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MASLA Sponsored Educational Events
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MASLA's 3rd Annual Educational Spring 2010 Session (Date to be determined)
Stay tuned for more details on MASLA's 3rd Annual Education Session in Spring 2010. Last year's session on Permaculture was an opportunity to educate landscape architects as well as affiliate professionals on theory and methods and how to relate Permaculture to design and communities. The MASLA Education Committee is currently working on innovative ideas for the 2010 session. The next educational session may be an important one for many professionals as the State of Minnesota licensure board requires continued education fulfillment by the end of June 2010 (See below for more detail or visit the Board of AELSLAGID website).
If you are interested in assisting with the educational session planning please contact Anna Claussen, Director of Education and Professional Development.
- Brown Bag Sessions @ U of M - Updates for March & April!
This series of monthly meetings at the University of Minnesota CDes will be focused on providing opportunities for design students to learn more about the profession of landscape architecture. These presentations may feature firms, community members, affiliates and vendors and are not limited to only students. Professionals in landscape architecture-related fields are also welcome to attend. These brown bag sessions will occur over breakfast or the lunch hour. Details of brown bag sessions will also be posted on the MASLA website calendar.
What: Speaker series focusing on the professional practice of Landscape Architecture.
Session Design: Area firms will discuss recent design works, and as appropriate to speaker such topics as industry trends, office management, technologies in use, what they look for in new hires, etc.
Sponsors: MASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects – MN Chapter) and the Student Chapter, MASLA
Audience: Landscape Architecture students – MLA and BED plus all other interested parties.
Where: Room 225, Rapson Architecture Building, Minneapolis Campus.
For more details on location visit: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/RapsonH/
When: Noon - 1:30pm
Monday, March 29th - Sean Lanahan of Lithocrete Concrete
Monday, April 12th – Adam Arvidson of Treeline
More dates to come…check the following web-site for up-to-date information and speakers: http://maslasc.blogspot.com/ .
- Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) Review Sessions & Groups
LARE Study Groups
For information and to partake study groups please contact:
- Educational Resources
Continuing Education Requirements
The State of Minnesota requires that registered landscape architects participate in continuing education. A registered landscape architect must participate in 24 credit hours biennially. MASLA and the College of Design host many events which can qualify for continuing education credit. For further information on acceptable education credits, contact the Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design.
In addition to various MASLA educational events, here are more resources for continuting education opportunities:
University of Minnesota
MASLA maintains a relationship with the College of Design (CDes, formerly CALA) at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. The University is home not only to the Landscape Architecture program, but also several design centers and other groups that share an interest in landscape architectural issues.
Affiliated Organizations Educational Events
The MASLA calendar includes other affiliated organization events and educational opportunities. Visit the affiliated organizations webpage for links to each of these organizations. If you know of any events that might be of interest to MASLA members please feel free to email the information to Karyn Luger, Director of Communications.
ASLA National Professional Development Programs on ASLA Online
ASLA provides professional development opportunities for landscape architects using online learning formats. That means that no matter where you are, day or night if you have access to the internet, you can remain current on the latest developments in landscape architecture. Landscape architects can participate in live Online Desktop seminars, view archived versions of the live seminars or read Landscape Architecture Technical Information Series (LATIS) publications and complete a self-study exam to earn professional develop hours. Online Desktop seminars are worth 1.5 Professional Development Hours and LATIS publications are worth 5 PDHs. Members can access LATIS through the Professional Practice Library of ASLA Online www.asla.org - make sure to log in as a member) and Desktop seminars at: www.asla.org/desktop.htm. It is easy to register for a Desktop Seminar. Just print out the registration form and mail or fax your completed form back to ASLA national. Currently, there are five LATIS publications on line and 40 Desktop seminars. Topics include Security Design, Context Sensitive Solutions, Stream Restoration and Therapeutic Gardens.
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