Requirements for the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Degree

1. Completion of the following 84-hour professional program:

Graphics and Design 52
LARC 1315⁴, 1325⁴, 2113, 2335, 3345, 3355, 3914, 3924, 4365, 4375, 4381, 5385

Landscape Architecture/ 11
Architecture History/Theory
ENVD 1211⁴, 1221⁴, LARC 3413,
4413, 5043

Landscape Architecture 18
Technical Courses
LARC 2714, 3724, 3734,
ARCH 5643 or GEOG 4523 and AGME 2153

Professional Practice 3
LARC 5613

2. Completion of the 35 -hour university core as listed on page 39. As part of the university core, the department recommends the following:

Laboratory Science 8
BIOL 1543/1541L or BOTY 1613/1611L and GEOL 1113/1111L

3. Completion of the following additional general education requirements:

Choose two from the following
HORT 3103, 3133 or 3113 6
and
One Horticulture elective 3
COMM 1313 - Intro. to Comm. 3

Natural Environmental Sciences 12

Electives 16

4. A minimum of 159 hours with a 2.00 cumulative grade-point average at this institution both in all work attempted and in professional course work attempted is required.

To become candidates for entry into the Landscape Architecture professional program at the second-year level, students must have completed 30 hours of pre-professional general education work, including those courses marked with footnote 4 or their equivalent from any institution, recognized by the university.

Entry into the professional program is limited and based upon cumulative grade-point average of pre-professional work accepted toward degree credit. See "Admission to the Professional Program," page 91.

5. Students in landscape architecture are required to complete the approved, off-campus study experience at Bath in the United Kingdom, preferably in the Spring of their third year.

NOTE: The hours of any required course from which a student has been exempted will be added to the elective requirement. No more than four hours of physical education and/or R.O.T.C. may be counted toward a degree. Courses not acceptable toward degree credit include those of a remedial or orientation nature and those whose content is considered to be measurably duplicated elsewhere in the curriculum.

By following the preceding curriculum, students will meet the state-mandated University Core Requirements. They must also meet all other University Require-ments for Graduation (page 39). We strongly recommend that transfer students present eight hours of laboratory science courses selected from botany, biology, geology and physical science as part of the State Minimum Core.

Professional Licensure Degree Requirement

Forty-four states require licensure for landscape architects. The primary purpose of this licensure is to "protect the health, safety and welfare of the public." Most states require that candidates possess an accredited degree in landscape architecture and complete a period of professional experience, working with a licensed landscape architect. Once these requirements are complete, candidates must pass a national, uniform exam, sometimes with additional sections unique to that state. The five-year professional program gives its graduates this pre-requisite degree and prepares them for practice and the licensing exam.

Sample Curriculum Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

First Year (Pre-Professional Program)

Fall
3 ENGL 1013, Composition I
3 MATH 1203, College Algebra
3 HIST 2003 or 2013, PLSC 2003, American History or Government
1 ENVD 1211, Intro to Environmental Design I (LARC)
5 LARC 1315, LA Design I
15 semester hours

Spring
3 ENGL 1023, Composition II
3 Free Elective
4 GEOL 1113/1111L, General Geology and lab
1 ENVD 1221, Intro to Environmental Design II (ARCH)
5 LARC 1325, LA Design II
16 semester hours

Second Year (Professional Program)

Fall
4 LARC 3914, Planting Design I
4 BOTY 1613/1611L, Plant Biology and lab
3 AGME 2153, Surveying in Agri & Forestry
3 HORT 3103, Woody Landscape Plants
3 LARC 2113, Designer Graphics
17 semester hours

Spring
5 LARC 2335, LA Design III
3 ENSC 1003, Environmental Sciences
3 GEOG 4523 or LARC 303V CADD
4 LARC 2714, Landscape Construction I
3 Free Elective
18 semester hours

Third Year (Professional Program)

Fall
5 LARC 3345, LA Design IV
4 LARC 3724, LA Construction II
3 LARC 4413, Contemp. Landscape Arch.
3 COMM 1313, Fundamentals of Communication
3 SOCI 2013, General Sociology
18 semester hours

Spring (Bath, England)
5 LARC 3355, LA Design V
3 LARC 3413, History of LA
4 LARC 3734, LA Construction III
3 LARC 5613, Professional Practice
15 semester hours

Fourth Year (Professional Program)

Fall
5 LARC 4365, LA Design VI
3 Enviromental Science Elective
4 LARC 3924, Planting Design II
3 Horticulture Requirement.
15 semester hours

Spring
5 LARC 4375, LA Design VII
3 LARC 5043, LA Seminar
3 Free Elective
1 LARC 4381, Senior Thesis Prep
3 Enviromental Science elective

15 semester hours

Fifth Year (Professional Program)

Fall
5 LARC 5385, LA Design VIII
3 Fine Arts core requirement
3 Environmental Science elective
4 Free elective
15 semester hours

Spring
3 Horticulture Requirement.
3 Social Science core requirement
3 Humanities core requirement
6 Free electives
15 semester hours

Total: 159 credits