Sample Curriculum

First Year Pre-professional Program

First Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC 1315 Landscape Architecture Design I 5
 

BIOL 1613/1611L Plant Biology (and lab) or

BIOL 1543/1541L General Biology (and lab)

4
  ENGL 1013 Composition I 3
  MATH 1203 College Algebra 3
  UNIV 1001 University Perspectives 1

 

Total Semester hours 16

First Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
LARC 1325 Landscape Architecture Design II 5
  GEOS 1113/1111L General Geology (and lab) 4
  SOCI 2013 General Sociology 3
  ENGL 1023 Composition II 3
  Total Semester hours 15

 

Second Year Pre-professional Program

Second Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC 2335 Landscape Architecture Design III 5
LARC 3413 History of Landscape Architecture I 3
LARC 2113 Design Visualization, Inquiry and Communications 3
LARC 2714 Ecological Design and Construction: Terrain 4
LARC 2351  Advocacy & Theory Module: Engaging Site, Engaging Place 1
  Total Semester hours 16

Second Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
LARC 2345 Landscape Architecture Design IV 5
LARC 2361 Advocacy and Theory Module: Collaborating with Site 1
LARC 3724 Ecological Design & Construction: Water and Drainage  4
LARC 4413 History of Landscape Archtiecture II  3
LARC 2914 Sustainable Design & Construction: Plant Communities 4
  Total Semester hours 17

 Summer Required Study Abroad — European Studies Tour

CODE TITLE HOURS
LARC 3355 Landscaep Architecture Design V 5
LARC 2371 Advocacy and Theory Module: International Urban Place 1
LARC 4033 Landscape Architecture Theory 3
LARC 4123 Urban Form Studies 3
  Total Semester hours 12

 

Third Year Professional Program

Third Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC 3365 Landscape Architecture Design VI 5
LARC 3381 Advocacy and Theory Module: Engaging Communities, Understanding Culture 1
LARC 3734 Sustainable Design & Construction: Material & Methods of Assembly 4                              
LARC 3914 Sustainable Design & Construction: Remediation & Plants on Structure 4
LARC 3123 Advanced Design Visualization, Inquiry and Communications 3
  Total Semester hours 17

Third Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
LARC 3375 Landscape Architecture Design VII 5
LARC 3391 Advocacy and Theory Module: Collaborating with Communities 1
  Professional Elective (FJAD 3153H for Honors) 3
  Social Science Core Requirement  3
  Social Science Core Requirement 3
  HIST 2003 or 2013 U.S. History Core Requirement 3                                
  Total Semester hours 18

Summer — Required Internship

CODE TITLE HOURS
LARC 4811 Landscape Architecture Internship (200 hours minimum) 1
  Total Semester hours 1

 

Fourth Year Professional Program

Fourth Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC 4385 LA Design VIII 5
LARC 4311 Advocacy and Theory Module: Capstone 1
LARC 5613 Landscape Architecture Professional Practice  3
  Professional Elective 3
  Elective 3
  Total Semester hours 15

Fourth Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
LARC 4395 Landscape Architecture Design IX 5
LARC 4321 Advocacy and Theory Module: Comprehensive  1
  Professional Elective (FJAD 5143H for Honors) 3
  Fine Arts Core Requirement 3
  Humanities Core Requirement 3
  Total Semester hours 15

  

Total Credit Hours  143  (UNIV 1001 does not apply toward degree requirements.)  
       
For degree completion consideration, completion of 143 credit hours and a 2.0 cumulative GPA are required.

First Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC 1315 Landscape Architecture Design I 5
ARCH 1212 Design Thinking I 2
  BIOL 1613/1611L Plant Biology or BIOL 1543/1541L General Biology 4
  ENGL 1013 Composition I 3
  MATH 1203 College Algebra 3
  UNIV 1001 University Perspectives 1
  Total Semester hours 18

 First Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
LARC 1325 Landscape Architecture Design II 5
ARCH 1222 Design Thinking II 2
  GEOL 1113/1111L General Geology/Lab 4
  Social Science Requirement 3
  ENGL 1023 Composition II 3
  Total Semester hours 17

 

Second Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC 3413 History of Landscape Architecture 3
LARC 2113 Design Communications I 3
  Social Science Requirement 3
  Fine Arts Requirement 3
  Free Elective 3
  Total Semester hours 15

Second Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
LARC 2123 Design Communications II 3
LARC 4413 Contemporary Landscape Architecture 3
  HIST 2003 or 2013, PLSC 2003, American History or Government 3
  Humanities Core Requirement 3
  Social Science Requirement 3
  Total Semester hours 15

 

Third Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
LARC Construction Requirement 4
  Interdisciplinary Core Requirement 3
  Professional Elective 3
  Free Elective 3
  Arts and Sciences 3000+ level course 3
  Total Semester hours 16

Third Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
  Professional Elective 6
  Interdisciplinary Core Requirement 3
  Arts and Sciences 3000+ level course 3
  Free Elective 3
  Total Semester hours 15

 

Fourth Year — Fall

Code Title Hours
 LARC 4033 Theory 3
  Interdisciplinary Core Requirement 3
  Arts and Sciences 3000+ level course 3
  Professional Electives 3
  Total Semester hours 12

Fourth Year — Spring

Code Title Hours
  Professional Electives 7
  Arts and Sciences 3000+ level course 3
  Free Elective 3
  Total Semester hours 13

Total Credit Hours   120  (UNIV 1001 does not apply toward degree requirements.)