Program Overview
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) program focuses on design implementation, professional practice, and form-giving design. It prepares students to design and manage cities, parks, and open spaces, emphasizing human needs, environmental awareness, and technical proficiencies. Graduates are equipped for careers in landscape architecture, including designing outdoor spaces, restoring natural areas, and revitalizing urban neighborhoods.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The BLA degree emphasizes design implementation, professional practice, and form-giving design. It prepares students to design and manage cities, parks, and open spaces. Graduates advise park managers, citizen groups, landowners, and state agencies. The program's focus is on human needs, environmental awareness, problem-solving, design theory, and technical proficiencies. Students develop skills in site analysis, graphic communication, design synthesis, construction technology, and understanding social and environmental factors in design.
Outline:
- Introduction and Foundation
- Introduction to Landscape Architecture Design
- Introduction to Architectural and Environmental Design
- Survey of Landscape Architecture Design
- History of Landscape Architecture
- Survey of Botany
- General Botany
- Person and Environment Interactions
- Introductory Ecology
- Introduction to Design Frameworks and Spatial Technologies
- Plants for Ecological Design I
- Plants for Ecological Design II
- Soil: Ecosystem and Resource
- General Soil Science
- Intermediate Studio Sequence
- Principles of Landscape Architecture Design and Graphics
- Environment and Behavior Studio - Designing Health Promoting Environments
- Landscape Architectural Technology I
- Landscape Architectural Technology II
- Professional Theory and Practice Core
- Advanced Visual Communication in Landscape Architecture
- Internship in Landscape Architecture
- Geodesign Methods and Applications
- Professional Practice in Landscape Architecture
- Advanced Studio Sequence
- Plants and Ecology in Design
- Housing and Urban Design
- Open Space Planning and Design
- Designing Sustainable and Resilient Regions
- Capstone Sequence
- Landscape Architecture Seminar
Careers:
The BLA degree prepares graduates for careers in landscape architecture, including designing public and private outdoor spaces, restoring and preserving natural areas, developing and implementing regional planning, and revitalizing urban neighborhoods. Graduates can work for park managers, citizen groups, landowners, and state agencies.
