The BLA curriculum comprises a total of 144-credit hours normally taken over four years, including summers.
First Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 202
| Studio I: Landscape Design Fundamentals
| 4
|
|---|
LDEM 200
| Landscape Technical Drawing
| 4
|
|---|
LDEM 214
| Landscape and Geomorphology
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 207
| Landscape Architecture History I (Cultures and Histories)
| 3
|
|---|
ENGL 203
| Understanding Communication - ENGL (Academic English)
| 3
|
|---|
Total 17
|
|---|
Second Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 216
| Studio II: Landscape Garden Design
| 4
|
|---|
LDEM 201
| Landscape Descriptive Drawing
| 4
|
|---|
LDEM 217
| Soils in the Landscape (Understanding the World)
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 291
| Surveying and Base Plan Development
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 211
| Landscape Horticulture
| 3
|
|---|
Total 17
|
|---|
Summer Session
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 252
| Computer Aided Design
| 3
|
|---|
1 General Education Requirement - Cultures and Histories Elective
| 3
|
|---|
Total 6
|
|---|
Year II
|
|---|
First Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 222
| Studio III: Landscape Planting Design
| 4
|
|---|
LDEM 210
| Botany and Plant Ecology for Landscape Architecture
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 248
| Site Engineering: Construction Material
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 219
| Plant Material I
| 2
|
|---|
1 General Education Requirement - Understanding the World Elective
| 3 |
|---|
Total 15
|
|---|
Second Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 204
| Studio IV: Cultural Landscape Design
| 6
|
|---|
LDEM 208
| Landscape Architecture History II (Cultures and Histories)
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 247
| Site Engineering: Earthworks, Roads and Drainage
| 4
|
|---|
LDEM 263
| Landscape Appreciation and Site Analysis
(Community - Engaged Learning Course)
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 221
| Plant Material II
| 1 |
|---|
Total 17
|
|---|
Summer Session
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 249
| Site Engineering: Design Implementation
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 231
| Sustainable Water Management Techniques
| 3
|
|---|
FAFS Elective
| 3 |
|---|
Total 9
|
|---|
Year III
|
|---|
First Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 246
| Studio V: Natural Landscape Design
| 6
|
|---|
LDEM 251
| Geographic Information System (GIS)
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 218
| Landscape Ecology
| 3
|
|---|
1 General Education Requirement - Societies and Individuals Elective
| 3
|
|---|
Total 15
|
|---|
Second Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 228
| Studio VI: Urban Landscape Design
| 6
|
|---|
LDEM 265
| Landscape Management
| 3
|
|---|
1 General Education Requirement - Quantitative Reasoning Elective
| Any course from the GE list, except Math 203 (only students coming from humanities school background can take it); EDUC 271, EPHD 203, and NURS 203
| 3
|
|---|
LDEM 290
| Professional Practice
| 3
|
|---|
Total 15
|
|---|
Summer Session
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 292
| Internship (Practicum)
| 2
|
|---|
Total 2
|
|---|
Year IV
|
|---|
First Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 241
| Studio VII: Landscape Capstone Project I
| 4 |
|---|
LDEM 260
| Contemporary Issues in Landscape Architecture
| 3
|
|---|
ENGL 204
| Understanding Communication - ENGL
| 3 |
|---|
FAFS Elective
| 3
|
|---|
1 General Education Requirement - Societies and Individuals Elective
| 3
|
|---|
Total 16
|
|---|
Second Semester
| Credits
|
|---|
LDEM 242
| Studio VIII: Landscape Capstone Project II
| 6
|
|---|
ARAB
| Understanding Communication - ARAB
| 3 |
|---|
FAFS Elective
| 3
|
|---|
1 General Education Requirement - Human Values Elective (Ethics course)
| 3
|
|---|
Total 15
|
|---|