Standards and Institutional Approaches in Landscape Architecture Education: Case of Turkey

Abstract

Since the end of the 19th century, landscape architecture, a transdisciplinary profession, has defined a quality educational framework with many global and local institutions to train competent professionals. The education of landscape architecture in Turkey is predicated on experiential learning, emphasizing the triad of design, planning, and management within the purview of TYYC and PEMDER's standards. The objective of this research is to ascertain the current state of the landscape architecture education environment, considering the educational standards of Turkey. Within the scope of the study, the undergraduate program curriculums of 10 universities from various faculties in Turkey were analyzed. According to results, landscape architecture curricula in Turkey vary among institutions, emphasizing theory, design and technology, professional practice, structural materials, plant materials, and out-of-field courses. As a result, landscape architecture education in Turkey evolves while maintaining differences from established educational standards.