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Today, the Biden administration announced that landscape architecture has been designated a STEM discipline!
Specifically, Landscape Architecture (04.0601) was added to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) STEM-designated degree program list. Along with landscape architecture, seven additional disciplines were added to the list, including: Institutional Research (13.0608); Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology/Technician (15.0407); Composite Materials Technology/Technician (15.0617); Linguistics and Computer Science (30.4801); Developmental and Adolescent Psychology (42.2710); Geospatial Intelligence (43.0407); and Demography and Population Studies (45.0501).
This new designation rightfully places landscape architecture alongside other STEM disciplines. Landscape architecture universities will be able to recruit from a broader talent pool. And, as a STEM discipline more young people will now be introduced to the profession.