material and technological resolution. There is a focus throughout on applying contemporary theoretical ideas and technologies to address the challenges of the landscapes explored. The course has very strong links to practice. Students are exposed to a range of practitioners and their work throughout the course and gain individual experience through a combination of a direct professional engagement and a theoretical series of lectures and seminars.
