Bachelor

BACHELOR PROGRAMME

The programme starts with the main building blocks and tools of understanding landscape and techniques for depicting and communicating designs. Then further, more specialised aspects, with choices possible in the 3rd year are added until the final integrated bachelor project is carried out and which is the basis for final graduation. Most courses are taught in Estonian but some are in English or are in both languages. The English courses are also suitable for Erasmus students.

Study fields

Basic courses

  • Drawing by hand
  • Basics of form, design and colour
  • Drawing using computer graphics
  • Using computer aided design (CAD)
  • Land surveying and cartography
  • Basics of geoinformatics: geographic information Systems (GIS)

Ecology courses

  • Ecology
  • Earth science
  • Soil science
  • Estonian natural geography
  • Silviculture
  • Landscape ecology and analysis
  • Landscape assessment and management
  • Ecological restoration
  • Estonian flora, pant cover and its protection

Plant courses

  • Ornamental plans used in design
  • Dendrology and tree management
  • Planting design
  • Urban green space management

Technical courses

  • Landscape construction 
  • Residential area planning and design

History and theory courses providing valuable background knowledge:

  • History of landscape architecture
  • Formation of the Estonian cultural landscape
  • Environmental philosophy and ethics

Policy and planning courses

  • Spatial planning
  • Introduction to e3nvironmental legislation

Academic courses

  • Foreign language
  • Basics of economics
  • Risk and safety at work
  • Landscape analysis and research methods

Linking these together is a series of larger project-based design courses

  • Introductory course to landscape architecture
  • Small-scale landscape design
  • Green areas and urban open spaces
  • Residential area planning and design
  • Urban landscape design
  • Garden design
  • Bachelor final design project

In addition there are courses offering help in work and business

  • Practical training in an office
  • Enterpreneurship