Office of the University Registrar

Minors - Landscape Architecture

Hours: 15 credits, all completed with grades of C or better

The minor in landscape architecture provides a general overview of the profession and an introduction to environmental and cultural issues and to design, planning and management theory and applications. This minor does not qualify a student for practice or for professional licensure.

To help chart course work, application to the minor should be made as soon as possible after the student has been admitted to an upper-division college. To be considered, students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA.

All graduating students who meet the requirements and have been approved for the minor will have the minor listed on their transcripts.

Of the 15-hour minimum requirement, six hours are required courses. The remaining hours can be based on interests and background. Students with design, construction, engineering or other technical backgrounds may participate in design and/or construction studios in addition to lecture courses. Acceptance into studio courses is granted with permission of the instructor if space is available.

Additional courses in the professional design and construction sequences and in graduate seminars may be possible for students with specialized backgrounds, such as in other design fields, building construction or engineering. The instructor’s permission is required to take courses other than those listed below.

Required Courses

LAA 1920 Introduction to Landscape Architecture OR
LAA 2710 History of Landscape Architecture
3
LAA 2330 Site Analysis3

Electives Open to all Students

LAA 2374 Design Communications 1 (Prereq: Previous computer experience, permission of instructor and space availability)4
LAA 2532 Landscape Management3
LAA 3230 Theories of Landscape Architecture (Prereq: LAA 2710)3
LAA 4210 Professional Practice (Prereq: Junior standing and instructor permission) 3
LAA 4260 Site Design and Green Roofs3
LAA 4905 Special Studies in Landscape Architecture1-6
LAA 4905 Cultural Landscapes3
LAA 4935 Gardens of the World3
LAA 6382 Ecological and Environmental Policy3