LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE COURSES, 2007 - 2008

Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College of Agricultural Science

*  Offered in 2008 and alternate years thereafter
°  Offered in 2007 and alternate years thereafter
+ Certain field trips are a required part of this course and incur additional expense to the student. See also the Tuition, Fees, Expenses, and Adjustments section of the General Catalog.

 LAND 110 03(1-2-1). Introduction to Landscape Architecture.  F.   Introductory theories, methods, and applications of landscape studies.

 LAND 120 03(3-0-0). History of the Designed Landscape. S. Major monuments and spaces from ancient Middle East through classical antiquity, the Renaissance, and Western tradition.

LAND 220/SOCR 220 03(3-0-0). Fundamentals of Ecology. (AUCC 3A). F. Prerequisite: Three credits of 100-level biology or HORT 100; three credits of 100-level mathematics. Credit allowed for only one of the following. BIO 320, LAND 220, SOCR 220. Interrelationships among organisms and their environments.

 LAND 230 04(2-4-0). Drawing the Landscape. F. Special fee. Visual communication techniques; exploration of symbology , model building, design development drawing, and construction documentation draughting.

 LAND 240 04(1-4-1). Fundamentals of Landscape Design Process. S. Prerequisite: LAND 230. Special fee.  Initiation of formal exploration of design elements, materials, and principals, and introduction of design process as a defensible methodology.

  LAND 241 03(1-4-0) Environmental Analysis. S. Prerequisite: LAND 230; concurrent registration in LAND 240. Special fee. Exploration and understanding of natural and cultural landscapes through analytical simulation techniques.

 LAND 357 04(0-8-0). Omnibus Field Studies. SS. Prerequisite: Three credits in landscape drawing and analysis.  Theories and methods for the analysis, design, and planning of garden and landscape scale environments.

 LAND 360 03(0-6-0).Basic Landscape Design and Construction. F. Prerequisite: LAND 240. Special fee. Site programming, analysis, design, and construction, including skill development in specifying earthwork, drainage, and vegetative composition.

LAND 361 03(2-2-0). Digital Methods. F. Prerequisite: LAND 360 or concurrent registration. Special fee. Landscape research, analysis, and design with ARCVIEW, AutoCAD, Microstation, and Photoshop.

LAND 362 03(0-6-0). Form and Expression in Garden Design. S. Prerequisite: LAND 361. Special fee. Formal decision making for site scale environments, including creative processes for form-giving, and generation of experimental solutions.

 LAND 363 04(2-4-0) Advanced Landscaper Site Engineering. S. Prerequisite: LAND 360. Special fee. Understanding and documenting the built environment with emphasis on construction and surveying as integral parts of design process.

 LAND 364  04(1-6-0) Design and Nature. F. Prerequisite: LAND 361. Special fee.  Computer-aided  processes for siting, organizing, and evaluating cultural activities within ecologically fragile, landscape-scale environments.

 LAND 365 03(2-2-0). Landscape Contract Drawing and Specifications. F. Prerequisite: LAND 363. Construction details, design development, and construction documentation emphasizing implementation of design projects.

LAND 366 04(0-8-0). Landscape Design Expression. S. Prerequisite: LAND 365. Special fee. Idea, values, and process landscape form applied to interactions of natural, cultural systems at the site and community scale; design competitions.

 LAND 368/HORT 368 03(2-2-0). Landscape Irrigation and Water Conservation. S. Prerequisite: HORT 100 or LAND 110. Credit not allowed for both LAND 368 and HORT 368. Special fee. Practical approaches and methods of irrigation, water conservation, and water management in the designed landscape.

LAND 384 Var [1-5]. Supervised College Teaching. Maximum of ten credits allowed in course.

 LAND 392 02(0-0-2) Seminar-Designed Landscapes-Theory and Criticism. F. Prerequisite: LAND 365. Readings, discussions, and writing in landscape architectural design theory; critical analysis of the designed and constructed landscape.

 LAND 444 03(3-0-0). Ecology of Landscapes. S. Prerequisite: LAND 360, one course in biology. Special fee. Theories, methods, and practices for interpreting, describing, and representing natural and human modified landscapes.

LAND 446 04(0-8-0). Urban Design. F. Prerequisite: LAND 366. Special fee. Designing the urban landscape, including precedent exploration about overall image, materials, and structure of the city and its components.