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Concentration in Landscape Design & Build (LDB)
The Concentration in Landscape Design and Build (LDB), formerly called Horticulture Studies, is designed especially for students entering from the 2-year Associates Degrees in Landscape Contracting, or related fields. It is concerned with the small-scale details of building and maintaining sustainable landscapes. It allows environmentally-aware students to explore different aspects of the rapidly expanding ‘green’ industries and learn how to apply sound scientific, construction, and management principles in adding beauty to a sustainable environment. This concentration brings together scientific knowledge of plants, soils, and ecology with the theoretical and practical aspects of landscape design, construction technology and business management. This field requires a theoretical and practical knowledge in these areas:
- Life of Soils and Plants: Environmental factors that encourage or inhibit plant growth, requirements for sound plant growth, ecological principles that support organisms (both plants and animals), types of soil and methods of soil modification to maximize plant health, plant communities and their native habitats, and current research on concepts of sustainability.
- Plants-Human Relationships: Plants for food and utility, horticulture and the cultivation of plants, the principles of designing the layouts of small properties, and the benefits of people-plant relationships.
- Landscape Construction: Techniques in the construction and maintenance of landscapes and control of storm water run-off and erosion, economics between various construction and management systems, and reading and creating construction drawings.
- Business Management: Specific fields within the 'green industry', knowledge of the principles of estimating and accounting for small businesses, and awareness of legal responsibilities, insurances and other business responsibilities.
Career Paths
The LDB concentration serves students who want to design and build landscapes in a sustainable way. This major provides an excellent background for those who want to go on for a Master in Landscape Architecture or go to work for design and contracting firms.
LDB Concentration Requirements
Take the following six concentration required courses.
Typical terms and times are listed. Please check the current departmental course offerings for up-to-date information.
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COURSE NO |
NAME |
CREDITS |
TERM |
TYPICAL TIME |
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LandCont 112 |
Introduction to Landscape Design |
4 |
Fall |
MoWeFr 1:25 – 5:15pm |
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LandArch 254 |
Business Concepts of Landscape Contracting |
3 |
Spring |
TuTh 1:00 – 2:15pm |
|
LandArch 302 |
Residential Design (Studio VI) |
3 |
Fall |
MoWeFr 1:25 – 5:15pm |
|
SustComm 335 |
Plants in the Landscape |
4 |
Fall |
MoWe 9:05 – 9:55am + lab |
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LandArch294A |
Construction Materials |
3 |
Spring |
TuTh 2:30 – 3:45pm |
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BCT 550 |
Construction Project Management |
3 |
Spring |
MoWe 1 – 2:15pm |
Notes
- LandCont 112 may be substituted with LandArch 201 / LandArch 297A Fundamentals of Design (Studio I).
- LandArch 254 was previously numbered LandArch 297M.
- LandArch 302 was previously numbered LandArch 397B.
- BCT 550 is also offered in Fall term with restricted enrollment. Check with instructor.
LDB Concentration Course Sequencing
Below is a sample two-year plan for students entering the Landscape Design & Build concentration after completing the AS in Landscape Contracting. This schedule assumes that students have completed SustComm 335 Plants in Landscape, LandCont 112 Intro to Landscape Design (or equivalent), LandArch 254 Business Concepts of Landscape Contracting, and LandArch 294A Construction Materials while earning their AS. Additional courses may be needed to satisfy Gen Ed requirements and complete the 120 credits needed for the BS.
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