Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Dept. of Landscape Architecture]

Course Descriptions - Special Courses and Programs and International Study Options

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Ongoing programs include:

Annual Fall Field Trip
Common Lecture
Named Speaker Lectures:
  The Steve Strom Memorial Lecture
  09/20/2007 Carl Steinitz, Harvard Graduate School of Design: "1,000 Years of Landscape Planning"
  03/01/2007 Kenny Helphand, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon: "Defiant Gardens, Making Gardens in Wartime"
  The Margaret O. Cekada Memorial Lecture
  04/10/2007 Michael Van Valkenburgh, Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: "Dialectical Landscapes"
  04/19/2006 John R. Stilgoe, Harvard University: "Rubbish, Antique, Treasure: Making Old Landscape Work"

 

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SPECIAL COURSES
Education is enlivened and enriched by opportunities that extend beyond the classroom. This is particularly true in landscape architecture where the natural and built environment provide an excellent learning laboratory. The faculty is strongly committed to providing diverse experiences for its students and seeks to develop opportunities that will enrich the professional curriculum.

Special Problems in Landscape Architecture, (11:550:437, 438)
"Independent projects. Terminal comprehensive project, research of appropriate scope and complexity, or community involvement in environmental design problems."
Open only to majors in the landscape architecture program; others by permission of instructor.

 

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INTERNATIONAL STUDY OPTIONS

International Studies in Landscape Architecture (11:550:360)picture from Italy trip
"An opportunity to study in a landscape architecture program abroad with which the department has established an articulated exchange agreement. Course equivalences will be determined upon completion of the program."
Prerequisite: Open only to juniors in landscape architecture, with permission.

Field Study in Landscape Architecture (11:550:460)
"Case study and field investigation of landscape planning, design, and management issues."
Open only to landscape architecture majors; others with departmental permission.

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