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A landscape architect needs the following skills:

• Sensitivity to landscape quality.
• Understanding of the arts and a humanistic approach to design.
• Ability to analyze problems in terms of design and physical form.
• Technical competence to translate a design into a built work.
• Skills in all aspects of professional practice including management and professional ethics.
• A formal education is essential to gain these skills and knowledge. Professional education in landscape architecture can be obtained at the undergraduate or graduate level. There are two undergraduate professional degrees: a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) and a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (BSLA). These usually require four or five years of study in design, construction techniques, art, history, natural and social sciences.

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