Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

College

College of Architecture & the Built Environment

Degree

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Campus

East Falls

Format

On Campus

Credits

134 - 137

Duration

4 Years

Curriculum

Total Credit Hours: 134 - 137

Year One

  • Foundation Design 1 (Fall)
  • Visual 1 (Fall)
  • Landscape Architecture Foundation Design 2 (Spring)
  • Visualization 1: Intro to Representation of Fabrication (Spring)
  • Visualization 2: Intro to Representation of Fabrication (Spring)

Hallmarks Core

  • Pathways Seminar
  • Writing Seminar I: Written Communication
  • Debating U.S. Issues
  • Science I: Topics in Biology (Botany)
  • Science II: Landscape Ecology
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Writing Seminar II: Multimedia Communication

Year Two

  • Landscape Architecture Design 3: Site Design (Fall)
  • Landscape Architecture Tech Grading (Fall)
  • Local Flora (Fall)
  • Digital Modeling (Fall)
  • Landscape Architecture Design 4: Urban Design I (Spring)
  • Landscape Architecture Tech Advanced Grading (Spring)
  • GIS for Landscape Architecure

Hallmarks Core

  • Ethics
  • Global Diversity or World Languages 101
  • American Diversity
  • Global Citizenship or Language 201

Year Three

  • Landscape Architecture Design 5: Community Design (Fall)
  • Plant Community Ecology (Fall)*
  • Landscape Architecture History I (Spring)*
  • Landscape Architecture Design 6: Special Topics (Spring)
  • Landscape Architecture Tech: Materials and Methods (Spring)*
  • Urban Hydrology (Spring)*
  • Free Elective 

Hallmarks Core

  • Human Behavior & Physical Environment
  • Debating Global Issues

Year Four

  • Landscape Architecture Design 7: Urban Design II (Fall)
  • Landscape Architecture Tech: Construction Documents (Fall)*
  • Landscape Architecture History II (Fall)*
  • Sustainable Planting Design (Spring)*
  • Professional Practice for Landscape Architecture (Spring)*
  • Landscape Architecture Design 8: Capstone Project (Spring)

Hallmarks Core

  • Capstone Folio Workshop

Electives

  • Free Electives (9 credits)*

* Courses may be taken either Year Three or Year Four