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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Sample Plan: Bachelor of Landscape Architec 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: 15.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
ARCH 1281 - Design Fundamentals I : 4.0 cr : AH
ARCH 1621W - Introduction to Critical Inquiry in Practice : 3.0 cr : WI
DES 1001 - Introducing the College of Design : 1.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ARCH 2281 - Design Fundamentals II : 4.0 cr
LA 1301 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture Drawing : 3.0 cr : AH
LA 1401 - The Designed Environment : 3.0 cr : AH
LE (Literature, Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
LA 2301 - Mixed Analog and Digital Representation Methods : 3.0 cr
LA 3001 - Understanding and Creating Landscape Space : 4.0 cr
LA 3501 - Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context : 3.0 cr : ENV
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
LA 1601 - Design and Equity : 3.0 cr : DSJ, AH
LA 2302 - Computer-Aided Representation for Environmental Design : 3.0 cr
LA 3002 - Informants of Creating Landscape Space : 4.0 cr
HORT 1001 - Plant Propagation : 4.0 cr : BIOL
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
LA 3571 - Landscape Construction: Site Systems and Engineering : 3.0 cr
LA 4001 - Sustainable Landscape Design and Planning Practices Studio : 4.0 cr
EEB 3001 - Ecology and Society : 3.0 cr : ENV
HORT 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People : 4.0 cr
Beginning Sp22, LA 4001 will be 4 cr. Work with advisor for continued course planning.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
LA 3413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
LA 3572 - Landscape Construction: Materials, Assemblies and Performance : 3.0 cr
LA 4002 - Implementation of Sustainable Landscape Design and Planning Practices : 3.0 cr
LA 4096 - Internship in Landscape Design and Planning : 1.0 cr
LA 4501 - Landscape Analysis : 3.0 cr
LE (Race, Power, and Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
LA 3003 - Climate Change Adaptation : 3.0 cr
LA 4573 - Landscape Construction: Plant and Soil Systems : 3.0 cr
LA 4901 - Design of Regional Landscapes : 4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LA 4902 - Advanced Landscape Architecture Design : 4.0 cr
LA 5302 - Professional Practice : 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society, Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :4.0 cr