General Education Courses

Students who enroll in the program as freshmen can earn a B.S. degree in Landscape Architecture in four years. The University’s General Education requirements and the landscape architecture core curriculum must be satisfied. The following are the UMass General Education requirements as of 2018:

Writing: 2 courses (6 credits total)

• College Writing (CW)
• Junior Year Writing (in the BSLA major)

Basic Math Skills: 1 course (R1) or Exemption by exam (0-3 total credits)

Analytic Reasoning: 1 course (R2) (3 credits total)

Biological and Physical World: 2 courses (8 credits total)

• Biological Science (BS)
• Physical Science (PS)

Social World: 4 courses (16 credits total)

• Literature (AT/AL)
• Historical Studies (HS)
• Social /Behavioral Science (SB)
• An additional course in any of the areas of the Social World or an Interdisciplinary course (AL, AT, SB, I, or SI)

Social & Cultural Diversity: 2 courses but may be the general education classes listed above

• Diversity in the United States (U, ALU, ATU, HSU, IU, or SBU)
• Global Diversity (G, ALG, ATG, HSG, IG, or SBG)

Integrative Experience: 1 course

• For BSLA students, this will be your Senior Capstone Studio, LA 494LI

For more information on General Education courses, visit Gen Ed @ UMass.