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Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Degree
Program Curriculum: Third Year

Third Year - Fall Semester  
Students working on the Susquehanna Greenway Project in collaboration with SEDA-COG as a part of the third year studio. Early in the semester, students were oriented to the Susquehanna River through a class float (seen at right). In addition to the initial inventory and analysis of the corridor, the Susquehanna Greenway Project will also include community-based design charettes.
LArch 311 - Design and Theory III: Site Planning and Design (4 Credits)
An introduction to site planning, management, and design.
Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisites: LArch 241, 212, 222. Concurrent: LArch 321.
LArch 321 - Design and Theory Seminar (1 Credit) Inquiry-based reading and discussion of design theory literature relevant to the focus and content of the associated LArch 311.
Landscape architecture majors only.
LArch 331 - Landscape Architectural Design Implementation III (3 Credits) Introduction to landscape construction materials and their use in design; includes principles and techniques for detailed design of site elements. Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisites: LArch 232.
LArch 341 - Plants, People, Place
(3 Credits)

The ecological, historic, and aesthetic values of native and ornamental herbaceous and woody plants and their use in landscape design.
Prerequisite: LArch 331

LArch 361W - Historic Issues in Landscape Architecture
(3 Credits)
A review of design history (precedent studies), an introduction to historic method, history as an informant to design, reading the historic landscape, and issues of preservation and restoration. Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisite: LArch 060
Concurrent: LArch 445, LArch 445A


Third Year - Spring Semester
 
LArch 312 - Design and Theory IV: Site and Regional Planning (4 Credits)
An introduction to large site and regional planning. Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisites: LArch 311, 321.
Concurrent: LArch 322.
LArch 322 - Design Theory Seminar
(1 Credit)
Inquiry-based reading and discussion of design theory literature relevant to the focus and content of LArch 312.
Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisite: LArch 311, 321.
Concurrent: LArch 312.
LArch 332 - Landscape Architectural Design Implementation II (3 Credits) Introduces the principles and techniques of road alignment including horizontal curves, vertical curves, and superelevation; principles and techniques of site scale layout and dimensioning.
Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisite: LArch 331.
LArch 382 - Professional Practice
(3 Credits)
An investigation of current professional and business practices in the field of landscape architecture.
Landscape architecture majors only.
Prerequisite: LArch 311.
Engl 202 - Elective
(3 Credits)
3 credits of Elective or General Education must satisfy US Cultures requirement.






 

 

 

 

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