As part of the government aspiration of the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) to add the enrolments’ every year, all faculties are continuously expanding and increase its students. Since the Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying (FSPU) have set its aim that each department should begin their Master by coursework program, the Centre of Studies for Landscape Architecture is observing similar task and will gear up its capability with the aim to initiate the program. The market demand is examined to foresee sufficient candidates in establishing the new master program using quantitative methods in the questionnaire survey form. The target group of respondents is 150 professionals from built environment disciplines, worked at Klang Valey in government and private sectors. The data were analysed and calculated by SPSS and presented in tabular and graph. Most potential professional background candidates to be in the program are Landscape Architects, which representing 80% amongst those interested to further their study. Landscape Management is the most preferred field as their future specialization, while the prospective candidates choose UiTM Shah Alam in conducting this master program. The findings of this study may provide a basis for new employment opportunities, particularly for Bumiputera in Malaysia, and possibly throughout the world.
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To Cite this Article: Misni, A. (2019). Proposed Landscape Architecture Master Program – A Feasibility Study. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(13), 54–66.
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