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Typical 3-Years Program

Minor in Landscape Studies

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UNDERGRADUATE :: TYPICAL 3 -YEAR PROGRAM

The following is the typical program of study for students in the first year of the BLA program.

Bold Type: Classes which need to be taken by that Quarter or student will be out of sequence. Note that this is NOT a program requirements list. Students should meet with an Undergraduate Advisor regularly to ensure that all program requirements are met. Students should take 14-16 credits per quarter in order to stay in sequence and graduate on time.

FIRST YEAR

Autumn
LARC 301 Site Planning Studio 5cr
LARC 341 Site Planning Lecture 3cr
LARC 361 Experience of Place 3cr
LARC 411 Graphics 3cr
and 1 more of the following:
LARC 352 History of L.A. (n/a Fall 2000) 3cr
ESC 210 Intro. Soils 4cr
Winter
LARC 302 Site Design Studio 5cr
LARC 362 Community and Natural Process 3cr
LARC 440 Computers in LARC 3cr
  and 1 more of the following:  
LARC 353 History of Modern L.A. 3cr
ESC 311 Soils and Land Use 3cr
ESC 315 Enviromental Earth Sciences 5cr
     
Spring    
LARC 303 Natural Processes Studio 5cr
LARC 322 Intro to Planting Design 3cr
LARC 331 Landscape Construction 4cr
LARC 363 Ecological Design and Planting 3cr
  and 1 more of the following:  
BIOL/EHUF 331 Landscape Plant Recognition 3cr
LARC 498 History of Urban Design 3cr
ARCH 574/CM 500 Design Law 5cr
ESS 301 Geology of the Northwest 5cr
     
SECOND YEAR    
     
Autumn    
LARC 403 Cultural Landscape Studio 6cr
LARC 332 Landscape Construction 4cr
LARC 498 Intro to CAD 3cr
  and 1 or more of the following:  
LARC 352 History of L.A. 3cr
EHUF 480 Environmental Horticulture 5cr
ESC 210 Soils 3cr
     
Winter    
LARC 402 Site Design for Housing 6cr
ESC 315 Enviromental Earth Science 5cr
ESC 311 Soils (unless took 210) 3cr
  and 1 or more of the following:  
LARC 353 History of Modern L.A. 3cr
LARC 498 History of Public Art 5cr
  DIRECTED ELECTIVES  
     
Spring    
LARC 433 Landscape Construction 6cr
BIOL/EHUF
331
Landscape Plant Recog. 3cr
  and 1 or more of the following:  
LARC 473 Professional Practice 3cr
LARC 476 Practicum 3-6cr
LARC 498 History of Urban Design 3cr
  DIRECTED ELECTIVES  
ARCH 574/CM 500 Design Law 3cr
ESS 301 Geology of the Northwest 5cr
     
THIRD YEAR    
     
Autumn    
LARC 412 L.A. Communications 2cr
EHUF 480 Environmental Horticulture 5cr
  and 1 or more of the following:  
LARC 476 Practicum 3-6cr
  DIRECTED ELECTIVES  
     
Winter    
LARC 474 Project Design Studio 6cr
  and 1 or more of the following:  
LARC 476 Practicum 3-6cr
LARC 498 History of Public Art 5cr
  DIRECTED ELECTIVES  
     
Spring    
LARC 475 Adv. Project Design Studio 9cr
LARC 473 Professional Practice 3cr
  and 1 or more of the following:  
LARC 476 Practicum 3-6cr
LARC 498 History of Public Art 3cr
  DIRECTED ELECTIVES  
ARCH 574/ CM 500 Design Law 3cr