Accreditation

Both professional degrees offered by SALA are fully accredited by their respective certification bodies.

Architecture

The Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) accredits the Master of Architecture professional degree. 

"In Canada, all provincial associations recommend a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit Canadian professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes two types of accredited degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture and the Master of Architecture. A program may be granted a five-year, three year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards.

Masters degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree."

As an accredited degree program, successful completion of the MArch leads directly to the certification of educational credentials, which in turn serves as prerequisite to seeking professional licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) recognizes the accredited professional architecture degree in the United States.

After its last continuing accreditation visit in 2012, the MArch program was accredited for six years by the CACB.

Landscape Architecture

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architecture (CSLA) accredits the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) professional degree through its Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council (LAAC). Accredited programs evaluated by LAAC and have been found to provide the required instruction, faculty, facilities, and financial support to deliver a sound program as demanded by the profession and the public. Accreditation reviews take place every five years. 

As an accredited degree program, successful completion of the MLA Degree leads directly to the certification of educational credentials that in turn serves as prerequisite to seeking professional licensure. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB) recognizes programs accredited by CSLA through LAAC.

Master’s degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

The MLA degree program was first accredited in in 1997 and completed its last successful five-year accreditation in 2012.