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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Landscape Design and Planning B.E.D.
Sub-plan: Integrated BED/MLA Program
Sample Plan: Integrated Program Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
LA 1201 - Learning from the Landscape : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
LA 1301 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture Drawing : 3.0 cr : AH
HORT 1001 - Plant Propagation : 4.0 cr : BIOL : Preferred Course
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LA 1401 - The Designed Environment : 3.0 cr : AH
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
LA 2301 - Mixed Analog and Digital Representation Methods : 3.0 cr
LA 3001 - Understanding and Creating Landscape Space : 4.0 cr
LA 3003 - Climate Change Adaptation : 3.0 cr
LA 3002 - Informants of Creating Landscape Space : 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
LA 3501 - Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context : 3.0 cr : ENV
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities : 3.0 cr : DSJ, WI : Preferred Course
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
LA 3571 - Landscape Construction: Site Systems and Engineering : 3.0 cr
LA 4096 - Internship in Landscape Design and Planning : 1.0 cr
LA 4755 - Infrastructure, Natural Systems, and Space of Inhabited Landscapes : 3.0 cr : TS
LA 4001 - Sustainable Landscape Design and Planning Practices Studio : 4.0 cr
LA 3413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy : 3.0 cr : ENV
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
LA 3514 - Making the Mississippi : 3.0 cr : CIV
LA 3004 - Regional Environmental Landscape Planning : 4.0 cr
LA 3204 - Holistic Landscape Ecology and Bioregional Practice : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
BBE 3023 - Ecological Engineering Principles : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems : 3.0 cr : ENV : Preferred Course
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr