The Master of Landscape Architecture degree program at the University of New Mexico is committed to providing a strong and comprehensive graduate education designed to prepare graduates to enter the profession of Landscape Architecture as private, public or academic practitioners; and to promote research and inquiry that contributes to knowledge in the discipline.

The core educational mission of the program is the investigation of principles and theories of Landscape Architecture, their application as tools for critical thinking and their synthesis in design and practice. The program prepares students to apply these tools in a larger world context of social, cultural, environmental and evolutionary influences on the landscape.