Courses

The landscape architecture program begins freshman year with necessary prerequisites and general education or common curriculum courses.

Sophomore-level courses introduce content for landscape architecture. This includes fundamental graphic and analysis skills that lay the groundwork for more advanced courses. Students are introduced to landscape vocabulary and general program expectations. Historic landscapes are explored, along with an overview of the modern American landscape.

Junior studios cover spatial organization concepts, design transformation, model building (both physical and computer-generated), as well as program analysis methods. Graphic communication is enhanced by computer application projects and the advancement of basic skill sets learned sophomore year.

The Senior year presents complex projects which test and expand student abilities. With basic skills mastered, projects focus more on the intellectual aspects of design. The ‘capstone’ course, Advanced Design, requires skills in critical thought, communications, cultural/natural systems, construction materials and methods, and site engineering. This course is the culmination of four intense years of study.

From here, students enter the profession, or attend graduate school at UConn in PSLA and beyond.

Undergraduate

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2110. Landscape Architecture: Graphics I - Design Drawing

2120. Landscape Architecture: Graphics II - Design Communication

2210E. The Common (Shared) Landscape of the USA: Rights, Responsibilities, and Values

2220. History of Designed Landscapes

2230E.  Biophilic Cities and Landscapes

2410. Landscape Architecture: Design I - Site Analysis

3130. Landscape Architecture: Graphics III - Computer Applications

3230WE. Sustainable Environmental Planning and Landscape Design

3310. Landscape Architecture: Construction I - Site Engineering

3311. Landscape Architecture: Construction II - Planting Design

3312. Landscape Architecture: Construction III - Materials and Methods

3420. Landscape Architecture: Design II - Space, Form, and Meaning

3430. Landscape Architecture: Design III - Program Development

3981. Landscape Architecture Internship

3995 Special Topics in Landscape Architecture

3996 Undergraduate Research in Landscape Architecture

3998 Variable Topics in Landscape Architecture

3999 Independent Study in Landscape Architecture

4294. Landscape Architecture: Seminar

4340. Landscape Architecture: Professional Practice

4440. Landscape Architecture: Design IV - Community Planning

4450. Landscape Architecture: Design V - Capstone

Graduate

The graduate program is custom, with students selecting courses relevant to their interests and goals.

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Doctoral Required:

GRAD 6960 Full-Time Doctoral Research (or GRAD 6950 Part-Time Doctoral Research)

PLSC 5897 Seminar

Masters Required:

GRAD 5960 Full-Time Master's Research (or 5930 Part-Time Master's Level Directed Studies)

PLSC 5897 Seminar

Relevant Courses (not required)

GEOG 5000 Research Design

GEOG 5500 Fundamentals of GIS

GEOG 5510 Applications of Geographic Information Systems (labor intensive)

GEOG 5512 Introduction to Spatial Data Science

GEOG 5520 GIS Modeling of the Urban Environment

LAND 3130 Graphics III

LAND 3230 Sustainable Environmental Planning and Landscape Design

LAND 4294 Landscape Architecture: Seminar

LAND 4440 Landscape Architecture: Design IV - Community Planning

LAND 4450 Landscape Architecture: Design V - Capstone

LAND 5420 Landscape Architecture: II - Space, Form and Meaning

LAND 5430 Landscape Architecture: II - Program Development

LAND 5440 Landscape Architecture: IV - Community Planning

LAND 5450 Landscape Architecture: V - Capstone

NRE 3105 Wetlands Biology and Conservation (instructor permission required for 5000 level)

NRE 5150 Ecosystem Science and Management

NRE 5220 Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities and Regions

NRE 5255 Water Quality Management

NRE 5325 Wildlife Management

NRE 5461 Landscape Ecology (labor intensive)

NRE 5575 Natural Resource Applications of Geographic Information Systems

PLSC 5260 Transdisciplinary Research and Participatory Design in Landscape Architecture

PLSC 5270 Global Perspectives in Landscape Architecture

PLSC 5460 Sustainable Site Design

PLSC 5470 Sustainable Coastal Land Use Planning

PLSC 5899 Independent Study

PP 5348 Urban Planning Principles and Methods

PP 5350 Urban Regional Policy

STAT 5225 Data Management and Programming in R and SAS (labor intensive)