Core Landscape Architecture Curriculum

*Note: C- minimum grade is required in all core courses.

Design Studio Sequence (11 courses)

In this sequence, the core of the landscape architecture program, students learn the principles, methods,
processes, and techniques of landscape architecture design. Each half-semester (seven-week) studio poses progressively more complex challenges. A different instructor teaches each studio, ensuring a diverse range of project types, scales, and points of view.

1. LandArch 201 Studio I: Fundamentals: Spaces & Landscape Media LandArch 202 Studio II: Spaces/Places in Context
2. LandArch 203 Studio III: Designing with Plants LandArch 204 Studio IV: Designing with Landform
3. LandArch 301 Studio VI: Recreation and Open Space Design
4. LandArch 302 Studio V: Residential Garden Design
5. LandArch 303 Studio VIII: Towards Sustainable Multi-Family Housing
6. LandArch 304 Studio VII: Sustainable Commercial/Institution Design
7. LandArch 401 Studio IX: Urban Design: Sustainable Urban Systems
8. LandArch 402 Studio X: Urban Design: Design Development LandArch 494LI Studio: Senior Capstone (14 weeks)

Professional Skills Sequence (9 courses)

In this sequence, students develop the skills and knowledge required to implement landscape architectural projects. Included are courses in graphic and written communication, landform manipulation, construction materials, site engineering, computer-aided design and professional practice.

1. LandArch 191A Landscape Graphics
2. SustComm 335 Plants in the Landscape LandArch 294A Construction Materials
3. LandArch 298C Site Grading Lab
4. LandArch 583 Digital Technology for Design Representation
5. LandArch 313 Site Engineering
6. LandArch 547 Landscape Patterns and Process LandArch 547L Landscape Patterns and Process Lab SustComm 314 Writing in Landscape Architecture SustComm 574 City Planning
7. LandArch 494A Professional Practice

History Sequence (2 courses)

Courses in this sequence provide students with knowledge of built works of the past and present and the social, economic, technological, and aesthetic forces that influenced their design and construction.

1. SustComm 543 History I Ancient to Medieval World
2. SustComm 544 History II Renaissance to the Present