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Twin Cities Campus
Landscape Architecture MinorLandscape Architecture, Scl of
College of Design
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, 144 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-6860; fax: 612-625-0710)
Email:
ladesk@umn.edu
Students in landscape architecture develop professional design skills through courses that address the increasingly complex relationships between art, ecology, and community that influence and inform design on the land. Courses emphasize three principal areas of study: 1) landscape architecture as a means to add to the aesthetic richness of our culture and environment--helping us to better understand ourselves and our place in the world; 2) integration of biological, geophysical, and ecological processes into lasting, meaningful, and systemically rigorous landscape architecture that sustains and protects the health of people and the ecosystems on which they depend; and 3) design for urban and suburban places and people, with emphasis on gaining knowledge and experience through direct engagement with clients and the public in order to address the problems and opportunities of the metropolitan core of cities.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Minor requirements are determined in consultation with the Landscape Architecture director of graduate studies.
Required Course
Take the following required course for 3 credits:
LA 5413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History
(3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Electives
Take at least 6 credits from the following:
LA 5003 - Climate Change Adaptation
(3.0 cr)
LA 5204 - Metropolitan Landscape Ecology
(3.0 cr)
LA 5514 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
LA 5755 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
LA 5771 - Landscape Infrastructure and Systems I
(3.0 cr)
LA 8301 - Landscape Architecture: Research Issues and Methods
(3.0 cr)
Doctoral
Electives
Take at least 9 credits from the following:
LA 5003 - Climate Change Adaptation
(3.0 cr)
LA 5204 - Metropolitan Landscape Ecology
(3.0 cr)
LA 5514 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
LA 5755 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
LA 5771 - Landscape Infrastructure and Systems I
(3.0 cr)
LA 8301 - Landscape Architecture: Research Issues and Methods
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | LA 3413/LA 5413 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | LA 3003/LA 5003 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | LA 3003/LA 5003 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |