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Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Degree
Program Curriculum: Fourth Year

Fourth Year - Fall Semester  
LArch 414 - Design and Theory V: Advanced Landscape Architectural Design
(5 Credits) 		Review of landscape architectural theories and issues; supports development of comprehensive design study and/or independent honors (Thesis-Based) design projects.
Landscape architecture majors only. Prerequisites: LArch 312, 322.
LArch 424 - Design Theory Seminar
(1 to 3 per semester credits)		 Inquiry-based reading and discussion of design theory literature relevant to the focus and content of the associated design studio course, LArch 414. Landscape architecture majors only. Prerequisites: LArch 312, 322.
LArch 460W - Historic Issues in Landscape Architecture (Credits: 3; Lecture hrs: 3; Studio hrs: 0) In-depth historic study of a place (city or region) to make students aware of history as an active pursuit which can inform and vitalize the design process. Reading (of documents and landscape), research, and writing are key activities of the course. Landscape architecture majors only. Prerequisite: LArch 60. Concurrent: LArch 445, 445A.
GQ - Quantification
(3 Credits)		  
GH - (Geog 102; Hist 21W; AmSt 100W; or Phil 10, 13, 109)*
(3 Credits)		 *Departmental recommendations
Elective
(3 Credits)
 

Fourth Year - Spring Semester Study Abroad Program
LArch 499A - Design Theory Seminar
(1 Credit)		 Inquiry-based reading and discussion of design theory literature relevant to the focus and content of the associated design studio course, LArch 499B. Landscape architecture majors only. Prerequisites: LArch 361W
Concurrent: LArch 499A, 499C, 499D
LArch 499B - Design and Theory VI:
Contemporary/International Landscape Architectural Design Issues
(4 Credits)		 Direct and hand-on study of and design for sites, programs, and social groups associated with ongoing contemporary landscape architectural concerns. Landscape architecture majors only. Prerequisites: LArch 445, 445A, 460W. Concurrent: LArch 499A, 499C, 499D.
LArch 499D - International Special Topics (4 Credits) Special topics related to, and study in conjunction with, LArch 499A, 499B, and 499C.
Landscape Architecture majors only.
Prerequisite: LARch 361W
Concurrent: LArch 499A, LARch 499B
Elective
(3 Credits)		  
 

 

 

 

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